Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) the "Why Pink Floyd...?" campaign, the "Experience" and "Immersion" versions of the "Wish You Were Here" album include an alternative version of the song where Grappelli's part is heard in the instrumental break after the second verse and throughout the third verse before a considerably extended outro. Other less obvious differences are audible, for example at the section leading into the second verse. The master tape of the original recording includes an entire performance of pedal steel guitar and electric guitar solos, played by Gilmour, that were not used in the final mix. "Wish You Were Here" made its stage
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) employed a publicist and kept themselves distant from the press, their relationship with the media began to sour. Following the publication by "NME" of a negative critique of the band's new material, written by Nick Kent (a devotee of Syd Barrett) and Pete Erskine, the band returned to the studio in the first week of 1975. "Wish You Were Here" is Floyd's second album with a conceptual theme written entirely by Roger Waters. It reflects his feeling that the camaraderie that had served the band was, by then, largely absent. The album begins with a long instrumental preamble and segues