There was no way of saving it, so we just had to do it yet again. That affected the tom-toms and guitars and keyboards which were playing along at the time. Unfortunately nobody understood the desk properly and when we played it back we found that someone had switched the echo returns from monitors to tracks one and two. So we did it again in one day flat and got it a lot better. We originally did the backing track over the course of several days, but we came to the conclusion that it just wasn't good enough. Īccording 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. Our bodies were there, but our minds and feelings somewhere else.' Eventually an idea was raised to split the song in two, Parts I–V and Parts VI–IX.

Recording īassist Roger Waters commented, as the sessions were underway, that 'at times the group was there only physically. The track was originally intended to be a side-long composition, like ' Atom Heart Mother' and ' Echoes', but was ultimately split into two parts and used to bookend the album, with other newly-composed material acting as a bridge. 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' was first performed on Pink Floyd's 1974 French tour and was recorded for their 1975 concept album Wish You Were Here. The remaining band members felt guilty about having removed him, but although they admired Barrett's creativity, they were concerned about his severe mental decline and felt it had been necessary. He was replaced by his former school friend David Gilmour, who had initially been brought in as second guitarist. Barrett was pushed out of the band in 1968 because of his drug use and troubled mental health, which had affected his ability to integrate with the other band members and create and perform as a musician. The song was conceived and written as a tribute and remembrance to Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett.

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