--- product_id: 48703726 title: "Wish You Were Here (2016 Edition)" price: "€ 108.04" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/48703726-wish-you-were-here-2016-edition store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Wish You Were Here (2016 Edition) **Price:** € 108.04 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Wish You Were Here (2016 Edition) - **How much does it cost?** € 108.04 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/48703726-wish-you-were-here-2016-edition) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Pink Floyd's ninth studio album, it topped the album charts in both the UK and US when released in 1975. Reflecting the band's thoughts of the time on the music business and exploring themes of absence, 'Wish You Were Here' contains the classic cut 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond', a tribute to founder member Syd Barrett, as well as the title track, considered one of Pink Floyd's greatest and most popular songs. Review: Simply amazing - I won't go on about it's remastering using as many audiophile descriptions as possible to show you how knowledgeable I am because it's all subjective, it depends on your ears, your equipment and your room, enough said. This review is for cd my preferred medium, my equipment is 22 years old technics system. It sounds amazing, by far the best engineered cd I have listened to, the music is also brilliant. I find it relaxing and inspired. To steal a comment from another review, ' it rips my soul out'. As noted by others the disc is a little tight in the cardboard sleeve which is however beautifully made with a top quality booklet including the lyrics which unusually are printed big enough to read. It arrives in a little resealable black bag with a small paper label stuck on it like a small record centre label. It all adds up to a top quality feeling making it a cd to treasure. On the plus side the hinges won't snap off the crystal case and I can get a lot more cardboard sleeves on my shelves, it's also one less piece of unesesary plastic floating around. I can't recommend it enough and whatever your system this will show you what it's capable of. The card case has loosened off with use and is now a perfect fit. I've just picked up this album on a original 1975 cassette tape, anyone telling you the remastered CD is not as good as the original on vinyl or cassette is either delusional or deaf, perhaps both. The cassette is nostalgic and nice to own but music quality wise the CD outperform it in every way. The cassette has less compression than the record as well so vinyl will be even worse. I'm playing both CD and cassette through the same vintage Technics rig so it's a direct comparison. Review: The pinnacle creatively, now even better - Wish You Were Here is simply Pink Floyd's greatest album. The dark, angry Kid A to Dark Side's OK Computer, its five tracks are all among the band's greatest work. The remastering job on these albums is... barely noticeable to anyone except an audiophile, to the surprise of precisely no-one. However, the money here is from hearing the extra material, which Pink Floyd have in the past been insanely shy about releasing. There must be so many great songs in the EMI vaults that would make for fascinating listening - not least the tail end of Syd Barrett's tenure, much of which is only available on bootlegs. So what do we get on this bonus disc? One of the more interesting curious is a little ambient piece left over from the failed Household Objects album that later ended up mixed into the intro of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'. Interesting for about one listen, that is, as you can see why it was thrown out. An alternative version of 'Have A Cigar' is... well, pointless, not as good as the original and frankly forgettable. Drummer Nick Mason noted in his autobiography that the violin playing they overdubbed onto the title track was lovely, but just didn't work for some reason, and listening to it it's hard not to agree. The real attraction here is in the three 1974 live tracks, 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' and then two embryonic versions of songs from their next album, Animals, that wouldn't see the light of day until 1977. 'Gotta Be Crazy,' later to be known as 'Dogs,' is a competently played but clearly unfinished track. The verse melody is notably different, and the closing breakdown is lacking a chord change that would strongly benefit the final version; Gilmour struggles to keep up the pace with the vocal and it ends up sounding rushed. 'Raving And Drooling' is almost identical to 'Sheep,' with some lyrical changes, and is a pleasing listen. The highlight of this entire set, though, is 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond.' While still not completed, this version strongly resembles those later played live by both Roger Waters solo and the Waters-less Floyd. But shorn of backing musicians and having to pick up the whole of the slack themselves, the band put in a career-best performance, reaching a peak in its closing overs with a jazz-funk instrumental workout. For just 'Shine On' live, Wish You Were Here is worth buying a second time even if you can't hear the remastering on the first disc. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00536OCZK | | Best Sellers Rank | 19,488 in CDs & Vinyl ( See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl ) 4,467 in Vinyl 7,973 in Rock | | Customer reviews | 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars (7,879) | | Is discontinued by manufacturer | No | | Label | PLG UK Catalog | | Manufacturer | PLG UK Catalog | | Manufacturer reference | 029880 | | Number of discs | 1 | | Original Release Date | 2011 | | Product Dimensions | 31.29 x 31.39 x 0.79 cm; 235.87 g | ## Images ![Wish You Were Here (2016 Edition) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51GXfGOm6JL.jpg) ![Wish You Were Here (2016 Edition) - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41RxvqvXTvL.jpg) ![Wish You Were Here (2016 Edition) - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71PFhs46WiL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simply amazing *by A***R on 24 June 2022* I won't go on about it's remastering using as many audiophile descriptions as possible to show you how knowledgeable I am because it's all subjective, it depends on your ears, your equipment and your room, enough said. This review is for cd my preferred medium, my equipment is 22 years old technics system. It sounds