Didn't they just use any sound effects that were laying around the Abbey Road library? Wish You Were Here is the ninth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 12 September 1975 through Harvest Records and Columbia Records, their first release for the latter. "Yes, yes". The sounds at the end of 'Have a Cigar' and the beginning of 'Wish You Were Here' were picked up randomly from a radio, recorded from Gilmour's car. It was not played live by the band for nearly ten years after this, yet became a concert staple after its reappearance in 1987, and … What do these radio voices in the beginning of "Wish you were here" say? "Wish You Were Here" made its stage debut on the band's 1977 tour, which featured a performance of the entire album at every show. What is said at the beginning of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here"? I can pick out a few words here and there, but I've never been 100% sure about any of it. "Yes and not with you Derek, this star nonsense.". I know the lyrics to the song but before the guitar intro starts I can hear something already playing in the background of the song and I dont know what it is. "Disciplinary remains merciful". As far as the lyrics go, this is what I can make of it-.