Wish You Were Here

1975 Prog Rock

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Tracklist

Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5)
A1.1 Part 1
A1.2 Part 2
A1.3 Part 3
A1.4 Part 4
A1.5 Part 5
A2 Welcome To The MachineWaters
B1 Have A CigarWaters
B2 Wish You Were HereGilmour, Waters
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (6-9)
B3.1 Part 6
B3.2 Part 7
B3.3 Part 8
B3.4 Part 9

Musicians

Production

Pink FloydProducer (Produced By)

Also credited. Lyrics By: Roger Waters. Written-By: Roger Waters, David Gilmour. Design (Assistant): Howard Bartrop, Jeff Smith, Peter Christopherson, Richard Manning. Design (Sleeve): Hipgnosis. Photography By: Hipgnosis. Engineer (Assistant): Peter James. Engineer: Brian Humphries. Graphics (Sleeve): George Hardie.

Release notes

First issue.
Released with the cover hidden under black shrink wrap with a round Wish You Were Here sticker on the outside of the shrink wrap. Spine is narrow (pinched) at the top and bottom and wide in the middle on some covers, and uniformed on others (like all spines). Issued with lyrics on a die cut inner sleeve and a glossy postcard, with jagged edges, of a diving man.

This version’s inner sleeve is die cut on 3 of the 4 corners. And Hard Card. Another version () is die cut on all corners.

On label side 1, Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part 5 is credited to “Waters-Gilmour-Wright” (later have “Waters” only).

Opening at top center with notch.

Matrix variants A1 / B3 are the first press of this record, other matrix are further pressings but still first issue of this LP.

Labels:
℗ 1975 Pink Floyd Music Ltd.
Made in Gt Britain

Sleeve:
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, January to July 1975

℗ 1975

Printed and made in Great Britain
Garrod and Lofthouse Limited

The runouts are stamped