Hey You: Did EMI and Pink Floyd check your work while it was in progress? Knowing that you are about to start work on something controversial can be unsettling. We’ve had 30 years to live with it, and some people don’t want that image to be altered. But from the point of view that everyone knows the original mix so well. Not from a musical point of view, because the record really lends itself to 3-dimensional treatment. James Guthrie: ‘Daunting’ is a word that comes to mind! I think this is probably one of the most difficult 5.1 mixes. Hey You: Had you some fears in “putting your hands” on such a masterpiece? Safety copies were made, and the original tapes were sent to me at my studio in northern California.
The process of locating all of the component parts began in November. They called and asked me to have a go at an all-new 5.1 mix. The band listened to the quad mix and elected not to use it. Jody Klein had just done the same thing with his Rolling Stones catalogue, and I felt that the idea was inspired. Pricing the disc competitively with normal CDs meant that the record company could really give something back to the fans. Either Alan’s original quad mix, or a new 5.1 mix. With the SACD we could provide a disc that would contain a standard ‘red-book’ layer, allowing it to play in all conventional CD players, and a high-resolution layer with room for both the original stereo mix, and a multichannel ‘surround’ version. Doug Sax and I had re-mastered the album so many times for past re-releases, I felt that it was time to do something a bit special. James Guthrie: As we were approaching the 30-year anniversary of The Dark Side Of The Moon, I wrote a proposal to EMI, suggesting the release of a hybrid SACD.
Hey You: When did you started to work on this project and how it’s been born? How much time did it take you to complete it? JAMES GUTHRIE INTERVIEW, 2003 Posted on Brain Damage with kind permission of Hey You and Christian Diemoz Home Interviews Pink Floyd producers interviews James Guthrie - 2003 - Hey You fanzine
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