{"id":345336,"date":"2025-12-12T23:35:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/345336\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T23:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:35:07","slug":"wish-you-were-here-at-50-pink-floyds-deluxe-box-set-is-a-triumph-for-devoted-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/345336\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Wish You Were Here&#8221; at 50: Pink Floyd\u2019s deluxe box set is a triumph for devoted fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/topic\/pink-floyd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pink Floyd<\/a>\u2019s \u201cWish You Were Here\u201d has received <a href=\"https:\/\/vinyl.sonymusic.com\/collections\/pink-floyd-wish-you-were-here-50th-anniversary?srsltid=AfmBOoqFwGTOmGMFttqLd-stoU9KdFZSbBeQUobaryNX-mjrQSTnXBDT\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the deluxe box-set treatment<\/a> just in time for the holiday season\u2014and it\u2019s a winner in every possible facet. The band\u2019s obsessives\u2014and they are legion\u2014will find much to adore in this exciting and expansive new release in celebration of the legendary LP\u2019s 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Originally released in September 1975, the Floyd\u2019s ninth album had the arduous fate of being released as the follow-up LP to \u201cThe Dark Side of the Moon,\u201d the band\u2019s critically acclaimed juggernaut. \u201cWish You Were Here\u201d is famously anchored by the multipart \u201cShine On You Crazy Diamond,\u201d the group\u2019s tribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2006\/07\/11\/syd_barrett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Syd Barrett<\/a>, their fallen leader who left their orbit years earlier after suffering a debilitating mental breakdown. From the poignant title track to the oozing, satirical groove of \u201cHave a Cigar,\u201d the album holds its rightful place as one of the decade\u2019s enduring masterworks.<\/p>\n<p>Which brings us to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/topic\/box-sets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">box set<\/a>, a three-disc, 30-song collection of remastered tracks, outtakes and bravura selections from the band\u2019s 1975 tour. To call the 50th-anniversary edition of \u201cWish You Were Here\u201d a smorgasbord is an understatement. Completists will revel in the vast selection of outtakes, a musical progress that affords listeners a window into each song\u2019s evolution. As knowing meditations on the greed and hypocrisy at the heart of the music industry, \u201cHave a Cigar\u201d and \u201cWelcome to the Machine\u201d shine in particular, as do the title track\u2019s various incarnations, which witness the band at its genre-eclipsing finest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more from culture than just the latest trend? The Swell highlights art made to last.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/newsletter?utm_source=onsite&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=the-swell-edit-signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up here<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The box set is rounded out by the Floyd\u2019s epic April 1975 performance of \u201cThe Dark Side of the Moon\u201d and selected works-in-progress from \u201cWish You Were Here\u201d and \u201cAnimals,\u201d the band\u2019s 1977 release, at LA\u2019s Sports Arena. The 16-song set, which closes with the magnum opus \u201cEchoes\u201d from \u201cMeddle\u201d (1971), is not to be missed. In and of itself, the deluxe edition\u2019s concert forays offer a thrilling portrait of the group at the height of their powers.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"red_box\">Read more<\/p>\n<p class=\"white_box\">about Pink Floyd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cWish You Were Here\u201d has received the deluxe box-set treatment just in time for the holiday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-345336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}