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Not only was I the one who shot the videotape, I am also the one who asked the question. I think it was something that had become personal with him. He knew he had gone out on a limb publicly -- my camcorder couldn't have been more obvious since I was front-row center -- and I don't think I was the first to have asked him about it. Just look at how Gerald Plano squirms as Hardwick pontificates. The classical examples I cited were from Bill Moran, and there was no greater expert in this field than Bill -- unless you also considered his partner, Ted Fagen. Both Brad and Bill were crazy Californians! I suppose Keith just had a hard wick. Mike Biel [log in to unmask] -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Accidental stereo (again) From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, September 03, 2014 11:42 am To: [log in to unmask] Hi Mark: Do you have any insights as to why Hardwick was so hard-set against the accidental stereo material being released? I'm curious as to his motivation. Why was taking such a stance against reality and at least some market demand a good move for EMI? Why did EMI back his stance? -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Obert-Thorn" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 11:20 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Accidental stereo (again) > On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 10:12:07 -0400, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >>The old EMI guy who took such a vehement stance at the ARSC Conference has > been proven wrong. I >>think he just had wrong information from stodgy, hidebound EMI executives > (of which he was perhaps >>one), or he was outright lying. I'm not sure what his motivation would be. > Why would EMI care so >>much about the entire topic to outright lie? Why would it > be "controversial" in the first place? >>That's why I think it's more a case of old, hidebound executives being > defensive and relying on >>sloppy or incomplete record-keeping. > > It's interesting to note that when EMI was preparing their "Elgar Edition" > CD series in 1992/3, someone there (probably Andrew Walter) put together an > accidental stereo version of Elgar conducting the Prelude to "The Kingdom", > which was recorded at the same session as the "Cockaigne" Overture, whose > final side had already been circulated as accidental stereo. EMI initially > announced that this was going to be released; but after objections raised > by Keith Hardwick (the "old EMI guy" on the YouTube video), they withdrew > the idea. So, it's not a case of EMI not being open to the concept of > accidental stereo at all. > > Mark Obert-Thorn > >