Shine On: Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Gets 50th Anniversary Edition

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Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters. (Photo: Storm Thorgerson, Sony Music Entertainment; used with permission)

Pink Floyd have announced the 50th anniversary edition of their 1975 album, Wish You Were Here. Wish You Were Here 50 gives fans a new perspective into one of the band’s most iconic and best-loved records. The new edition, coming December 12, 2025, via Sony Music, features multiple discs of rarities – at the core of this special collection are six previously unreleased alternate versions and demos presenting Pink Floyd’s eighth studio album in a brand new way that demands repeat listening. The Deluxe Box Set is available for pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.

Wish You Were Here 50 will be released in multiple formats including 3-LP, 2-CD, Blu-ray, digital and a Deluxe Box Set. The digital release includes the original 1975 album, featuring a new Dolby Atmos mix by James Guthrie, whose work with Pink Floyd dates back to 1979’s The Wall. It also includes 25 bonus tracks made up of nine studio rarities, and 16 live recordings captured by the renowned bootlegger Mike Millard at Pink Floyd’s Los Angeles Sports Arena concert on April 26, 1975, now receiving its first official release. The live audio has been meticulously restored and remastered by Steven Wilson.

The Blu-ray edition also gives fans the chance to see three concert screen films from the band’s 1975 tour, plus a Storm Thorgerson short film. [It’s available for pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.] The 3-LP and 2-CD formats include the original album and the nine studio bonus tracks. [Each are available for pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and here, and in the U.K. here and here.] The Deluxe Box Set includes all 2-CD, 3-LP (on exclusive clear vinyl) and Blu-ray material, plus a fourth clear vinyl LP, Live At Wembley 1974, a replica Japanese 7” single of “Have A Cigar” b/w “Welcome To The Machine,” a hardcover book including unseen photographs, a comic book tour program and Knebworth concert poster.

The Wish You Were Here 50 Deluxe Box Set pack shot.

To celebrate the September 12 album announcement, which came half a century to the day since its original 1975 release, a previously unheard early demo recording of “Welcome to the Machine” originally titled “The Machine Song” has been released. Shorter in length than the epic original, “The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited),” gives fans an exciting preview of what to expect from Wish You Were Here 50. Other studio rarities to be released include “The Machine Song (Roger’s demo),” the first home demo of the song that Roger Waters originally brought to the band, a previously unheard instrumental mix of the track “Wish You Were Here” showcasing David Gilmour’s pedal steel guitar, and for the first time, a complete “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9)” that joins together the two halves of the song, newly mixed in stereo by James Guthrie.

More from the Sept. 12 announcement: Wish You Were Here has been a mainstay on all-time greatest albums lists for decades. The multi-Platinum-selling #1 hit record was Pink Floyd’s first to reach the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic, becoming the band’s fastest selling album. In 1973, The Dark Side of the Moon had taken Pink Floyd from a hugely successful breakout British band to one of the biggest rock groups on the planet. Wish You Were Here was the band’s powerful response to their newfound global fame.

The album features the multi-part eulogy to Syd Barrett “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” the hypnotic “Welcome To The Machine,” the scathing “Have a Cigar,” with its immortal line “Oh by the way, which one’s Pink?” famously sung not by Waters or Gilmour, but by non band-member Roy Harper, and the essential title track.

Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here 50 Tracklisting and Formats

LEGEND
* never before officially released

2-CD
“DISC 1”
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
Welcome to the Machine
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)
Wine Glasses
Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)

“DISC 2”
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo) *
The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *

3-LP
Side A
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5)
Welcome to the Machine

Side B
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9)

Side C
Wine Glasses
Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)

Side D
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo) *

Side E
The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *

Side F
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *

Blu-ray
Wish You Were Here original 5-track album
2025 Dolby Atmos Mix
2011 5.1 Surround Mix
1975 Stereo Mix
1975 4.0 Quad Mix

Bonus Audio Material (stereo)
Wine Glasses
Have a Cigar (Alternate Version)
Wish You Were Here (featuring Stéphane Grappelli)
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Early Instrumental Version, Rough Mix) *
The Machine Song (Roger’s Demo) *
The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) *
Wish You Were Here (Take 1) *
Wish You Were Here (Pedal Steel Instrumental Mix) *
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix) *

Live Bootleg (stereo)
Raving and Drooling (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
You’ve Got To Be Crazy (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1-5) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Have a Cigar (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (6-9) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Speak to Me (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Breathe (In The Air) (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
On the Run (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Time (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
The Great Gig in the Sky (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Money (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Us and Them (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Any Colour You Like (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Brain Damage (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Eclipse (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *
Echoes (Live from the Los Angeles Sports Arena, 1975) *

Videos (concert Screen Films)
• Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part I)
• Shine On You Crazy Diamond
• Welcome To The Machine

• Storm Thorgerson Short Film, 2000
Produced & Directed by Storm Thorgerson

DELUXE BOX SET
Including all 2-CD, 3-LP (on exclusive clear vinyl) and Blu-Ray formats listed below, plus:

A fourth clear vinyl LP titled: “LP4” – Live At Wembley 1974
Side G
Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Side H
You’ve Got To Be Crazy

Japanese Replica 7” Single:
Have A Cigar (edit) b/w Welcome To The Machine

Hardcover book with unseen photographs
Comic Book Tour Programme
Knebworth Poster

The Deluxe Box Set is available for pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.