Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd album originally released September 15, 1975.
50-years Anniversary edition released December 12, 2025.

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Re-released in 2011: Experience and Immersion editions

LP:Harvest SHVL 814
Quadrophonic version:Harvest Q4 SHVL 814
Picture Disc:Harvest SHVLP 814
LP:EMI 8 29750 2
CD:EMI CDP 7 46035 2
1997 US remaster:Columbia CK68522

Shine On You Crazy Diamond, part one 13.38
Welcome To The Machine 7.30
Have A Cigar 5.24
Wish You Were Here 5.17
Shine On You Crazy Diamond, part two 12.28

Pink Floyd:
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Richard Wright
Nick Mason

Dick Parry: Saxophone on Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Roy Harper: vocal on Have A Cigar
Stephane Grappelli: violin
Venetta Fields and Carlena Williams: backing vocals

Recorded in Abbey Road Studios, between January 6 and July 19, 1975
Produced by Pink Floyd
Engineered by Brian Humphries
Assisted by Peter James

Thanks to Bernie Caulder and Phil Taylor

Sleeve design and photography by Hipgnosis
Assisted by Peter Christopherson, Jeff Smith, Howard Bartrop and Richard Manning
Graphics by George Hardie, N.T.A.

50-years Anniversary edition

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 50 - 50th Anniversary Release out December 12, 2025. On Deluxe Box Set, CD, Digital, Vinyl & For The First Time In Dolby Atmos, including Six Previously Unreleased Alternate Versions & Demos.

Versions:

  • Deluxe box-set (full content, all versions)
  • 1LP, Yellow Flame
  • 3LP edition
  • 2CD version
  • Blu-Ray
  • Digital/stream

Full 50th anniversary box-set content

Also released in different seperate formats (LPs, CDs, Blu-ray)

*Never previously officially released
† Previously released physically on the out-of-print 2011 Immersion box

CD DISC 1
  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
  2. Welcome to the Machine
  3. Have a Cigar
  4. Wish You Were Here
  5. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)
  6. Wine Glasses
  7. Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
  8. Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)
CD DISC 2
  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
  2. The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo) *
  3. The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
  4. Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
  5. Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *
  6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *
LP(1) Wish You Were Here, SIDE A
  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
  2. Welcome to the Machine
LP(1) Wish You Were Here, SIDE B
  1. Have a Cigar
  2. Wish You Were Here
  3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)
LP(2) Demos & Alternate Versions, SIDE C
  1. Wine Glasses †
  2. Have a Cigar (Alternate Version) †
  3. Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli) †
LP(2) Demos & Alternate Versions, SIDE D
  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
  2. The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo) *
LP(3) Demos & Alternate Versions, SIDE E
  1. The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
  2. Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
  3. Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *
LP(3) Demos & Alternate Versions, SIDE F
  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *
LP(4) Demos & Alternate Versions, SIDE G
  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Live At Wembley 1974 †
LP(4) Demos & Alternate Versions, SIDE H
  1. You’ve Got To Be Crazy, Live At Wembley 1974 †
BLU-RAY

Wish You Were Here original 5-track album:

  • 2025 Dolby Atmos Mix
  • 2011 5.1 Surround Mix
  • 1975 Stereo Mix
  • 1975 4.0 Quad Mix

Bonus Audio Material (stereo)

  1. Wine Glasses
  2. Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
  3. Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)
  4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
  5. The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo) *
  6. The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
  7. Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
  8. Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *
  9. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *

Live Bootleg recordings (stereo)

  1. Raving and Drooling (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  2. You've Got To Be Crazy (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  4. Have a Cigar (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  5. Shine on You Crazy Diamond (6-9) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  6. Speak to Me (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  7. Breathe (In The Air) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  8. On the Run (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  9. Time (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  10. The Great Gig in the Sky (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  11. Money (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  12. Us and Them (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  13. Any Colour You Like (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  14. Brain Damage (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  15. Eclipse (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
  16. Echoes (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *

Videos

  1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part I) – Screen Film †
  2. Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Screen Film †
  3. Welcome To The Machine – Screen Film †
  4. Storm Thorgerson Short Film, 2000 – Screen Film †
Other Content (box-set only)
  • Japanese Replica 7” Single: Have A Cigar (edit) b/w Welcome To The Machine
  • Hardcover book with unseen photographs
  • Comic Book Tour Programme
  • Knebworth Poster

cover

SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND, part one & two (part1-9)

