PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here 12" Vinyl LP Album

- German Druckhaus release

 

"Wish You Were Here" is the ninth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd, released in September 1975. Inspired by material they composed while performing across Europe, it was recorded over numerous sessions at London's Abbey Road Studios. The album explores themes of absence, the music business, and former band-mate Syd Barrett's mental decline. Early sessions were a difficult and arduous process but it was Roger Waters' idea to split the centrepiece track "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" in two, and join each half with three new compositions. "Shine On" was a tribute to Syd Barrett, who, coincidentally, made an impromptu visit to the studio while it was being recorded. The band failed initially to recognise Syd Barrett,, who had gained weight and changed in appearance.

 

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"Wish You Were Here" Album Description:

In 1975, amidst a disillusioned music scene, Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" arrived on German turntables, pressed on 12" vinyl by Druckhaus. This record captured a band grappling with loss, frustration, and the absence of their former leader, Syd Barrett.

A Reflection of the Times

The album emerged during a period of cynicism towards the music industry. With Barrett's mental decline casting a long shadow, themes of isolation and longing permeate the record. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," a sprawling masterpiece, serves as a heartfelt ode to Barrett, while "Have a Cigar" takes a scathing look at the exploitative nature of the music business.

Pushing Musical Boundaries

"Wish You Were Here" showcased Pink Floyd's continued exploration of progressive rock. The band masterfully weaved extended instrumental sections with David Gilmour's soaring vocals, creating a hypnotic soundscape. Innovative use of synthesizers and studio techniques further propelled the album's sonic tapestry.

A Spark of Controversy

The album wasn't without its fiery moments. "Have a Cigar" raised eyebrows with its biting critique of the industry, while the cover art, featuring two businessmen engulfed in flames during a handshake, ignited a wave of interpretations.

The Creative Minds Behind the Music

The German pressing features the talents of Pink Floyd's core members: David Gilmour (guitar/vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass/vocals), and Richard Wright (keyboards). While frontman duties were often shared between Waters and Gilmour, their collective vision and musicianship breathe life into the album's intricate compositions, solidifying "Wish You Were Here" as a landmark achievement in rock history.

Collector's notes for PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here Germany ( detailed background information on the persons working on this album)

This PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here Germany can be identified / distinguished by the following attributes :

Album Front Cover Details:

Packaging:

  • This album comes with a custom inner sleeve made from light cardboard

How can the album cover be distinguished from other versions of this album

  • The album cover shows a photo of two men shaking hands
  • There is NO band-name and NO album-title on the front cover
  • There is NO catalog-nr on the front cover

Album Back Cover Details:

  • In the upper right corner of the album back cover are the catalognr's for the LP and for the Cassette editions:

1 C 064-96 918
1 C 244-96 918

  • There is NO barcode on the back cover

Inner Sleeve Details:

On one side of the custom inner sleeve near the center bottom, we can see:

HARVEST (Logo)
EMI Electrola (Logo)
EMI Electrola GMBH - All rights reserved. Printed in Germany by Druckhaus Maack KG, 5880 Lüdenscheid (Note: this line will be different compared to other releases of "Wish You Were Here" from Germany)

There is NO catalognr on the inner sleeve (Note: other versions may have a catalognr in the bottom right corner)

Album Record Label Details:

  • The label has black and blue color and a YELLOW dot. (Note: other releases of this album can have a white dot)
  • There is NO label code on the record's label
  • The Rights Society "GEMA" (boxed) is printed near the center in the direction of 5 o'clock.
  • The catalognr is printed near 4 o'clock

1 C 064-96 918

  • Is the catalognr the same as on the cover`?
  • The rim-texts on the label run from 1 o'clock to 9 o'clock and 7 o'clock to 3 o'clock. The rim-texts are printed in the German language
  • Near the bottom of the label, at 6 o'clock is the Harvest company logo
  • Near the bottom of the label, at 7 o'clock there is:

(P) 1975
EMI Records
Ltd

Album Fact Sheet: PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here Germany

Music Genre:

British Rock, Acid/Psych, Prog Rock 
Album Production information:

The album: "Wish You Were Here Germany" was produced by: Pink Floyd

Sound/Recording Engineer(s): Brian Humphries

  • Brian Humphries – Sound engineer

    I know Brian Humphries as one of those essential studio men whose work helped shape the dark weight of Black Sabbath and the wide-screen atmosphere of Pink Floyd.

    Brian Humphries was the sort of engineer I never ignore, because his name turns up exactly where the sound gets deeper, heavier and more cinematic. In 1970 he co-engineered Black Sabbath's "Paranoid", helping trap that blunt, iron-lunged force without polishing away its menace. With Pink Floyd, he entered the frame in 1969 on "Animals" and "Ummagumma", also working on music connected to "Zabriskie Point". He returned in the mid-1970s as front-of-house mixer during 1974, 1975 and 1977, then engineered "Wish You Were Here" in 1975 and "Animals" in 1977. By the late 1970s he was also tied to Britannia Row, right at the point where Floyd's sound became vast, cold and beautifully unsettling.

    • Assistent Sound Engineer: Peter James

    This album was recorded at: Abbey Road Studios, London

    Album cover design: Hipgnosis, Peter James

    Design assistants: Howard Bartrop, Jeff Smith , Peter Christopherson, Richard Manning

    Album cover photography: Hipgnosis

  • Hipgnosis – British album cover art design group

    Hipgnosis is my favorite proof that a record sleeve can be a full-on mind game, not just a band photo with better lighting.

