Wish You Were Here (2016 Edition)

Listening to Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" on vinyl is an unparalleled experience, and this LP does complete justice to its legacy. The sound quality is fantastic, with each track resonating with depth and clarity. You can truly appreciate the nuances in the music that you might miss on digital formats. From the iconic opening notes of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" to the hauntingly beautiful title track, every song sounds richer and more immersive. The artwork and cover presentation are equally stunning. The cover art is classic Pink Floyd—thought-provoking and visually arresting. The details are vivid and the packaging captures the essence of the 70s aesthetic. Holding the LP in your hands, you can truly admire the craftsmanship and creativity that went into its design. Moreover, the LP arrived meticulously packed. The care taken in packaging ensures that the album is in pristine condition upon arrival. The vinyl itself is securely housed, protecting it from any potential damage during transit. This attention to detail is much appreciated by any vinyl enthusiast, guaranteeing an excellent unboxing experience. Overall, the "Wish You Were Here" vinyl LP is a must-have for Pink Floyd fans and audiophiles alike. It's a beautiful tribute to one of the greatest albums of all time, both in sound and presentation.

I won't go on about it's remastering using as many audiophile descriptions as possible to show you how knowledgeable I am because it's all subjective, it depends on your ears, your equipment and your room, enough said. This review is for cd my preferred medium, my equipment is 22 years old technics system. It sounds amazing, by far the best engineered cd I have listened to, the music is also brilliant. I find it relaxing and inspired. To steal a comment from another review, ' it rips my soul out'. As noted by others the disc is a little tight in the cardboard sleeve which is however beautifully made with a top quality booklet including the lyrics which unusually are printed big enough to read. It arrives in a little resealable black bag with a small paper label stuck on it like a small record centre label. It all adds up to a top quality feeling making it a cd to treasure. On the plus side the hinges won't snap off the crystal case and I can get a lot more cardboard sleeves on my shelves, it's also one less piece of unesesary plastic floating around. I can't recommend it enough and whatever your system this will show you what it's capable of. The card case has loosened off with use and is now a perfect fit. I've just picked up this album on a original 1975 cassette tape, anyone telling you the remastered CD is not as good as the original on vinyl or cassette is either delusional or deaf, perhaps both. The cassette is nostalgic and nice to own but music quality wise the CD outperform it in every way. The cassette has less compression than the record as well so vinyl will be even worse. I'm playing both CD and cassette through the same vintage Technics rig so it's a direct comparison.

Floyd at their best…..

Wish You Were Here is simply Pink Floyd's greatest album. The dark, angry Kid A to Dark Side's OK Computer, its five tracks are all among the band's greatest work. The remastering job on these albums is... barely noticeable to anyone except an audiophile, to the surprise of precisely no-one. However, the money here is from hearing the extra material, which Pink Floyd have in the past been insanely shy about releasing. There must be so many great songs in the EMI vaults that would make for fascinating listening - not least the tail end of Syd Barrett's tenure, much of which is only available on bootlegs. So what do we get on this bonus disc? One of the more interesting curious is a little ambient piece left over from the failed Household Objects album that later ended up mixed into the intro of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'. Interesting for about one listen, that is, as you can see why it was thrown out. An alternative version of 'Have A Cigar' is... well, pointless, not as good as the original and frankly forgettable. Drummer Nick Mason noted in his autobiography that the violin playing they overdubbed onto the title track was lovely, but just didn't work for some reason, and listening to it it's hard not to agree. The real attraction here is in the three 1974 live tracks, 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' and then two embryonic versions of songs from their next album, Animals, that wouldn't see the light of day until 1977. 'Gotta Be Crazy,' later to be known as 'Dogs,' is a competently played but clearly unfinished track. The verse melody is notably different, and the closing breakdown is lacking a chord change that would strongly benefit the final version; Gilmour struggles to keep up the pace with the vocal and it ends up sounding rushed. 'Raving And Drooling' is almost identical to 'Sheep,' with some lyrical changes, and is a pleasing listen. The highlight of this entire set, though, is 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond.' While still not completed, this version strongly resembles those later played live by both Roger Waters solo and the Waters-less Floyd. But shorn of backing musicians and having to pick up the whole of the slack themselves, the band put in a career-best performance, reaching a peak in its closing overs with a jazz-funk instrumental workout. For just 'Shine On' live, Wish You Were Here is worth buying a second time even if you can't hear the remastering on the first disc.

This was a surprise birthday present from my partner (we share our Amazon account), we've recently got a vinyl player and have decided to buy our favorite albums on vinyl for our living room - ideally ones we can both listen to. I have 300+ CD's and want to buy a few handfuls of my very favorite albums that are, in my opinion, flawless albums from the first note to the last, and this one certainly fits the bill, she knows me so well! 'WYWH' just about beats the other 'Big Four' Pink Floyd albums ('Dark Side...,' 'Animals,' and 'The Wall,') in my opinion. There's just something about it, it's both very engaging and the ultimate chill out album at the same time. Its backstory regarding Syd Barrett's mysterious appearance adds to the legend, and you somehow get the feeling it affected the writing and recording process no end. It should've been their fall from grace following the massive success of 'Dark Side...' (like basically any successful rock band ever) instead, in my opinion, they found a whole new level of songwriting, returning to a more stripped down and simpler sound but also slightly more heartfelt and pure. All 5 songs are brilliant. The title track and the first 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' are well known and are probably among the most celebrated in their entire discography, but that does a serious disservice to the futuristic atmospherics of the excellent 'Welcome To The Machine' (my personal favorite under-rated 'Floyd tune) and the laid back, nasty blues of 'Have a Cigar' and that's without praising the epic conclusion! Why write more than 5 when the 5 you got are flawless? The vinyl release just sounds better to me than my CD version, it might be some placebo effect - I don't know - but there's some indescribable audible improvement on vinyl that's hard to describe, plus it has the added bonus of having all the different artwork/covers various 'parts' featured on it (the CD version pretty much ignores the 'animated/robot' handshake on the seal cover. This album is a work of art on so many levels!

The best Pink Floyd album as it has Shine On You Crazy Diamond. The only Pink Floyd song I actually like.

Arrived a day early which is always nice in good solid packaging. The Vinyl itself arrived in an outer cellophane wrapper with the Remastered info Label attached. The Wish You Were Here sticker is attached to a black outer polythene cover which itself houses the Vinyl with the classic cover, inner sleeve and postcard. All in pristine condition, so far. I got to playing the vinyl, Shine sounded great, I'm in no way an audiophile, but it sounded great. That was until the needle approached those 4 guitar notes as the drums build and then, a horrible crackle, like someone had knocked the station off on a radio and quickly retuned. Seconds later, the same thing but not as strong. Gutted. I read the reviews and comments about issues with the pressing, but decided to take a chance. Played it 2, 3, 4 times, hoping it was just a blip. Nope. Same crackle, same place, everytime. Almost kept it but had to send it back. Wish You Were Here sounded great, and there's a fair chance the rest of the album did too but I just couldn't get over the issues on Shine Pt 1. Shame really, but I guess I'll have to wait for another reissue. **** EDIT I couldn't wait and re-ordered, this one is PERFECT! Bumped to 5 stars, an incredible album sounds great and thnakfully this timed round no issues!

Item is very good im really pleased great value for money many thanks 😊