The Endless River packaging: Rick Wright's handwritten notes and photos

The most striking thing about The Endless River’s physical packaging is that it doesn’t just memorialize Rick Wright—it lets him speak from the page. The deluxe and vinyl editions come with a 24-page booklet that includes reproductions of his actual handwritten lyrics for songs like “Nervana” and “Autumn ’68,” penned in his unmistakable looping script. Seeing his personal annotations—cross-outs, phrasing changes, little doodles—makes the album feel less like a posthumous tribute and more like a shared notebook left open on the studio floor.

Beyond the handwriting, the booklet is packed with candid photos of Wright at work during the Division Bell sessions, his face half-lit by console meters, often with a cigarette tucked between his fingers. The art director Aubrey Powell (of Hipgnosis fame) also embedded subtle visual echoes of Wright’s earlier contributions—like a flooded forest scene that mirrors the cover of his solo album Wet Dream. It’s a quiet, deliberate way of saying that his presence shaped not just the music but the whole visual language of Pink Floyd.