This is my first Pink Floyd recording on here – ‘Wish you were here’ from the album sharing the same name. I did have to slightly cheat and make it a two-take-wonder because there is no physical way that I could play the radio guitar part and normal guitar parts at the same time and make them sound good. I did try…
This song is about Syd Barrett, who stopped performing (left isn’t exactly the right term) with Pink Floyd near the end of their really psychedelic era and before Pink Floyd become superstars with their concept albums. During the recording of Shine on you Crazy Diamond (on the same album, also largely about Syd), Syd visited the studio. He had shaved of all the hair on his body, and was largely overweight. The rest of the band didn’t recognise him immediately. It was to be the last time that any of Pink Floyd were to see him.
