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Digitally remastered by Doug Sax (The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, California).
Master Sound releases are 24-karat gold CDs remastered from first-generation masters. This process utilizes 20-bit technology and Sony's "Super Bit Mapping" system.
The breakthrough success of DARK SIDE OF THE MOON made WISH YOU WERE HERE a crucial follow-up in strictly commercial terms. Further pressure came from it being Pink Floyd's first recording for a new label, Columbia. Yet the demands on the band only provided Roger Waters with more fodder for his lyrics, which glanced at the band's roots as well as their new responsibilities.
The mechanized throb of a VCS3 synthesizer, fed through a repeat-echo unit, signals the opening bars of "Welcome to the Machine," a diatribe against an industry more concerned with money than creative music-making. "Have a Cigar" further establishes Waters' contempt by bringing in singer Roy Harper to play the role of a "faceless suit," who none-too-innocently asks, "Which one's Pink?" The remaining songs indirectly look back to the first casualty of Pink Floyd's growing fame, the group's founder, Syd Barrett.
The 20-minute-plus "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" has its roots in earlier pieces like "Atom Heart Mother Suite" and "Echoes." But rather than just another Floydian soundscape, its lyrics make it a paean to Barrett's genius and a requiem for his subsequent breakdown. The first five of the song's nine movements open the album with sax player Dick Parry wailing as effectively as he did on DARK SIDE. The final four sections, which close the album, form a reprise that starts with the sound of wind and David Gilmour's guitar screaming and crying. The band then settles into a laid-back jam that ends with Richard Wright's billowing synth delicately fading out.
The title track deals also with Barrett, as well as the tension the idealist Waters was feeling in battling the greed that surrounded the band's success. The themes of disillusionment planted throughout WISH YOU WERE HERE would eventually sprout full-blown on THE WALL.
All songs written by members of Pink Floyd.
This is part of Columbia/Legacy's Master Sound series.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England from January-July 1975.
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England from January to July 1975.
Pink Floyd: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards, VCS3 syntheszier); Roger Waters (vocals, bass); Nick Mason (drums).
Additional personnel: Roy Harper (vocals); Dick Parry (saxophone).
Additional personnel: Roy Harper (vocals); Dick Parry (saxophone); Venetta Fields, Carlena Williams (background vocals).
Q (6/00, p.72) - Ranked #43 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "Stuck with the impossible task of following DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, Pink Floyd did it with panache....'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' is the mellifluous rock-gospel opener, but there's weirder stuff here..."
Q (Magazine) (p.120) - "[The music] has a magnificently ethereal quality, with David Gilmour's guitar and Rick Wright's keyboards sounding like meteorites gently pinging around some far-off galaxy." Wish You Were Here Music | List Price | $17.98 (You save $6.03) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop, Psychedelic, Gold Discs | | Label | Capitol / EMI | | Orig Year | 1975 | | All Time Sales Rank |  95   | | CD Universe Part number | 1108136 | | Catalog number | 29750 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 25, 2000 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Pink Floyd | | Engineer | Brian Humphries | | Recording Time | 44 minutes | | Personnel | David Gilmour - vocals, guitar
Roger Waters - vocals, bass
Nick Mason - drums
Richard Wright - vocals, keyboards, VCS3 syntheszier
Also: Dick Parry, Venetta Fields, Carlena Williams, Roy Harper | | Additional Info | Remastered |
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here Songs Wish You Were Here Music Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews My first PF experience
This is the first PF album I have heard, and now I´m very anxious to listen to the rest, because this album is simply brilliant and original.Excellent music, excellent lyrics, a great atmosphere...If I had to choose one word to describe this album, I´d choose...Magic?? Yes, why not? This is ... MAGIC!!
Submitted by Ventor (Madrid,Spain)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 3 of 3 found this helpful. Definitive anti-record industry album
This is a beautiful album from start to finish, full of longing for lost innocence, anger at the commercialisation of artistic expression in general, and painful reflection on the banality of modern life. The reprise of Shine on You Crazy Diamond Part II ranks as one of the most touching and emotive extended rock pieces ever written. Perhaps Floyd's best album after Dark Side of the Moon, in terms of overall cohesiveness of vision and durability.
Submitted by boris_boy (Brisbane, Australia)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. A MASTERPIECE!
IF YOU LIKED FLOYD'S MUSIC ON "THE WALL" AND "DARK SIDE OF THE MOON", YOU'LL LOVE THIS ONE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
Submitted by a reviewer (SHOW LOW, AZ) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  I have a question for someone who has purchased this cd?
Can anyone tell me if this is the first PF that has been recently remastered? I bought the expensive "Oh By the Way" box set and wasn't all that impressed with the older remasters. Nothing like the Steely Dan, Supertramp and Alan Parsons remasters. Is this a "very good" remastering job. Sounds like it might be if it's 20 bit, etc. So are they going to do DS, Wall and Animals the same way? I remember the old vinyls and they were phenomenal. Animals especially doesn't have that same sound quality. Anyway, just wanting to hear some opinions of the sound quality of this reissue remaster.
Submitted by mheinen3 (oklahoma city, ok, usa)
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 This is a great album.
Wish you were here is one of Pink Floyd's popular albums. Shorter in duration and track listing, but it contains more then one lengthy song. I would not recommend "The Wall" if you like this album because that album is a rock opera and sounds different. If you enjoy this album I highly recommend Pink Floyd's album "Meddle", you know the one with the Nose on the cover, actually it's an Ear (for those educated with the band ;) ). Pick up "Meddle" if you have not heard it, it's awesome. Otherwise if you want a full length album go for "Dark Side of the Moon" or "Animals". If your deciding weather or not to buy "Wish you Were Here" I would say get it, it's really good and it's a must for all Pink Floyd Collections.
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