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Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here

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Format: DVD June 26, 2012


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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. / Bonus Features: The DVD contains additional bonus material not featured in the TV broadcast version, including further interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason plus Roger Waters and David Gilmour performing excerpts from the Wish You Were Here album.

Genre: Performance


Format: Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC


Contributor: John Edginton, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, David Gilmour


Language: English


Number Of Discs: 1


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No


Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces


Item model number ‏ : ‎ 25291169


Director ‏ : ‎ John Edginton


Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC


Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 25 minutes


Release date ‏ : ‎ June 26, 2012


Actors ‏ : ‎ Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason


Studio ‏ : ‎ Uni Dist Corp (Music)


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    • Absolutely Excellent Pink Floyd Documentary
When I was about 13 or 14 years old, I would go with my friends to see the late-night Rocky Horror Picture Show at our local theater. This was in the late 1970's. And before the film, they would play this haunting, ethereal, evocative instrumental music on the theater speakers. I would sit there, and wonder: "What the hell is that? It's so moody, spooky, beautiful, and cool." Finally, I went up to the concession stand and asked them what it was, but they didn't know! It was a pre-recorded tape. Ultimately, though, I went back later to the theater with some different friends -- and, in desperation, I asked out loud: "What is this fantastic music??!!" And this one guy said: "It's Pink Floyd.... Wish You Were Here." And that was how I was introduced to what is, beyond a doubt, one of the absolutely greatest rock masterpieces of all time. After I ran out to Tower Records and bought the LP, I would listen to it -- late at night -- over and over and over. I would even fall asleep to it, in my little bunk bed. I was transfixed by the eerie gloom and dark gorgeousness of it. It became, forcefully, part of my personal musical soundtrack of the 1970's. And so, this documentary DVD is the perfect companion piece to those formative experiences I had as a young teen, in the late 70's. If you, too, were swept away by the moody chords and twilight harmonies of this masterwork of an album, then you will love -- and I mean LOVE -- this DVD. It carefully, and lovingly, deconstructs, dissects, and examines the makings of the album, and all of the varied components that make it truly great. You will learn about the history, and the emotional and artistic drives, that went into not only the songs themselves, but also into the album design, the artwork, the conceptual dynamics, the technical engineering, and the incredibly finessed instrumental flourishes and artistry that made this album one of the greatest landmark breakthroughs in music. There are also fascinating forays into the "burning man" symbolism, the haunting evocations of Syd Barrett, the social and political views of the band members, especially Roger Waters and David Gilmour, and the artistic relationship and counterpoint between this album and its predecessor, Dark Side Of The Moon. The interviews with the four band members, including with the late band keyboardist Richard Wright, are simply invaluable. They are not only revealing, insightful, and informative, but they are also self-deprecating, witty, and often profound. There are also discussions and explorations of the particular aesthetics of the album, the associated animation pieces, and the various legends that have grown up around the LP over the years. I have, easily, viewed this DVD dozens of times. I have also gone back on Amazon and bought numerous additional copies to give as presents to friends. That is how strongly I feel about this documentary. If you love the music of Pink Floyd, as I do, or if you love documentaries about music history, artistic expression, or musicology, you will thoroughly enjoy this. Even if you simply grew up, or came of age, in the decade of the 1970's, you will very likely greatly enjoy it then, too. I unhesitatingly give this DVD my very highest recommendation. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021 by William de Lay
    • Love!
My favorite song “Shine on You crazy diamond”. I love this documentary!
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2024 by Donna L. McCormick
    • Not bad but it's kind of sad.
I always liked the album and following up The Dark Side of the Moon was difficult. Really, already knowing what happened to Sid Barrett is sad enough. This goes deeply into the facts, so it's a bit heart wrenching. I still love the music either way!
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2024 by GC
    • Poignant and Moving Reflection on Brilliance
I thouroughly enjoyed watching this program, and will in coming years. First, the music. Waters and Gilmore strumming the tune, the four notes that set it off, and singing the songs. Acoustic, unedited, after all these years a bit raw. Juxtaposed with wonderful concert footage. Great insight and inspiration as the sound engineer pushes the (analog) levers to isolate voices, making the music burst, and enhancing the enjoyment of the finished album. Second, the visuals. I don't recall seeing the animation, but maybe at a concert? It's great. The artist tells of the creative process and about working with the band members. I won't spoil it, but what an event it was getting the photos of the burning man and the diving man at Mono Lake. Their creative process sounds familiar, creative blocks, distractions of life's events, arguments and disagreements, strange people showing up, followed by reconciliation, creative harmonizing, and the finished product being greater than the components. A surprisingly painful process. Not the effortless flow of genius like Mozart I had invisioned. Third, then and now. Us and Them. Focused mainly on Gilmour and Rogers, with Mason, Wright and, en abstentia, Barrett, Floyd members give us insight and heart. When Gilmore reflects on their former bandmate, Syd Barrett, he exudes the vulnerable heart and soul of the band and their brilliance in its expression. He almost whispers his regret over the absence of what was possible, but is lost, with Barrett. To the Machine. Gilmour holds in sublime understanding the fragility of this life. It's invisible but always there, "The Dark Side of the Moon". Rogers seems more acerbic, "Remember when you were young, you shone like the sun". He illuminates the real dilema, "We're just two lost souls... running over the same old ground, [living with] the same old fear". Rogers expression lets us know that he still wishes, wishes for the resolution to the fearful choice: whether to live the risky but fullfilled life of the hero or to exist in the effortless but empty life of a worker drone. The endless question and quest is still on Rogers face. The paradoxical challenge. Watching this program, I better understand the pain, anger and inertia the band members experienced when they woke to the realization of being cogs in the relentless gears of the music industry i.e. modern life. Considered one of the best Pink Floyd concerts, the May 9, 1977 "In the Flesh" tour concert at the Oakland Colliseum is on YouTube. Pink Floyd performed Animals and Wish You Were Here. I was there with Santa Cruz college friends. The atmosphere was hazey, but the show was crystal clear. The sound system and set must have cost hundreds of thousands, and the band wore jeans and laughed. It was a life envigorating and transforming event. The aireal parade of house sized animals, people and a refrigerator#?# was awesome. The light show was astounding. The audience was an integral part of the performance in delight and gratitude. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2012 by Dusty Rhodes

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