David Gilmour – voz, guitarra, steel guitar, EMS Synthi AKS, teclados, efectos de sonido; guitarra acústica de 6 y de 12 cuerdas en «Wish You Were Here»
Roger Waters – voz, bajo, guitarra, VCS3, efectos de sonido
Nick Mason – batería, percusión, efectos de sonido
Richard Wright – teclados, VCS3, clavinet, coros.
Músicos adicionales :
Dick Parry – saxofón en «Shine On You Crazy Diamond»
Roy Harper – voz en «Have a Cigar»
Venetta Fields y Carlena Williams – coros
Stéphane Grapelli - violín en «Wish You Were Here» (no incluido en el disco)
Gerald Albright, Reggie Andrews, Sheree Brown, Tony Coleman, Roy Galloway, Debra Jones, Tony Lewis, Eric McKain, Charles Mims Jr., Phil Moores, Bill Pegg, Laverne Peterson, Patrice Rushen, Freddie Washington and Oren Waters
Strings (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5 & 9)
Patrice Rushen – arrangements and conductor (1, 2, 4, 9)
Reggie Andrews – arrangements and conductor (5)
Gerald Vinci – concertmaster (1, 2)
Charles Veal Jr. – concertmaster (4, 5, 9)
Ronald Cooper, Selene Hurford, Ray Kelley, Ron Leonard, Edgar Lustgarten and Harry Shlutz – cello
Denyse Buffum, Rollice Dale, Mark Kovacs, Virginia Majewski, Carole Mukogawa, Art Royval and Barbara Thomason – viola
Israel Baker, Arnold Belnick, Harry Bluestone, Alfred Breuning, Bonnie Douglas, Assa Drori, Frank Foster, Harris Goldman, Endre Granat, Connie Kupka, Carl LaMagna, Barbara Nord, Henry Roth, Sheldon Sanov, Sandy Seymour, Paul Shure, Barry Socher, Marcia Van Dyke, Dorothy Wade and Kenneth Yerke – violin.