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Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" album 1975 progressive rock εποχές βινυλίου ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ

Pink Floyd

Wish You Were Here

album 1975

released on 12 September 1975

9^th studio album

progressive rock

εποχές βινυλίου

ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗ

/ - το εξώφυλλο

/ - το οπισθόφυλλο

/ - το εσώφυλλο 1

/ - το εσώφυλλο 2

/ - το βινύλιο

Side 1

/ - Shine on You Crazy Diamond

/ - Welcome to the Machine

/ - το βινύλιο

Side 2

/ - Have a Cigar

/ - Wish You Were Here

/ - Shine on You Crazy Diamond

καρτ-ποστάλ

/ Post card – καρτ-ποστάλ

Στο δίσκο εμπεριεχόταν και αυτή η ταχυδρομική τύπου καρτ-ποστάλ.

Στην ελληνική έκδοση τα χρώματα της καρτ-ποστάλ είναι εντονότερα σε σκούρο μπλε.

(Η συγκεκριμένη φωτο της καρτ-ποστάλ από την αγγλική έκδοση – discogs)

/ - η οπίσθια όψη της καρτ-ποστάλ

( έτοιμη για ταχυδρόμηση )

Οι μουσικοί στο δίσκο:

/ - David Gilmour: vocals, guitars, synth

/ - Roger Waters: vocals, bass, synth

/ - Richard Wright: keyboards, vocals

/ - Nick Mason: drums

also

Dick Parry: saxophone (Shine on You Crazy Diamond)

Roy Harper: lead vocals on “Have a Cigar”

Vanetta Fields: backing vocals

Carlena Williams: backing vocals

engineer: Brian Humphries

μουσική πρόταση: Άγγελος Κωτσάκης

δημοσίευμα για τους Pink Floyd στο αγγλικό Sounds magazine, τον Ιούλιο του 1975, πριν την κυκλοφορία του δίσκου

Sounds magazine, July 5, 1975

PINK FLOYD are consistently dependable musicians, even if their work rate is somewhat unhurried. They're capable of providining one of rock's most complete spectacles when perfoming or disinterested. Are they complacent individuals, content to live off past glories, and quite unable to come up with the goods any more, interstellar or otherwise.

Well, I just don't know really, and Pink Floyd don't make it any easier themselves. It's nearly two years now since `Dark Side Of The Moon' and they're still completing work on a follow-up, having resorted to putting out a repackaged brace of veritably pre-historic albums to sustain interest. I'd hesitate to make any final judgement on the new material, having only heard it performed twice, but three songs in all this time is hardly an achievement of breathtaking proportions.

However, there's no denying that in the past Floyd have produced some excellent, if sometimes flawed, music, and that, contrary to the opinions of many, a good deal of this was conceived after Syd Barrett's departure. 'Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' can, I think, be reasonably set apart from all of the band's subsequent recordings.

Its extraordinarily idiosyncratic cohesion of whimsical lyricism: 'Matilda Mother', 'Scarecrow', 'Chapter 24', etc; and its manic atonality - 'Overdrive', 'POW R. TOC H.', 'Pick Up Thy Stethoscope And Walk' – remain quint essential listening.

It’s difficult to ascertain to what extent Barrett himself was responsible for this bizarre combination of opposites although apart from his 'Jugband Blues', the album 'Saucerful Of Secrets', recorded with Dave Gilmour from in tow, differs considerably from its predecessor in both mood and emphasis. Nonetheless, it's an invigorating set.

'More' showed Waters, Wright and Gilmour to be more than adequate writers themselves, as did the studio half of 'Ummagumma'. So far, so good. The electro-static edges were still evident, notably on 'Sisyphus' and 'Careful With That Axe, Eugene.'

Sadly, 'Atom Heart Mother' was more accomodadng, with its clutch of three pleasant, if uninspiring songs and the rushed 'Alan's Breakfast'. The title piece was a courageous threw, impressive on stage, badly mishandled in the studio.

Floyd minus Barrett have never been exactly ineffectual.

Since 'Ummagumma', Floyd have been more inclined to explore other, less tangential fields. It’s a natural enough process.

'Meddle' proved disappointing with common place songs while 'Echoes' (effortless but insubstantial listening) hinted that new ideas were a little scarce. And the less said about 'Obscured By Clouds', the better.

'Dark Side' itself, the product of months in the studio, improved things considerably. None of it is particularly demanding musk, but no matter. The songs are strong, melodic and obviously conceived with forethought and care. 'Great Gig In The Sky' and, 'Us And Them' are especially evocative.

The whole of 'Dark Side's' understated coherence was very reassuring and the album finally broke Floyd in America – everything seem set for a fresh creative run.

Occasional live performances in Britain since 'Dark Side' have met with extreme reaction, but there's little doubt that Floyd's current position is an unenviable one, and vulnerable to adverse criticism.

Many bands have attained immense popularity only when well past their creative peak. Among other things, it's an occupational hazard of maintaining stable personnel line-ups.

- Angus MACKINNON

Sounds magazine, July 5, 1975

Προωθητική καταχώρηση

αναγγελία κυκλοφορίας του album

Record Mirror magazine, September 13, 1975

Δισκοκριτική για το album "Wish You Were Here" στο αμερικάνικο Billboard, 20 Σεπτεμβρίου 1975.

PINK FLOYD

-Wish You Were Here,

Columbia PC 33453.

After more than two years without a record, the prototype space-rock band returns with their first Columbia effort. The electronics and overall spacey feel that has won them so many fans is still present, but the album is in many ways the group's most commercial effort.

Several shorter cuts punctuate a nine part potpourri, with one of them, "Wish You Were Here," carrying the same infectious quality that "Money" did.

Typically good guitar work from the group, as well as the usual easy going synthesizer and keyboard work and occasional hypnotic background vocals.

The nine-segment cut can be easily broken up for airplay, but the shorter cuts seem to be designed for that function and work well in that capacity. Possibly the best effort from the band since "Atom Heart Mother."

Best cuts:

"Welcome To The Machine,"

"Side two of Shine On You Crazy Diamond,"

"Have A Cigar,"

"Wish You Were Here."

Dealers: Group one of the few legitimate superstar acts

Billboard, September 20, 1975

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