“Wish You Were here 50”, a Deluxe box with demo, rarity and unpublished live recordings, is released on 12 December
Pink Floyd no longer exist and will never return live for the irremediable disagreements between Roger Waters and David Gilmour. Nevertheless Their music is OvunquAnd thanks to a burst of new releases: like the historian Live at Pompeii, Published in vinyl and CD for the first time in recent months and went to the top of the rankings around the world. In these days David Gilmour is at the cinema with the film dedicated to the six concerts at the Circus Maximus of Rome in September 2024.
To all this is added the news of the publication on 12 December of the Deluxe box to celebrate 50 years of Wish You Were herea masterpiece album, defined by Roger Waters “the latest collective album of Pink Floyd”.
The boxset Wish You Were here 50 expands the perspective on one of the band’s most iconic records and contains different rarities, 6 unpublished alternative and demo versions. From one week A first unpublished demo registration of Welcome to the Machine, shorter than the epic definitive version.
Among others study rarity, appear The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo), The first home demo that Roger Waters originally presented to the band, an unprecedented instrumental mix of Wish you were herewhich highlights David Gilmour’s Pedal Steel Guitar and, for the first time, a complete version of Shine on you crazy diamond which combines the two parts of the song in a new stereo mix made by James Guthrie.
Wish You Were here 50 It will be published in various formats: 3LP, 2CD, Blu-Ray, Digital and Deluxe box. The digital edition includes the original album of 1975 with a new mix in Dolby Atmos created by James Guthrie, collaborator of Pink Floyd since 1979, and includes 25 Bonus songs consisting of 9 study rarities and 16 live recordings made by the famous bootlegger Mike Millard and refer to the concert of Pink Floyd At the Los Angeles Sports Arena of 26 April 1975. The live audio was restored and remastered by Steven Wilson.
As with other Pink Floyd records, The cover was made by the agency Hipgnosisfounded by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell. The idea was to visually represent the concept of absence and the difficulty of human relationships in the world of musical business. The main image portrays two businessmen who hold their hand in a Warner Bros study in Hollywood. One of the two is on fire. Two stuntman were used to make it: Ronnie Rondell and Danny Rogers. Rondell wore a special firefighter suit under the dress, and the hair was also wet. During the shots the wind changed the direction and the flames hit his face, but he continued the phootgraphic session undaunted.
