Wish You Were Here, released in September 1975, was the follow up album to the globally successful The Dark Side Of The Moon and is cited by many fans, as well as band members Richard Wright and David Gilmour, as their favorite Pink Floyd album. On release it went straight to Number One in both the UK and the US and topped the charts in many other countries around the world. This program tells the story of the making of this landmark release through new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason and archive interviews with the late Richard Wright. Also featured are sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson, guest vocalist Roy Harper, front cover burning man Ronnie Rondell and others involved in the creation of the album. In addition, original recording engineer Brian Humphries revisits the master tapes at Abbey Road Studios to illustrate aspects of the songs construction.
Sound
Brian Humphries isolating original Abbey Road master tapes.
Production
Storm Thorgerson's burning man cover shoot chaos.
Writing
Waters' ruthless honesty about Syd Barrett's ghost haunting every track.
Director
John Edginton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The famous 'burning man' cover shoot used a stuntman whose mustache kept reigniting. They finally just painted it silver.
Wright and Gilmour both cite this as their favorite Floyd album—despite Waters dominating the songwriting and the era marking the band's silent disintegration.
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