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Of all the albums that Pink Floyd produced perhaps none come close to exploring melancholy, ghosts of the past and bitterness, despair and anger in equal measure than the 1975 release of Wish You Were Here.

Much has been written of the album’s mythos, the strangeness of seeing an old friend and leader of the Progressive Rock group standing in close proximity, staring meaningfully as the songs came to life, as they seemed to echo the disconnect that had been suffered with a sense of drama and distress; yet interestingly not with any kind of disruption to the machine, to the Pink Floyd story.