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Foufou2001 Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: Jan. 2017 Posted: Jan. 27 2017, 02:02 Very nice to hear the full version of RTO ! Part 2 is my favorite. But I miss the specific organ sound you can hear in the BBC radio excerpt of some weeks ago. Was this a remix and does anyone know why the organ sound is deleted ? Back to top

Foufou2001 Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: Jan. 2017 Posted: Jan. 29 2017, 05:09 On the French spoken site Orabidoo-mikeoldfield.net there were some Facebook messages from Mike posted where he talks about the "Telstar" sound. http://www.orabidoo-mikeoldfield.net/2016....rt.html It was very clearly heard on BBC Radio edit, but NOT on the CD. Maybe on the 5.1 mix ? I haven't had time to listen to it yet...[B] Back to top

ESentinel Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: Mar. 2014 Posted: Jan. 29 2017, 05:59 Mike said: And then we see that Victory is actually part of Pt. I of RTO: Pt. I Pt. II Can anybody post the radio edit?????? Please. Back to top

Foufou2001 Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: Jan. 2017 Posted: Jan. 29 2017, 08:44 The melody of the "Victory" piece is in #19-20-21 of Part II. Here you can hear the radio edit : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TG63Zhge1w Much more powerful than the CD version, thanks to the above mentioned "Telstar" organ sound... Back to top

Foufou2001 Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: Jan. 2017 Posted: Jan. 31 2017, 21:49 Am I dreaming or is anyone else also hearing this difference between the BBC radio edit and the CD version of the "Victory" part ? Nearly every review of that radio excerpt mentioned the Telstar-sound and now there is total radio silence... Back to top

pipetune Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Feb. 17 2017, 16:05 Yes I searched like mad on the web as I thought this must be a single. I would also love that version. It is a bit like the single 'Spheres' which I think is better than the whole album. Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: Feb. 22 2017, 04:18 I think it is more like Early Stages from TB11 where you heard a "version" of the album, but then Mike decided to go elsewhere with it, and it is a special radio edit version, so I guess it didn't have to be exactly like the album. But it is another thing to add to the Anthology box set from Mike in the future Back to top

Happy? Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: April 2022 Posted: June 01 2022, 11:16 Mike stated in a TV interview, not too long after the release of Return to Ommadawn, that he came across the sound of the Clavioline. This is an early synthesizer and was used as lead instrument in the famous Telstar track. He liked the distinctive sound and made a Telstar-sounding theme with a Clavioline VST. This theme became the Victory theme on Return to Ommadawn. But later he realised that the Telstar-sound wouldn't fit well on an Ommadawn-themed album. So, in his words, he had to 'de-telstar' it a bit. Besides turning down the Clavioline in the mix, the guitar sounds seem to differ as well. Recently I've been searching a lot for the BBC Radio 2 fragment. I once heared it on YouTube, but the fragment (the link posted by Foufou2001) has been taken down. But fortunately I stumbled upon the following fragment on SoundCloud. And even Steve Wright's voice has been filktered out! Enjoy: https://soundcloud.com/user-70....dio-rip Would have been great if Mike had made a single 'Victory (theme from Return to Ommadawn)' with the un-de-telstarred theme... -------------- I'd rather be... happy? Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4770 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: June 01 2022, 21:14 Thanks for posting this, Mike. "Telstar" always reminds me of deco art - futuristic but of the past. I still think you're going to surprise us all by bringing out Tubular Bells 4 when we least expect it. Hope all is well in the beautiful Bahamas. Back to top

Happy? Group: Members Posts: 53 Joined: April 2022 Posted: June 07 2022, 02:01 Quote (Happy? @ June 01 2022, 11:16) Would have been great if Mike had made a single 'Victory (theme from Return to Ommadawn)' with the un-de-telstarred theme... And, now that I tink of it, on that very same single the final jig as B side. Or maybe even the jig on A and Victory on B. Lemme think of a title that catches it all... 'Back On Horse'?   -------------- I'd rather be... happy? Back to top

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