Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album) the UK, and on the following day in the US. In Britain, with 250,000 advance sales, it went straight to number one, and demand was such that EMI informed retailers that only 50 percent of their orders would be fulfilled. With 900,000 advance orders (the largest for any Columbia release) it reached number one on the US "Billboard" chart in its second week. "Wish You Were Here" was Pink Floyd's fastest-selling album ever. On release, the album received mixed reviews. Ben Edmunds wrote in "Rolling Stone": "Melody Maker" reviewer wrote: "From whichever direction one approaches "Wish You Were Here", it
Wish You Were Here (musical) in to "restage the dances and add a new ballet" and Rome added a new song. In 1952, the original Broadway cast performed on "The Ed Sullivan Show" which, at the time, was known as "Toast of the Town". This appearance by the cast played a major role in the show's ultimate success. An excerpt from the book, "A Really Big Show: A Visual History of the Ed Sullivan Show" notes: "The musical comedy, "Wish You Were Here", was dead in the summer humidity until the producer sent its stars to rescue it on "Sullivan". Ed even had one of