In The Early Years box, there is a hidden version of Meddle in 5.1. Was it your idea?
AJ –
Good to be able to clear this one up.
Any PF project that is based on the material from the period that Roger was in the band is obviously subject to his approval, and that of the other three (Rick’s children look after his interests). Each of the four have a different manager, so this can all get a bit tortuous.
Paul, who manages David, tends to be the driving force in most projects, as was the case with ’The Early Years’. It was he who asked me to do the surround mix of ‘Meddle’, with David’s approval.
When finished, a copy of it was sent to Mark Fenwick, Roger’s manager, to forward to Roger for approval. And there it remained. From what I understand, Mark never even mentioned it to Roger.
It was late in the day when Roger heard about the existence of the surround mix, and he chose simply to veto its inclusion. As far as I know he’s never heard it. C’est la vie.
I don’t know enough about BluRay authoring to understand what happened next. It’s something like – all the data was on the masters, and in the hurry to delete ‘Meddle’ only the menu link got removed, but it was still there as a ‘ghost’ image. It was a mistake.
Many believe it was somehow deliberate, and maybe was some sort of power play between the members of the band or something like that. The truth is much more mundane, human error.
