English translation:
James Guthrie tells in the documentary "The Missing Piano" about the creation of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" album. The biggest surprise comes when Guthrie describes that Rick Wright re-recorded missing piano music in 2007, in Mark Knopfler's British Grove Studio, after the second guitar solo of Shine on you crazy Diamond.
How did this come about? Now Guthrie needed the original multitrack tapes for the 5.1 remix of "Wish You Were Here". When studying these tapes closely, he noticed the lack of this piano music. He talked to the band members about it and asked if they had an idea on which bands he could find this music. No one could really help him, so he assumed that they had been deleted.
Guthrie, who lives in California on Lake Tahoe, he owns his studio Das Boot, arranged a meeting with Pink Floyd in London. He met David Gilmour and Rick Wright at Astoria and the next day Nick Mason and Roger Waters in Mark Knopfler's studio. It's crazy that they didn't want to meet together in a studio. This shows once again how deep the trenches within the band are. Mason preferred to sit with Waters than his two colleagues, despite the Post-Waters Floyd albums and tours.
Guthrie played the couples his remix of the album and wanted to hear the opinion of the band members because of the lack of piano music. Finally, he called Wright and said to him: "Why don't you come to Knopfler's studio after I met Nick and Roger!" And so it happened that Wright re-recorded the lost piano music on the large Bösendorf concert grand piano!
Storm Thorgerson also has his say in the documentary. He has combined new with old artwork for the SACD.
Information from: A Fleeting Glimpse, Bert van Kalker, Oskar Giovanelli, Henning Sigge
James Guthrie tells in the documentary "The Missing Piano" about the creation of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" album. The biggest surprise comes when Guthrie describes that Rick Wright re-recorded missing piano music in 2007, in Mark Knopfler's British Grove Studio, after the second guitar solo of Shine on you crazy Diamond.
How did this come about? Now Guthrie needed the original multitrack tapes for the 5.1 remix of "Wish You Were Here". When studying these tapes closely, he noticed the lack of this piano music. He talked to the band members about it and asked if they had an idea on which bands he could find this music. No one could really help him, so he assumed that they had been deleted.
Guthrie, who lives in California on Lake Tahoe, he owns his studio Das Boot, arranged a meeting with Pink Floyd in London. He met David Gilmour and Rick Wright at Astoria and the next day Nick Mason and Roger Waters in Mark Knopfler's studio. It's crazy that they didn't want to meet together in a studio. This shows once again how deep the trenches within the band are. Mason preferred to sit with Waters than his two colleagues, despite the Post-Waters Floyd albums and tours.
Guthrie played the couples his remix of the album and wanted to hear the opinion of the band members because of the lack of piano music. Finally, he called Wright and said to him: "Why don't you come to Knopfler's studio after I met Nick and Roger!" And so it happened that Wright re-recorded the lost piano music on the large Bösendorf concert grand piano!
Storm Thorgerson also has his say in the documentary. He has combined new with old artwork for the SACD.
Information from: A Fleeting Glimpse, Bert van Kalker, Oskar Giovanelli, Henning Sigge
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