Yahoo

Wish You Were Here almost ruined Pink Floyd. Yet it remains their masterpiece

On September 12 1975, Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here. Coming off the back of 1973’s world-conquering The Dark Side of the Moon, the progressive rock quartet were on a creative roll. Everything ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Pink Floyd Announces ‘Wish You Were Here 50′ Box Set

A 50th anniversary box set of Pink Floyd's classic 1975 album Wish You Were Here will arrive just in time for the holidays. The Wish You Were Here 50 collection is available in various formats, ...
Spin

Pink Floyd Look Back On ‘Wish You Were Here’

Pink Floyd during the recording of "Wish You Were Here" (photo: Storm Thorgerson / Sony Music Entertainment). Pink Floyd are expanding their 1975 album Wish You Were Here for a 50th anniversary deluxe ...
NPR

Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason reflects on 50 years of 'Wish You Were Here'

For 50 years, that lo-fi guitar riff has been the preamble to one of the most recognizable rock songs of all time. PINK FLOYD: (Singing) So, so you think you can tell heaven from hell, blue skies from ...
The Harvard Crimson

A Rockstar’s Guide To Processing Grief: ‘Wish You Were Here’ Turns 50

“Two men in suits shaking hands one man is on fire.” The stark line appears in white capital letters against what looks like black plastic wrapping — the new digital album cover for Pink Floyd’s 1975 ...
Variety

Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ to Get Deluxe Treatment With 50th Anniversary Editions This Fall

Fifty years after the original album’s release, and 14 years after a previous boxed set left some fans thinking there was still more in the vault to be mined, Pink Floyd‘s classic “Wish You Were Here” ...
Ultimate Classic Rock

Watch the First Ever Music Video for Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’

Up until now, there never was a music video for Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here," the title track from their iconic 1975 album. That has changed. A new music video has arrived featuring animations ...
Pitchfork

Wish You Were Here

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit a timeless classic rock album from 1975, a mournful ...
American Songwriter

Pink Floyd Releasing Deluxe 50th Anniversary Reissues of ‘Wish You Were Here,’ Featuring Previously Unheard Demos and Outtakes

The digital and Blu-ray versions of the Wish You Were Here reissue also feature a 16-song Pink Floyd performance at Los Angeles Sports Arena on April 26, 1975, recorded by renowned bootlegger Mike ...
Variety

Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Recalls the Making of ‘Wish You Were Here,’ as 50th Anniversary Boxed Set Arrives: ‘There Wasn’t a Theme to the Record Until Syd Barrett ...

How we wish we were there … back in 1975, that is, and able to again listen to Pink Floyd‘s magnum opus “Wish You Were Here” as a fresh work for the very first time, as opposed to hearing it through ...
American Songwriter

Pink Floyd Celebrates the Release of the 50th Anniversary ‘Wish You Were Here’ Reissue with YouTube Streaming Event & Pop-Up Shops

To celebrate the arrival of the Wish You Were Here 50 reissue, Pink Floyd’s YouTube channel is hosting a non-stop, weekend-long streaming event. The presentation features classic Pink Floyd songs, new ...
Rolling Stone

Pink Floyd Announce Plans For Massive ‘Wish You Were Here’ 50 Box Set

Fifty years ago to the day, Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here. To celebrate the anniversary of the landmark album, Sony has announced plans for a new box set entitled Wish You Were Here 50 that ...