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Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here Came Out 50 Years Ago Today: Hear A Previously Unreleased Demo From The New Box Set

Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album Wish You Were Here on September 12, 1975, which means that today is that LP’s 50th anniversary. Much of the album’s running time was given over to “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” the band’s nine-part tribute to their troubled ex-frontman Syd Barrett. Wish You Were Here got tepid reviews when it first came out, but it has since achieved the same kind of canonical classic-rock status as its 1973 predecessor Dark Side Of The Moon, and its tit...

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23:27 on September 12 2025

Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here Came Out 50 Years Ago Today: Hear A Previously Unreleased Demo From The New Box Set

Stereogum — Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album Wish You Were Here on September 12, 1975, which means that today is that LP’s 50th anniversary. Much of the album’s r... more info
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21:00 on September 12 2025

Pink Floyd Released “Wish You Were Here” 50 Years Ago Today

Magnet Magazine — 50 years ago today, Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here. The crazy diamond shines on. Read our Q&A with Roger Waters: The post Pink Floyd Released “Wish You Were Her... more info
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