Subsequent to the major release day at the end of September which marked the first phase of the Why Pink Floyd remaster and reissue campaign, phase two has now happened. Released in most territories on November 7th/8th 2011, Wish You Were Here is the second of the big three that have been given the Experience and Immersion treatment, and as a follow up to our reviews of the individual albums, the collection box set, and the Dark Side Of The Moon Experience and Immersion sets, we now turn our attention to these new editions of the band's 1975 classic. To reiterate previous coverage on this site, this Experience edition of the album features the 2011 remaster of the album, and comes with a second CD containing previously unreleased and unheard live and studio recordings. The live tracks come from the Wembley Empire Pool in November 1974, and the studio recordings are alternative versions from the
WYWH sessions, along with a second track from the aborted Household Objects project. In due course, our extensive look at the Immersion set and the SACD release will also be on Brain Damage, but before then, below, we take a good look at each aspect of the Wish You Were Here Experience edition...
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