Postcard: Wish You Were Here
This serrated-edge glossy postcard of a splash-less diver in Mono Lake, California, was issued as an insert in Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here vinyl album released on the Harvest label in 1975. The record, comprising just five tracks, represented the rise and fall of Syd Barrett, the estranged former band member who suffered from severe mental illness. Its most famous track is ‘Shine on you crazy diamond’, a 14-minute nine-part composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Richard Wright.
The colour is deliberately dull, indicating the irony of the typical postcard message (“having a lovely time, wish you were here”).
Pink Floyd were one of the most commercially successful and influential rock groups in the history of popular music, selling more than 250 million albums worldwide. Talking of which, here's David Gilmour’s floating recording studio on the River Thames at Hampton.
Image featured in EXPLORE (though given this is merely a scan of an old postcard, I do wonder why!)
Postcard: Wish You Were Here
This serrated-edge glossy postcard of a splash-less diver in Mono Lake, California, was issued as an insert in Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here vinyl album released on the Harvest label in 1975. The record, comprising just five tracks, represented the rise and fall of Syd Barrett, the estranged former band member who suffered from severe mental illness. Its most famous track is ‘Shine on you crazy diamond’, a 14-minute nine-part composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Richard Wright.
The colour is deliberately dull, indicating the irony of the typical postcard message (“having a lovely time, wish you were here”).
Pink Floyd were one of the most commercially successful and influential rock groups in the history of popular music, selling more than 250 million albums worldwide. Talking of which, here's David Gilmour’s floating recording studio on the River Thames at Hampton.
Image featured in EXPLORE (though given this is merely a scan of an old postcard, I do wonder why!)