Dain
Group: Members
Posts: 5
Joined: Feb. 2006 |
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Posted: Feb. 12 2006, 01:13 |
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Hello! Thank you for having a forum full of such dedicated, knoweldgable people.
My mom introduced me to the album a few years ago, simply as a novelty that she remembered from her childhood. I fell in love with it right away and it has been one of my favorite albums ever since.
The only Mike Oldfield CD I actually own a CD copy of is "TB2003". I want to own the original, which I greatly prefer, on CD finally. (I'm going to college next year and I'm buying my favorite albums and movies so I can take them with me and share them with everyone.)
Now, I looked and found what seemed like dozens of different editions, printings, pressings, imports, exports, masters, mixes, re-masters, etc. What I'm interested in knowing is what release of Tubular Bells I on CD is the best? I don't have any 5.1 system or special kind of CD stereo system. I just want to know which edition or version of Tubular Bells I should buy that is the definitive version for the average listener.
It does intrigue me, though, that there are so many remasterings and remixings of the original. How do they differ? Are there any actual parts that are missing from some? I read on here about drunken monologue that is missing, and an alternate version with talking over the Hornpipe part, and I also read about demo versions available... I feel really inadequate about my Tubular Bells knowledge when everyone else has heard all of this additional material... Is there an FAQ or something that covers everything about this album?
Thanks in advance, friends.
-Dain
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