Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here Gets the Deluxe Treatment It Deserves

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00:00Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here gets the deluxe treatment it deserves.

00:0425 bonus tracks and 4 different audio formats demonstrate that Pink Floyd's archival vault runs deeper than most bands' entire catalogs.

00:12The Wish You Were Here 50 collections, arriving December 12, 2025,

00:17marks 5 decades since the band's 1975 follow-up to the dark side of the moon

00:21and delivers the kind of comprehensive dive that makes vinyl collectors suddenly very interested in their credit card limits.

00:28Producer James Guthrie, refining Floyd's sound since the 1980s, crafted an immersive Dolby Atmos mix.

00:34Your home becomes Abbey Road with guitars and Rick Wright's synths swirling.

00:39The set also includes the original 1975 stereo mix, the quad version, and the 2011 surround mix on Blu-ray.

00:47It's a reinvention, offering the closest experience to a Pink Floyd session.

00:52Previously unheard demos reveal how Welcome to the Machine evolved from rough sketches.

00:57The Machine song offers the earliest glimpse of what became Welcome to the Machine,

01:02complete with Roger Waters' conceptual exploration of industry themes.

01:07More compelling is the unbroken version of Shine on You Crazy Diamond.

01:10No side breaks, no pauses, just 26 minutes of uninterrupted Floyd at their most expansive.

01:16The instrumental Wish You Were Here featuring David Gilmour's pedal steelwork

01:20sounds like country music filtered through a fever dream.

01:24The deluxe box set includes everything short of Gilmour's actual guitar picks.

01:29There are hardcover books, replica concert posters, a Japanese 7-inch single,

01:34and Storm Thorgerson's short films, offering a full museum-style experience.

01:39Stephen Wilson restored the legendary April 1975 Los Angeles concert, thrilling fans.

01:44With vinyl sales resurging, even Gen Z appreciates these concept albums.

01:50This box set offers versions for all, from the Essential 2 CD edition to a deluxe package.