Pink Floyd’s ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here, was released on September 12, 1975. The album cover was designed by Hipgnosis and features a burning man standing in front of the Battersea Power Station.

The album was originally going to be named “Work” and feature a cover with a man welding. However, the band decided to change the album’s name and cover art after bassist Roger Waters’ father died.

The man on the album cover is a model named Syd Barrett. Barrett was a founding member of Pink Floyd, but left the band in 1968 due to mental health …