To mark the 50th anniversary of their landmark album Wish You Were Here, released on this very day (September 12) in 1975, Pink Floyd have confirmed that the album will be reissued across multiple formats by Sony Music on December 12.
To mark the 50th anniversary of their landmark album Wish You Were Here, released on this very day (September 12) in 1975, Pink Floyd have confirmed that the album will be reissued across multiple formats by Sony Music on December 12.
The Deluxe Boxset will include 25 bonus tracks made up of nine studio rarities, and 16 live recordings captured by bootlegger Mike Millard at Pink Floyd’s Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on April 26, 1975, now receiving its first official release. The live audio has been meticulously restored and remastered by Steven Wilson.
There is also a Blu-ray disc featuring three concert screen films from the band’s 1975 tour and a Storm Thorgerson short film; a bonus clear-vinyl LP, Live At Wembley 1974; a replica Japanese 7” Single of “Have A Cigar” b/w “Welcome To The Machine”; a hardcover book including unseen photographs; a comic book tour programme; and and Knebworth concert poster.
The 3-LP and 2-CD formats include the original album and the nine studio bonus tracks. Hear a previously unheard demo of “Welcome To The Machine” AKA “The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited)” below:
Investigate the full tracklistings of all the various formats of Wish You Were Here 50 at this pre-order link.
Click here to read David Gilmour talking about the making of Wish You Were Here in Uncut.
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