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Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)
Wish You Were Here blev solgt i en af de mere omfattende pakker, der fulgte med et Pink Floyd-album. Storm Thorgerson havde ledsaget bandet på deres turné i 1974 og havde gjort sig alvorlige overvejelser om teksternes betydning og besluttede til sidst, at sangene generelt handlede om "uopfyldt nærvær" snarere end om Barretts sygdom. Dette tema om fravær blev afspejlet i de ideer, der kom frem i de mange timer, han brugte på brainstorming med bandet. Thorgerson havde bemærket, at Roxy Music's Country Life blev solgt i et uigennemsigtigt grønt cellofanomslag - hvorved coverbilledet blev censureret - og han kopierede ideen og skjulte kunstværket til Wish You Were Here i en sortfarvet krympefolie (og gjorde derfor albumcoveret "fraværende"). Konceptet bag "Welcome to the Machine" og "Have a Cigar" foreslog brugen af et håndtryk (en ofte tom gestus), og George Hardie designede et klistermærke med albummets logo af to mekaniske hænder i håndtryk, som skulle placeres på det uigennemsigtige sleeve (det mekaniske håndtrykslogo skulle også optræde på vinylalbummet, denne gang med sort og blå baggrund). Albummets coverbilleder blev fotograferet af Aubrey "Po" Powell, Storms partner i Pink Floyds designstudie Hipgnosis, og var inspireret af ideen om, at folk har en tendens til at skjule deres sande følelser af frygt for at "brænde sig", og derfor blev to forretningsmænd afbilledet, der gav hinanden hånden, den ene mand i brand. "Getting burned" var også et almindeligt udtryk i musikindustrien, som ofte blev brugt af kunstnere, der blev nægtet betaling af royaltybetalinger. Der blev brugt to stuntmænd (Ronnie Rondell og Danny Rogers), hvoraf den ene var klædt i en brandhæmmende dragt, der var dækket af et forretningskostume. Hans hoved var beskyttet af en hætte under en paryk. Fotografiet blev taget i Warner Bros. studios i Los Angeles. I første omgang blæste vinden i den forkerte retning, og flammerne blev presset ind i Rondells ansigt og brændte hans overskæg. De to stuntmænd skiftede stilling, og billedet blev senere vendt om.
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)
Wish You Were Here was sold in one of the more elaborate packages to accompany a Pink Floyd album. Storm Thorgerson had accompanied the band on their 1974 tour, and had given serious thought to the meaning of the lyrics, eventually deciding that the songs were, in general, concerned with "unfulfilled presence", rather than Barrett's illness. This theme of absence was reflected in the ideas produced by his long hours spent brainstorming with the band. Thorgerson had noted that Roxy Music's Country Life was sold in an opaque green cellophane sleeve – censoring the cover image – and he copied the idea, concealing the artwork for Wish You Were Here in a black-coloured shrink-wrap (therefore making the album art "absent"). The concept behind "Welcome to the Machine" and "Have a Cigar" suggested the use of a handshake (an often empty gesture), and George Hardie designed a sticker containing the album's logo of two mechanical hands engaged in a handshake, to be placed on the opaque sleeve (the mechanical handshake logo would also appear on the labels of the vinyl album this time in a black and blue background). The album's cover images were photographed by Aubrey 'Po' Powell, Storm's partner at the Pink Floyd design studio Hipgnosis and was inspired by the idea that people tend to conceal their true feelings, for fear of "getting burned", and thus two businessmen were pictured shaking hands, one man on fire. "Getting burned" was also a common phrase in the music industry, used often by artists denied royalty payments. Two stuntmen were used (Ronnie Rondell and Danny Rogers), one dressed in a fire-retardant suit covered by a business suit. His head was protected by a hood, underneath a wig. The photograph was taken at the Warner Bros. studios in Los Angeles. Initially the wind was blowing in the wrong direction, and the flames were forced into Rondell's face, burning his moustache. The two stuntmen changed positions, and the image was later reversed.
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)