Just announced, on the day that Pink Floyd's 1975 album was originally released, is Wish You Were Here 50, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of this landmark recording.
Over the past few days it seemed clear that something was brewing, with things like the band's entire album cover thumbnails on streaming services being replaced with a (virtual) black plastic wrap, and a description - akin to accessibility alternate text - suggesting what the album hidden beneath was, and the official social media channels having banner and profile pictures similarly changed to black plastic.
Now we know what all that was leading to! Wish You Were Here 50 is coming on December 12th, 2025, in multiple formats including 3LP, 2CD, Blu-ray, digital and a Deluxe Box Set. There's also a limited single LP with just the album, but on Flame Yellow vinyl, AND a Walmart exclusive solid yellow vinyl, now also available from Sony Canada! 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 26th 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.
The 3LP and 2CD formats include the original album and the nine studio bonus tracks. The Deluxe Box Set includes all 2CD, 3LP (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 backed with Welcome To The Machine, a hardcover book including unseen photographs, a comic book tour programme and Knebworth concert poster.
To celebrate the album announcement, a previously unheard early demo recording of Welcome to the Machine originally titled The Machine Song is released today. Shorter in length than the epic original, The Machine Song (Demo #2, Revisited) gives fans a 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. A full tracklisting, along with detailing of the Deluxe Box Set, can be seen below (click Read More if you are on the home page).
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Just announced, on the day that Pink Floyd's 1975 album was originally released, is Wish You Were Here 50, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of this landmark recording.
The 3LP and 2CD formats include the original album and the nine studio bonus tracks. The Deluxe Box Set includes all 2CD, 3LP (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 backed with Welcome To The Machine, a hardcover book including unseen photographs, a comic book tour programme and Knebworth concert poster.
