Album: Still Wish You Were Here: A Tribute to Pink Floyd
Artist: various artists
2021 Cleopatra Records, Inc.
CD: CLO2309

Geoff Tate: vocals (1)
Steve Hackett: guitar (1)
Billy Sheehan: bass (1)
Mel Collins: flute, alto sax (1)
Geoff Downes: keyboard (1)
Ian Paice: drums (1, 5)
Todd Rundgren: vocals (2)
Rick Wakeman: MiniMoog (2)
Tony Levin: bass (2)
James LaBrie: vocals (3)
Steve Stevens: guitar (3)
Patrick Moraz: keys (3), synths (3)
Rat Scabies: drums (3)
Jah Wobble: bass (3)
Rik Emmett: vocals (4)
Joe Satriani: acoustic & electric guitars (4)
Edgar Froese: keys (4), synths (4)
David Ellefson: bass (4)
Carmine Appice: drums (4)
Rod Argent: vocals (5), keys (5), synths (5)
Steve Hillage: guitar (5)
Bootsy Collins: bass (5), spacebass (5)


Executive producer: Brian Perera
Produced by Jürgen Engler
Mixed by Engler & ChrisLietz

Guitar recorded by Roger King (1)
Keys engineered & produced by Downes (1)
Drums engineered & produced by James Paice (1, 5)
MiniMoog engineered by Erik Jordan (2)
Vocals recorded by Chance LaBrie (3)
Vocals engineered by Mike Shotton (4)
Bass recorded by John Aquilino (4)
Vocals engineered by Dale Hanson (5)
Spacebass recorded by Collins (5)
ProTools engineer: Tobe Donohue (5)


Tracks:
1. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)" [Gilmour/Wright/Waters] ()
2. "Welcome to the Machine" [Waters] ()
3. "Have a Cigar" [Waters] ()
4. "Wish You were Here" [Gilmour/Waters] ()
5. "Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)" [Parts 6-8: Gilmour/Wright/Waters; Part 9: Wright] ()


Notes (*****): There was a music video done for (3).

Another all-star tribute album from Cleopatra Records. The biggest surprise is perhaps that Billy Sherwood is not involved! Instead, Jürgen Engler produced: he's done similar release before, like Who are You: An All Star Tribute to The Who.

It's Wish You were Here, a classic album. So it's a great listen. Is it actually needed? Probably not... you could just listen to the original. As covers, there are no radical re-interpretations here, but some of the performances do shine through: e.g., Hackett on (1), Wakeman on (2), Hillage on (5). So, these are very good performances of Wish You were Here, perhaps a step above some of the Billy Sherwood-led Floyd tributes on Cleopatra we've had before. (Sherwood did two complete Floyd albums for the label: Back Against the Wall (2005) and Return to the Dark Side of the Moon (2006). Before that, he did a broader Floyd tribute album with Bob Kulick, Pigs & Pyramids—An All Star Lineup Performing the Songs of Pink Floyd (2002), which included versions of "Welcome to the Machine" with Derek Sherinian (but no Sherwood performing), "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" with Steve Lukather and Sherwood, and "Have a Cigar" with Bobby Kimball and Mike Porcaro (no Sherwood performing)... should you want to compare.)

Edgar Froese died in 2015, so some of this album must have been recorded before. (HP,  17 Jul 21)

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