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New on DVD and Blu-ray is the authorized story of the album made with the full involvement and approval of the members of Pink Floyd. Wish You Were Here, released in September 1975, was the follow up album to the globally successful The Dark Side Of The Moon and is cited by many fans, as well as band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour, as their favorite Pink Floyd album. On release it went to Number One in both the UK and the US and topped the charts in many other countries around the world. This program tells the story of the making of this landmark release through new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason and archive interviews with the late Richard Wright. Also featured are sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson, guest vocalist Roy Harper, front cover “burning man” Ronnie Rondell and others involved in the creation of the album. In addition, original recording engineer Brian Humphries revisits the master tapes at Abbey Road Studios to illustrate aspects of the songs’ construction.
The band members discuss the album’s themes of absence, the greed of the music business and former band member Syd Barrett, who is famously celebrated in “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”, which both opens and closes the album. The program also covers the unexpected visit Barrett paid to Abbey Road during the recording, the difficulties of the early recording sessions and how the decision to split “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” into two sections was the catalyst for the album’s successful completion. The DVD and Blu-ray releases contain additional bonus material not featured in the TV broadcast version, including further interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason plus Roger Waters and David Gilmour performing excerpts from the Wish You Were Here album.
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The Wall! Brings back alot of great memories!
I like the Wall because it’s iconic and also reminds me of my best friend.
they’re all great, but I’d have to say Wish You Were Here
Love pink floyd
That’s really hard to answer. I would have to say that Wish You Were Here is my favorite album. The haunting music and lyrics keep calling me to return to listen yet again.
wish you were here
Pink Floyd is the best music!
FAVORITE ALBUM: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. IT WAS MY VERY 1ST FLOYD ALBUM. I WAS IN MY EARLY TEENS WHEN I 1ST HEARD THIS. IM NOW 48 & STILL A HUGE FAN OF PINK FLOYD. LOVE, JUST LOVE THIER MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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piper at the gates of dawn… where it all began…
The Wall… It’s a true opera!
Wish You Were Here is my favorite album. Sounds great in headphones.
I AM A BIG PINK FLOYSD FAN THANK YOU FOR T5RHE CHANCE TO WIN THIS !!
great music
Dark Side of The Moon… my 1st Pink Floyd album
I always loved the Wall. It had some GREAT songs on it.
The Wall! Even though I wasn’t even born yet. Has a few great songs I like on it!
Wish you Were Here because I LOVE the songs on it!
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON !
Dark Side of the Moon because that was my first concert.
My favorite is Dark Side of the Moon…it brings back great memories of high school, college, friends, etc….its definitely one of my favorite albums!
My favorite (although a best of) is Works. It’s a great introductory course in early Floyd. Listening to Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave (and Grooving with a Pict) on the right stereo system is amazing.
My favorite is Dark Side of the Moon because it helps me relax and slow down.
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here. It is the most moving Pink Floyd album.