Multiple editions are dropping this fall
Pink Floyd will release Wish You Were Here 50th Anniversary Edition on December 12th via Sony Legacy Recordings. Wish You Were Here 50 gives fans an exciting new perspective into one of the band’s most iconic and best-loved records.
The 50th anniversary edition features the original album plus a bonus disc of nine studio rarities, including previously unreleased alternate versions and demos, presenting Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album in a new way that demands repeat listening. Six of the songs have never been released and four are newly mixed by James Guthrie with two being original studio mixes.
A deluxe box set includes a Blu-ray with a Dolby Atmos mix for the first time by James Guthrie, plus 25 bonus tracks made up of nine studio rarities, and 16 live recordings captured by the renowned bootlegger Mike Millard at Pink Floyd’s Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on April 26th, 1975, now receiving its first official release. The live audio has been meticulously restored and remastered by Steven Wilson. The Blu-ray also gives fans the chance to see three concert screen films from the band’s 1975 tour, plus a Storm Thorgerson short film.
The 2 CDs and 4 LPs on crystal-clear vinyl include the original album plus nine studio bonus tracks. Exclusive to this set is a fourth vinyl LP, Live At Wembley 1974, plus a replica Japanese seven-inch single of “Have A Cigar” b/w “Welcome To The Machine,” a hardcover book including unseen photographs, a comic book tour programme and a Knebworth poster.
The Blu-ray Audio will also be available separately.
CD 1:
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
- Welcome to the Machine
- Have a Cigar
- Wish You Were Here
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)
- Wine Glasses
- Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
- Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)
CD 2:
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix)
- The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo)
- The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited)
- Wish You Were Here (Take 1)
- Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix)
- Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix)