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Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here

7.3 85 mins Documentary   Music   2012
Eagle Rock Entertainment  
Director(s): John Edginton

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.

Casts of Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here

Roger Waters

as Self

David Gilmour

as Self

Nick Mason

as Self

Richard Wright

as Self (archive footage)

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