amazing, by far the best engineered cd I have listened to, the music is also brilliant. I find it relaxing and inspired. To steal a comment from another review, ' it rips my soul out'. As noted by others the disc is a little tight in the cardboard sleeve which is however beautifully made with a top quality booklet including the lyrics which unusually are printed big enough to read. It arrives in a little resealable black bag with a small paper label stuck on it like a small record centre label. It all adds up to a top quality feeling making it a cd to treasure. On the plus side the hinges won't snap off the crystal case and I can get a lot more cardboard sleeves on my shelves, it's also one less piece of unesesary plastic floating around. I can't recommend it enough and whatever your system this will show you what it's capable of. The card case has loosened off with use and is now a perfect fit. I've just picked up this album on a original 1975 cassette tape, anyone telling you the remastered CD is not as good as the original on vinyl or cassette is either delusional or deaf, perhaps both. The cassette is nostalgic and nice to own but music quality wise the CD outperform it in every way. The cassette has less compression than the record as well so vinyl will be even worse. I'm playing both CD and cassette through the same vintage Technics rig so it's a direct comparison. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The pinnacle creatively, now even better *by G***Y on 26 January 2012* Wish You Were Here is simply Pink Floyd's greatest album. The dark, angry Kid A to Dark Side's OK Computer, its five tracks are all among the band's greatest work. The remastering job on these albums is... barely noticeable to anyone except an audiophile, to the surprise of precisely no-one. However, the money here is from hearing the extra material, which Pink Floyd have in the past been insanely shy about releasing. There must be so many great songs in the EMI vaults that would make for fascinating listening - not least the tail end of Syd Barrett's tenure, much of which is only available on bootlegs. So what do we get on this bonus disc? One of the more interesting curious is a little ambient piece left over from the failed Household Objects album that later ended up mixed into the intro of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'. Interesting for about one listen, that is, as you can see why it was thrown out. An alternative version of 'Have A Cigar' is... well, pointless, not as good as the original and frankly forgettable. Drummer Nick Mason noted in his autobiography that the violin playing they overdubbed onto the title track was lovely, but just didn't work for some reason, and listening to it it's hard not to agree. The real attraction here is in the three 1974 live tracks, 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' and then two embryonic versions of songs from their next album, Animals, that wouldn't see the light of day until 1977. 'Gotta Be Crazy,' later to be known as 'Dogs,' is a competently played but clearly unfinished track. The verse melody is notably different, and the closing breakdown is lacking a chord change that would strongly benefit the final version; Gilmour struggles to keep up the pace with the vocal and it ends up sounding rushed. 'Raving And Drooling' is almost identical to 'Sheep,' with some lyrical changes, and is a pleasing listen. The highlight of this entire set, though, is 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond.' While still not completed, this version strongly resembles those later played live by both Roger Waters solo and the Waters-less Floyd. But shorn of backing musicians and having to pick up the whole of the slack themselves, the band put in a career-best performance, reaching a peak in its closing overs with a jazz-funk instrumental workout. For just 'Shine On' live, Wish You Were Here is worth buying a second time even if you can't hear the remastering on the first disc. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My favourite 'Floyd album, even better on vinyl! *by B***1 on 10 September 2019* This was a surprise birthday present from my partner (we share our Amazon account), we've recently got a vinyl player and have decided to buy our favorite albums on vinyl for our living room - ideally ones we can both listen to. I have 300+ CD's and want to buy a few handfuls of my very favorite albums that are, in my opinion, flawless albums from the first note to the last, and this one certainly fits the bill, she knows me so well! 'WYWH' just about beats the other 'Big Four' Pink Floyd albums ('Dark Side...,' 'Animals,' and 'The Wall,') in my opinion. There's just something about it, it's both very engaging and the ultimate chill out album at the same time. Its backstory regarding Syd Barrett's mysterious appearance adds to the legend, and you somehow get the feeling it affected the writing and recording process no end. It should've been their fall from grace following the massive success of 'Dark Side...' (like basically any successful rock band ever) instead, in my opinion, they found a whole new level of songwriting, returning to a more stripped down and simpler sound but also slightly more heartfelt and pure. All 5 songs are brilliant. The title track and the first 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' are well known and are probably among the most celebrated in their entire discography, but that does a serious disservice to the futuristic atmospherics of the excellent 'Welcome To The Machine' (my personal favorite under-rated 'Floyd tune) and the laid back, nasty blues of 'Have a Cigar' and that's without praising the epic conclusion! Why write more than 5 when the 5 you got are flawless? The vinyl release just sounds better to me than my CD version, it might be some placebo effect - I don't know - but there's some indescribable audible improvement on vinyl that's hard to describe, plus it has the added bonus of having all the different artwork/covers various 'parts' featured on it (the CD version pretty much ignores the 'animated/robot' handshake on the seal cover. This album is a work of art on so many levels! ## Frequently Bought Together - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd - The Wall Remastered - Animals --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/48703726-wish-you-were-here-2016-edition](https://www.desertcart.be/products/48703726-wish-you-were-here-2016-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-07-12*