I have attached some scans of images for the reference in the earlier post.
These are alternative pics that might interest others that may not have seen them. (I notice the wiki version does not mention this gem of a book at all. Go see;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wish_You_Were_Here_(album)
1) The first was the alternative cover for Wish You Were Here, which is a bit of a giggle. (Didn't fit into the artwork I suppose.)
2) Shows the man in the Sahara sand, but instead of his face being blurred out, you can see his actual face. (this is on the two-sided paged album version)
3) Shows an alternative piece of plastic in the wind (the album versions are red and not white)
4) Shows the images of the alight man shaking hands with an "executive", but instead he is running away to be 'put out'. It was shot at the Warner Brothers Site in the U.S. The multi-sequence shows then whole event from the shaking hands to the fire extinguisher blocking out the whole image.
I should also comment that Remastered CD version of
Wish You Were Here (Album) is infinitely better than the older one, which I bought in England in 2000 for a 'song'.
As for the title song, I've always been impressed with is the way "Have a Cigar", about the record industry, changes as if it were changing a radio station, where we catch to the introduction
Wish You Were Here (song), which says ;
"...Disciplinary it remains mercifully."
(lady) "Yes, and then... Derek, this star nonsense."
(man ) "Yes, yes."
(lady) "Now which is it?"
(man) "I'm sure of it.""
(I still wonder what it
actually means)
The station then changes again, leading into the song proper. Wish You Were here, then goes into the two separate guitars, as if they are speaking to one another. Just Brilliant.
Another incidental thought is the quadraphonic version of "
Dark Side of the Moon". When I was a kid one of my friends had such a system, and I vividly remember how startling the sound of the clocks were in the song 'Time'. Such quadraphonic record players probably don't exist anymore.
I wonder if there is some 5.1 surround version available?
A quadraphonic version of Wish You Were Here (album) exists, Never seen it, never heard of it!)
Note: There are several "
Wish You Were Here (song)" songs. One I know of is by Incubus, which has the astronomical related lyrics;
"I dig my toes into the sand.
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket.
I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless and in this moment i am happy.
I wish you were here"
(It also has the great line; "The sky resembles a backlit canopy with holes punched in it.", too.)
Another is Alice Cooper's version, on his concept album "
(Alice Cooper) Goes to Hell" It too has the really great lyrics, where he is presumably in Hell;
"Can't get a ticket to get me home, dear
They just don't have too many fights
in the Twlilight zone, dear
So don't forget to feed my cats
Spot and Jerome, dear
...and I'm having a Hell of time, my dear
Wish you were here"