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Jammer Group: Members Posts: 641 Joined: April 2000 Posted: July 05 2004, 18:28 As I played the TB2 CD through Windows Media Player it automatically downloaded a pic of the cover art. What I noticed in this pic though was a lack of roman numerals on the II I assume that the correct writing of it is using roman numerals in the same way that Taurus II is written. Is this the US equivalent of the cover? Are there some versions of TB3 without roman numerals too? Back to top

DarkFeline Group: Members Posts: 144 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Nov. 26 2005, 04:57 This must be the album cover that you're talking about. Someone once wrote on the Tubular Bells II Wikipedia article that it was named as "Tubular Bells 2" in the United States to avoid customers thinking that it was actually the eleventh album in the Tubular Bells series. Anyone knows if this is actually true or not? -------------- Who's your mummy, where she go? Back to top

The Bell(end) Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: July 2005 Posted: Nov. 26 2005, 09:28 Quote (Andylkl @ Nov. 26 2005, 09:57) Someone once wrote on the Tubular Bells II Wikipedia article that it was named as "Tubular Bells 2" in the United States to avoid customers thinking that it was actually the eleventh album in the Tubular Bells series. Anyone knows if this is actually true or not?      PROBABLY!! No offence to Americans on this site, but all the jokes we have about Americans, this fits the bill perfectly   I'm thinking...........Dead ringers =) -------------- When the night's on fi-ya, do you need love's arms to hold yew? :D Back to top

Sonilink Group: Members Posts: 393 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: Nov. 26 2005, 16:00 You know U2's Boy's cover was not allowed... A young boy half naked in the states... hum -------------- Take the Time Back to top

The Thin Man Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Nov. 26 2005, 18:50 I believe that the play/film "The Madness of King George III" had the numerals removed in the US because the marketers thought that no-one would go if they hadn't seen the first two in the series. The Thin Man Back to top

Sweetpea Group: Members Posts: 1476 Joined: April 2007 Posted: June 16 2007, 13:56 Quote (Andylkl @ Nov. 26 2005, 04:57) Someone once wrote on the Tubular Bells II Wikipedia article that it was named as "Tubular Bells 2" in the United States to avoid customers thinking that it was actually the eleventh album in the Tubular Bells series. Anyone knows if this is actually true or not? Ah. So, that's the reason for the 'Tubular Bells 2' alternate label? Our (the U.S.' ) suspect literacy?   -------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty Back to top

Navaira Group: Members Posts: 481 Joined: Jan. 2005 Posted: June 16 2007, 14:15 Quote (The Bell(end) @ Nov. 26 2005, 09:28) No offence to Americans on this site, but all the jokes we have about Americans, this fits the bill perfectly   Yeah, same thoughts here The King George thing is almost true -- it's called Madness of King George III in Australia, but everywhere else the III is missing: http://imdb.com/title/tt0110428/ -------------- http://www.raygrant.com :: My album 'Exorcism' is out on iTunes now Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 16 2007, 15:20 Roman numerals stories are pretty fun. There's one about the Intel Pentium, too. The Pentium family evolved with Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III and... ... Pentium 4. It prompted one of my college teachers to say exactly that people from the US don't understand Roman numerals very well. Imagining seeing "Pentium IV" being released - "Oh, it must be worse than Pentium III! See? The last two bars have even fallen to the sides!" -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

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