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Man on the Rocks is awful, Amarok & Return to Ommadawn are excellent.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

From my own personal point of view, hearing all of Mike Oldfield's recent albums for the first time on this thread, means I now want to go out and buy all of his original albums on CD, which means more money for the artist and record company and record stores, and also more great albums to add to my ever-growing CD collection, so everyone wins in the end. Thumbs Up

That's lovely but you are not the typical YT listener, 99.9% of those will never buy the music. Have fun, I have a lot of Oldfield albums, I'd still advice that you don't need ALL of them. 
Here's a list of the Mike Oldfield albums I'm now planning to go out and buy, having heard them all for the first time right here:-
 
Amarok (1990)
Guitars (1999)
Tr3s Lunas (2002)
 
I have nearly all of Mike Oldfield's other albums apart from Heaven's Open (1991) and Tubular Bells 2003  which I would avoid like the Chinese plague. Smile
 
I'm not sure about Man on the Rocks (2014) as that's the one album I've still yet to hear.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

From my own personal point of view, hearing all of Mike Oldfield's recent albums for the first time on this thread, means I now want to go out and buy all of his original albums on CD, which means more money for the artist and record company and record stores, and also more great albums to add to my ever-growing CD collection, so everyone wins in the end. Thumbs Up

That's lovely but you are not the typical YT listener, 99.9% of those will never buy the music. Have fun, I have a lot of Oldfield albums, I'd still advice that you don't need ALL of them. 
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From my own personal point of view, hearing all of Mike Oldfield's recent albums for the first time on this thread, means I now want to go out and buy all of his original albums on CD, which means more money for the artist and record company and record stores, and also more great albums to add to my ever-growing CD collection, so everyone wins in the end. Thumbs Up

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Originally posted by Meltdowner Meltdowner wrote:

^ The revenue supposedly goes to the artist and not to the uploader if the copyrights were claimed, which is the case for these videos.

Cool. 
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^ The revenue supposedly goes to the artist and not to the uploader if the copyrights were claimed, which is the case for these videos.
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I assume all these full album YouTube videos are perfectly legal?
 
If they weren't legal, then I'm sure YouTube would have taken them down by now, bearing in mind some of Mike Oldfield's albums were uploaded to YouTube nearly a year ago. Wink
 
Most of the full album videos on this thread are from the same YouTube uploader, so if by some chance they do get taken down, then they'll all disappear together. Confused

Legal? Probably not, it's not Mike Oldfield who's loading these up, youtube doesn't care about the artists at all, it'd be a full time job tracking down the uploads, requesting youtube take them down and then following up when they don't take them down in a timely manner.

All that Paul is doing by loading these up is adding to the uploaders advertising revenue with zero going to the artist.

Most artists don't have the time or energy for this so just leave them up, that doesn't mean they approve of them.

Personally I'm strongly against loading up full albums. Unfortunately that war was lost long ago.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I assume all these full album YouTube videos are perfectly legal?
 
If they weren't legal, then I'm sure YouTube would have taken them down by now, bearing in mind some of Mike Oldfield's albums were uploaded to YouTube nearly a year ago. Wink
 
Most of the full album videos on this thread are from the same YouTube uploader, so if by some chance they do get taken down, then they'll all disappear together. Confused


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The final album, but hopefully, not the final post. Smile
 
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Man on the Rocks (2014)
 
 
Track Listing
  1. "Sailing" - 4:46
  2. "Moonshine" - 5:49
  3. "Man on the Rocks" - 6:10
  4. "Castaway" - 6:34
  5. "Minutes" - 4:51
  6. "Dreaming in the Wind" - 5:28
  7. "Nuclear" - 5:03
  8. "Chariots" - 4:38
  9. "Following the Angels" - 7:04
  10. "Irene" - 3:59
  11. "I Give Myself Away"  - 5:10
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John Cleese is a disaster though... Big smile
I prefer Fadalack's version of Tubular Bells to Mike Oldfield's 2003 version, mainly because it doesn't include John Cleese. Smile
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Music of the Spheres (2008)
 