    Hipgnosis is the legendary London-based art design group that turned rock sleeves into visual myths. The core duo, Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey "Po" Powell, were childhood friends of the Pink Floyd inner circle in Cambridge—a connection that allowed them to bypass the stiff mandates of EMI’s in-house design department in 1968. Their debut, "A Saucerful of Secrets," was only the second time in EMI history (after The Beatles) that an outside firm was granted creative control. The very name "Hipgnosis" was a piece of found art; Syd Barrett, during one of his more enigmatic phases, scrawled the word in ballpoint pen on the door of the South Kensington flat he shared with the duo. Thorgerson loved the linguistic friction of it: the "Hip" for the new and groovy, and "Gnosis" for the ancient, hidden knowledge. While Peter Christopherson later joined as a third partner in 1974, that initial Barrett-endorsed moniker defined a decade of surrealist mastery for bands like Led Zeppelin, Genesis, and 10cc, before the group dissolved in 1983.

    Hipgnosis Gallery
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    Record Label & Catalognr:

    Harvest – 1 C 064-96 918

    Record Format:

     12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record
    Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 280 gram  

    Year & Country:

    1975 Germany
    Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here Germany
      Band-members, Musicians and Performers
    • Roger Waters - bass, vocals
    • Roger Waters – Bass, vocals, songwriter

      Roger Waters is the guy I blame (politely) when a Pink Floyd song stops being “spacey vibes” and starts staring straight through you with lyrics that feel like a courtroom cross-examination.

      Roger Waters is, to my ears, Pink Floyd’s razor-edged storyteller: bassist, singer, and the main lyric engine who pushed the band from psychedelic drift into big, human-scale themes. His key band period is Pink Floyd (1965–1985), where he became the dominant writer through the 1970s and early 1980s, before leaving and launching a long solo career (1984–present). After years of public tension, he briefly reunited with Pink Floyd for a one-off performance at Live 8 in London on 2 July 2005—basically the musical equivalent of spotting a comet: rare, bright, and gone again. Since the late 1990s he’s toured extensively under his own name, staging huge concept-driven shows that revisit Floyd classics like "The Dark Side of the Moon" (notably on the 2006–2008 tour) and "The Wall" (2010–2013), because apparently subtlety is not the point when you’ve got something to say.

      Roger Waters Wiki
    • Nick Mason - percusssion
    • Nick Mason – Drums, percussion

      Nick Mason is the steady heartbeat I always come back to in Pink Floyd: the only constant member since the band formed in 1965, quietly holding the whole weird universe together while the rest of the planet argues about everything else.

      Nick Mason is Pink Floyd’s drummer, co-founder, and the one guy who never clocked out: his main performing period with Pink Floyd runs from 1965 to the present, and he’s the only member to appear across every Pink Floyd album. Outside the mothership, he’s had a very “I’m not done yet” second act: in 2018 he formed Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets (2018–present) to bring the band’s early psychedelic years back to the stage. He’s also stepped out under his own name with projects like the solo album "Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports" (released 1981), which is basically him taking a left turn into jazz-rock just to prove he can. And yes, he was part of that blink-and-you-miss-it full-band moment at Live 8 in London in 2005, when the classic lineup briefly reunited and reminded everyone why this band still haunts people.

      Nick Mason Wiki
    • Dave Gilmour - Guitar, vocals
    • David Gilmour – Guitar, vocals

      David Gilmour is the voice-and-fingers combo I hear whenever Pink Floyd turns from “spacey” into straight-up cinematic: he joined in 1967 and basically helped define what “guitar tone with emotions” even means.

      David Gilmour is, for me, the calm center of Pink Floyd’s storm: an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter whose playing can feel gentle and devastating in the same bar. His earliest band period worth name-dropping is Jokers Wild (1964–1967), before he stepped into Pink Floyd in 1967 as Syd Barrett’s situation unraveled. From there his main performing era is Pink Floyd (1967–1995), including the post-Roger Waters years where the band continued under his leadership and released "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" (1987) and "The Division Bell" (1994), with a later studio coda in "The Endless River" (2014). Outside Floyd, he’s had a long solo run (1978–present) with albums ranging from "David Gilmour" (1978) to "Luck and Strange" (2024), and he even did a sharp side-quest in 1985 with Pete Townshend’s short-lived supergroup Deep End. And for one historic night, the classic lineup reunited at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London on 2 July 2005—one of those “you had to be there (or at least press play)” moments.

      David Gilmour Wiki
    • Rick Wright - keyboards, vocals
    • Richard Wright – Keyboards, vocals

      Richard Wright is the secret atmosphere machine in Pink Floyd: the guy who can make one chord feel like a whole weather system, and then casually add a vocal harmony that makes it hit even harder.

      Richard Wright (born Richard William Wright) is, for me, the understated genius of Pink Floyd: co-founder, keyboardist, and occasional lead vocalist whose textures are basically baked into the band’s DNA. His main performing period with Pink Floyd runs from 1965 to 1981 (including the early albums through the massive arena years), then he returned as a full member again from 1987 to 1994 for the later era tours and albums. In between those chapters, he didn’t just vanish into a fog machine: he released a solo album, "Wet Dream" (1978), and later "Broken China" (1996), and he also had a proper side-project moment with Zee (1983–1984), which produced the album "Identity" (1984). He passed away in 2008, but his playing still feels like the part of Pink Floyd that makes the air shimmer.

      Richard Wright Wiki
    • Backing vocals: Carlena Williams, Venetta Fields
    Complete Track-listing of the album "PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here Germany"

    The detailed tracklist of this record "PINK FLOYD - Wish You Were Here Germany" is:

      Side One:
    1. Shine on your Crazy Diamond (Part One, Two, Three, Four, Five)
    2. Welcome to the Machine
      Side Two:
    1. Have a Cigar
    2. Wish You Were Here
    3. Shine Ony Your Crazy Diamond (Part Six, Seven, Eight, Nine)
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