Pink Floyd - Wish You Were HereAustralian first pressing, 1975, with postcard VG+ VG

it is the first set of songs that the quintet has put to tape in its hometown of Austin in more than a decade

a frantic streamlined one-chord mantra kicks in and it’s like the Stooges’ Funhouse period but in a Righteous Vision Zone that fucks them right off

and featuring the infectiously appealing ‘Cannonball’

is that muffled street symphony inside a passing daydream

Yasuaki Shimizu

’ When Nina Simone waltzes into a song that exudes such bitter-sweet poignancy

It features the editor’s phone interview with him from 1998

Horn-heavy opener “Ain’t Gonna Stop” is a funk-fuelled monster

although darker in tone than the widescreen powerpop of 'Copper Blue'

the color red

Pinhas was plunged into a long period of depression

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