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


I have to be honest about the 2003 version of Tubular Bells, having just heard it for the first time: it's like a carbon copy of the original 1973 version  and doesn't really add anything to it at all. The only major difference is John Cleese acting as Master of Ceremonies instead of Vivian Stanshall, which is not necessarily a good thing. Maybe I was expecting another masterpiece like Tubular Bells II or III, so I couldn't help feeling disappointed. One thing's for sure, I would have been upset if I'd gone out and bought the almost identical Tubular Bells 2003 when I already have the original version. To be brutally honest, it was a pointless remake of a classic album. Confused


Actually, the version I ended up buying is Tubular Bells 2003. Mostly because it was the one they had at the shop at that time, and I researched a bit and it didn't seem such a bad idea to get that one instead of searching for the original, with Mike wanting to do it again because he was never wholly satisfied with the original given his inexperience and lack of resources. However, I have heard very little of the very original one, mostly I have the original intro from New Age compilations, and comparing that part I think I do prefer the 2003 one... mostly, it has some very beautiful bass playing that either is played different on lost in the mix of the original, but I really miss that. However, I have been thinking that I might be wanting to get the original one by now, anyway... there's just so many albums to get still (including some other Oldfield's albums too).


I feel both versions have their merits, so I keep switching between the two - although original is played more often.
Tubular Bells 2003 are perfectly played, recorded and produced. You can clearly hear the basslines, you get very full and fresh sound, especially in crescendo parts, everything stays in beat and is aligned ideally. John Cleese is a disaster though, and not everyone likes the modern distortion/fuzz pedals in heavier parts.
Tubular Bells 1973 had small missteps and was murkier overall. Imperfections gave it more life and sense of mystery, perhaps. Definitely the good old 70s production made me feel more fascinated with its labyrinthine contents.

TB2003 to give you energy and lift you up, TB1973 to daydream. Big smile


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:


I have to be honest about the 2003 version of Tubular Bells, having just heard it for the first time: it's like a carbon copy of the original 1973 version  and doesn't really add anything to it at all. The only major difference is John Cleese acting as Master of Ceremonies instead of Vivian Stanshall, which is not necessarily a good thing. Maybe I was expecting another masterpiece like Tubular Bells II or III, so I couldn't help feeling disappointed. One thing's for sure, I would have been upset if I'd gone out and bought the almost identical Tubular Bells 2003 when I already have the original version. To be brutally honest, it was a pointless remake of a classic album. Confused


Actually, the version I ended up buying is Tubular Bells 2003. Mostly because it was the one they had at the shop at that time, and I researched a bit and it didn't seem such a bad idea to get that one instead of searching for the original, with Mike wanting to do it again because he was never wholly satisfied with the original given his inexperience and lack of resources. However, I have heard very little of the very original one, mostly I have the original intro from New Age compilations, and comparing that part I think I do prefer the 2003 one... mostly, it has some very beautiful bass playing that either is played different on lost in the mix of the original, but I really miss that. However, I have been thinking that I might be wanting to get the original one by now, anyway... there's just so many albums to get still (including some other Oldfield's albums too).
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I have to be honest about the 2003 version of Tubular Bells, having just heard it for the first time: it's like a carbon copy of the original 1973 version  and doesn't really add anything to it at all. The only major difference is John Cleese acting as Master of Ceremonies instead of Vivian Stanshall, which is not necessarily a good thing. Maybe I was expecting another masterpiece like Tubular Bells II or III, so I couldn't help feeling disappointed. One thing's for sure, I would have been upset if I'd gone out and bought the almost identical Tubular Bells 2003 when I already have the original version. To be brutally honest, it was a pointless remake of a classic album. Confused
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:


Not giving consideration to probably the greatest composer and musician of the 20th century is up to you of course. 

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^ I didn't know Alan Rickman was Master of Ceremonies on Tubular Bells II. I thought that was John Gordon Sinclair, although maybe I'm confusing the album with Tubular Bells III. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Tubular Bells 2003 - featuring Master of Ceremonies, John Cleese!
 


Cleese is dreadful in that role imo. Rickman did a lot better on Tubular II.
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