Pink Floyd Discography
Wish you Were Here
TRACKS
Shine On You Crazy Diamond Part I (Wright, Waters, Gilmour) [00:00]
Part II (Gilmour, Waters, Wright) [03:35]
Part III (Waters, Gilmour, Wright) [06:29]
Part IV (Gilmour, Wright, Waters) [08:42]
Part V (Waters) [11:10] [13:33] Vocals by Waters and Gilmour joins on
the chorus.
Welcome to the Machine (Waters) [07:26] Vocals by Waters and Gilmour.
Have a Cigar (Waters) [05:07] Vocals by Roy Harper.
Wish You Were Here (Waters, Gilmour) [05:40] Vocals by Gilmour.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Part VI (Wright, Waters, Gilmour) [00:00]
Part VII (Waters, Gilmour, Wright) [04:52]
Part VIII (Gilmour, Wright, Waters) [06:04]
Part IX (Wright) [09:09] [12:21] Vocals by Waters
Total Playing Time: 44:11
INFO
After the release of "Dark Side of the moon" expectations were very
high. Wish You were here had gotten many mixed reviews but I presonally
think its still one of their best yet. With an
accomplishment like Dark Side behind them, it was very hard to appease
to an audience who expected only divine musical quality. With "Shine on
you crazy Diamond" on which the entire album was based upon, they
were able to create yet another work of musical art.
Around 1975 Roger was feeling the pressure of Stardom and missing hte
presence of Syd Barrett, This would later build into something more
fierce.
David Gilmour's extensive guitar work is displayed on this album. With
many innovative guitar solos Dave makes his longest contribution yet.
QUOTES
David Gilmour: "After Dark Side we were really floundering around. I
wanted to make the next album more musical, because I felt some of
these tracks had been just vehicles for the words. We were working in
1974 in this horrible little rehearsal room in Kings Cross without
windows, putting together what became the next two albums. There were
three long tracks, including Shine On You Crazy Diamond, which I wanted
to record, and Roger said, No, let's take Shine On, divide it
into two, and put in other material around the same theme. And he was
right, I was wrong."
Nick Mason: "This was much a more difficult record to make. Roger was
getting crosser. We were all getting older. We had children. There was
much more drama between us, people turning up to the studio late, which
we generally hate. There was more pressure on me to make the
drumming more accurate and less flowery. But I think as an album it
flows really well. It's like a descedant of Meddle in terms of the use
of repeating themes, and the pacing."
Pink Floyd: The Illustrated Discography says: "During the WYWH sessions
a fat, shaven-headed person wearing grey Terylene trousers, a
nylon shirt and string vest wandered into the studio. The band
ignored the visitor and kept on playing and it was the visiting Andrew
King who finally recognised their guest: 'Good God, it's Syd! How did
you get like that?' To which Syd replied, 'I've got a very large fridge
at home and I've been eating a lot of pork chops.' The whole
event was slightly un-nerving since the theme of the album was based on
Syd and his subsequent madness."
About that, Rick Wright said: "The whole album sprang from that one
four-note guitar phrase of Dave's in Shine On. We heard it went, That's
a really nice phrase. The wine came out, and that led to what I
think is our best album, the most colourful, the most feelingful.
Shine On was in the process of being recorded, the lyrics about Syd
were written. I walked into the studio at Abbey Road, Roger was
sitting, mixing at the desk, and I saw this big bald guy sitting on the
couch behind. About 16 stone. And I didn't think anything of it.
In those days it was quite normal for strangers to wander into our
sessions. Then Roger said, You don't know who that guy is, do you? It's
Syd. It was a huge shock, because I hadn't seen him for about six
years. He kept standing up and brushing his teeth, putting his
toothbrush away and sitting down. Then at one point he stood up and
said, Right, when do I put the guitar on? And of course he didn't have
a guitar with him. And we said, Sorry Syd, the guitar's all done."
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