Shine on You Crazy Diamond
| "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" | |
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The single edit of Part I
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| Song series by Pink Floyd from the album Wish You Were Here | |
| Published | Pink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd |
| Released | 15 September 1975 |
| Recorded | January–July 1975 |
| Genre | Progressive rock |
| Length |
26:00 (All parts) 13:32 (Parts I–V) 12:28 (Parts VI–IX) 3:53 (Single edit) |
| Label |
Harvest (UK) Columbia/CBS (US) |
| Writer(s) | David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright |
| Producer(s) | Pink Floyd |
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Rick Wright. It appeared on Pink Floyd's 1975 concept album Wish You Were Here.
The song was conceived and written as a tribute and remembrance to their former band member Syd Barrett, and the work was first performed on their 1974 French tour, and recorded for their 1975 concept album Wish You Were Here. It was intended to be a side-long composition (like "Atom Heart Mother" and "Echoes"), but was ultimately split into two sections and used to bookend the album, with new material composed that was more relevant to the album, and to the situation in which the band found themselves.
Bassist Roger Waters commented, as the sessions were underway, that "at times the group was there only physically. Our bodies were there, but our minds and feelings somewhere else." Eventually an idea was raised to split the epic in two, Parts I–V and Parts VI–IX.
According to guitarist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason on the Wish You Were Here episode of In the Studio with Redbeard, Pink Floyd recorded a satisfactory take of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", but because of a new mixing console which was installed at Abbey Road Studios, it needed to be re-recorded because excessive 'bleed' from other instruments could be heard on the drum tracks.
On part 3, a piano part seems to have been added "live" to the final mix, making it absent from multitrack masters. That part was re-recorded at British Grove Studios by pianist Richard Wright during the multi-channel mix used for the album Immersion Edition and the SACD release.
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