Pink Floyd 1975

Lyrics: Waters
Music: Part 1: Wright, Waters, Gilmour (Part two:)
Part 2: Gilmour,Wright, Waters Part 6: Wright, Waters, Gilmour
Part 3: Waters, Gilmour,Wright Part 7: Waters, Gilmour, Wright
Part 4: Gilmour, Wright, Waters Part 8: Gilmour, Wright, Waters
Part 5: Waters, Gilmour, Wright Part 9: Wright

Vocals by: Waters

Album releases: Used in film/video:

Wish You Were Here
A Collection Of Great Dance Songs
Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Shine On
Pulse
In The Flesh
Echoes
Live in Gdansk
A Foot in The Door
David Gilmour Live at Pompeii
The Later Years (box)
The Later Years (hilights)
This is Not a Drill

 

Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Pink Floyd Live In Venice
Knebworth 90 (TV)
Earls Court
Pulse
In The Flesh
David Gilmour in Concert
Remember that night
Live in Gdansk
Wish You Were Here (Immersion ed.)
David Gilmour Live at Pompeii
The Later Years (box)
This is Not a Drill

Part one

Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun
Shine on you crazy diamond
Now there's a look in your eyes, like black holes in the sky
Shine on you crazy diamond
You were caught on the cross fire of childhood and stardom
blown on the steel breeze
Come on you target for faraway laughter, come on you stranger
you legend, you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon
Shine on you crazy diamond
Threatened by shadows at night, and exposed in the light
Shine on you crazy diamond
Well you wore out your welcome with random precision
rode on the steel breeze
Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you painter
you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

part two

Nobody knows where you are, how near or how far
Shine on you crazy diamond
Pile on many more layers and I'll be joining you there
Shine on you crazy diamond
And we'll bask in the shadow of yesterday's triumph,
and sail on the steel breeze
Come on you boy child, you winner and looser
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE

Pink Floyd 1975

Lyrics/Music: Waters
Vocals by: Waters, Gilmour

Album releases: Used in film/video:
Wish You Were Here
Shine On
In The Flesh
The Later Years (box)
Us + Them

In The Flesh
Wish You Were Here (Immersion ed.)
Us + Them

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine
Where have you been? It's alright we know where you've been
You've been in the pipeline, filling in time
provided with toys and 'Scouting for Boys'
You bought a guitar to punish your ma
and you didn't like school, and you know you're nobodys fool
So welcome to the machine

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine
What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream
You dreamed of a big star, he played a mean guitar
He always ate in the steak bar
He loved his Jaguar
So welcome to the machine

HAVE A CIGAR

Pink Floyd 1975

Lyrics/Music: Waters
Vocals by: Roy Harper

Album releases: Used in film/video:
Wish You Were Here
Shine On
A Foot in The Door
This is Not a Drill		 This is Not a Drill

Come on here, dear boy, have a cigar
You're gonna go far, fly high
You're never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try
They're gonna love you
Well I've always had a deep respect, and I mean that most sincerely
The band is just fantastic, that's really what I think
Oh by the way which one is Pink?
And did we tell you the name of the game, boy
We call it Riding the Gravy Train

We're just knocked out. We heard about the sell out
You gotta get an album out, you owe it to the people
We're so happy we can hardly count
Everybody else is just green, have you seen the chart?
Its a helluva start, it could be made into a monster if we all
pull together as a team
And did we tell you the name of the game boy
We call it Riding the Gravy Train

WISH YOU WERE HERE

Pink Floyd 1975

Lyrics: Waters
Music: Waters, Gilmour
Vocals by: Gilmour

Album releases: Used in film/video:
Wish You Were Here
A Collection Of Great Dance Songs
Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Shine On
Pulse
Wish You Were Here (single, 1994)
In The Flesh
Echoes
Live in Gdansk
A Foot in The Door
David Gilmour Live at Pompeii
The Later Years (box)
The Later Years (hilights)
Us + Them
This is Not a Drill 		Delicate Sound Of Thunder
Pink Floyd Live In Venice
Knebworth 90 (TV)
Pulse
In The Flesh
David Gilmour in Concert
Live 8
Remember that night
David Gilmour Live at Pompeii
The Later Years (box)
Us + Them
This is Not a Drill

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war
for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl
year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here


Lyrics Copyright: Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd.