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While Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon may be better known, the follow-up, Wish You Were Here, is for many the better album. Despite struggling with the overwhelming success and relentless touring engendered by Dark Side, the band worked through their feelings of alienation and cynicism about the music business to deliver an exceptionally strong five-track set. Loaded with sonic effects and then-new synthesizers, Wish You Were Here was recorded over seven months in 1975 at Abbey Road Studios by Brian Humphries, who replaced Dark Side's engineer, Alan Parsons. Despite the change, the sound is equally rich and expressive. 

Pink Floyd's ninth album is bookended by the two parts of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," a tribute to its debilitated co-founder Syd Barrett who made an unannounced appearance at the studio as they were working on the track. This surprise visit influenced the song's final version and was the last time that all the band members other than Roger Waters saw Barrett alive. 

Tracks:
CD 1:
01 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
02 Welcome to the Machine
03 Have a Cigar
04 Wish You Were Here
05 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)

CD 2:
01 Wine Glasses
02 Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
03 Wish You Were Here [ft. Stéphane Grappelli]
04 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix)
05 The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo)
06 The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited)
07 Wish You Were Here (Take 1)
08 Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix)
09 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix)

CD 3:
01 Raving and Drooling (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
02 You’ve Got to Be Crazy (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
03 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5) (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
04 Have a Cigar (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
05 Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9) (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
06 Speak to Me (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
07 Breathe (In the Air) (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
08 On the Run (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
09 Time (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
10 The Great Gig in the Sky (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
11 Money (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
12 Us and Them (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
13 Any Colour You Like (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
14 Brain Damage (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
15 Eclipse (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)
16 Echoes (Live From the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975)