PINK FLOYD WISH YOU WERE HERE USA ORIGINAL LP STICKER ORG 1975 EXCELLENT
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"PINK FLOYD"
Wish You Were Here Original USA album cover. Studio album by Pink Floyd Released 12 September 1975 Recorded January–July 1975 Studio Abbey Road Studios, London Genre Progressive rock] art rock Length 44:28 Label Columbia (USA) Producer Pink FloydWISH YOU WERE HERE LP
USA ORIGINAL LP STICKER ORG 1975
Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd released by Harvest and Columbia on 12 September 1975. Inspired by composed material while in Europe, Wish You Were Here was recorded in numerous sessions at Abbey Road Studios. Some of the songs critique the music business, others express alienation, and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a tribute to Syd Barrett, whose mental breakdown forced his leave seven years prior.
It was Roger Waters' idea to split "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" into two parts and use it to bookend the album around three new compositions, introducing a new concept as the group had done with their previous album, THE Dark Side of the Moon. As with their previous, the band used effects and synthesizers, and brought in guests to supply vocals on some tracks. These singers were Roy Harper, who provided the lead vocals on "Have a Cigar", and The Blackberries, who added backing vocals to "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
The album became an instant commercial success, with EMI unable to print enough copies to satisfy demand. Although initially polarizing, the album has since been acclaimed by critics. It appears on Rolling Stone's lists of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and the "50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time". Band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour have each cited WishYou Were Here as their favorite Pink Floyd album.
Tracks
All lyrics written by Roger Waters.
Side one No. Title Music Lead vocals Length 1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–V)" Gilmour, Wright, Waters Waters 13:32 2. "Welcome to the Machine" Waters Gilmour 7:32 Total length: 21:04 Side two No. Title Music Lead vocals Length 1. "Have a Cigar" Waters Roy Harper 5:24 2. "Wish You Were Here" Gilmour, Waters Gilmour 5:40 3. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI–IX)" Waters, Wright, Gilmour (Parts 6–8)Wright (Part 9) Waters 12:29 Total length: 23:10
Personnel
Pink Floyd- David Gilmour – vocals, guitars, lap steel guitar, EMS Synthi AKS, keyboards, tape effects
- Roger Waters – vocals, bass guitar, guitar, VCS3, tape effects
- Nick Mason – drums, percussion, tape effects
- Richard Wright – keyboards, VCS3, clavinet, backing vocals
- Dick Parry – saxophone on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
- Roy Harper – vocals on "Have a Cigar"
- Venetta Fields and Carlena Williams – backing vocals on "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
- Brian Humphries – engineering
- Peter James – engineering, assistant engineering
- Bernie Caulder
- Phil Taylor – additional photography (remaster)
- Hipgnosis – design, photography
- Peter Christopherson, Jeff Smith, Howard Bartrop and Richard Manning – design assistants
- George Hardie – graphics
- Jill Furmanovsky – additional photography (remaster)
- James Guthrie – remastering producer
- Doug Sax – remastering
1975 ORIGINAL RELEASE CHART BELOW
position Australia (Kent Music Report) 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 2 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)] 14 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) 1 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 6 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 2 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 14 UK Albums (OCC) 1 US Billboard 200 1
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