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Posted: May 23 2016, 17:58

Mike has posted on his Facebook group the list of instruments for Return To Ommadawn.

INSTRUMENTS USED RETURN TO OMMADAWN

STRINGS.
ACOUSTIC STEEL - ANDY MANSON HERON
FLAMENCO - PACO DE LUCIA
BASS - FENDER ROSCOE BECK
ACOUSTIC BASS - FENDER KINGMAN
GIBSON - SG STANDARD P.90
FENDER - TELECASTER
FENDER - STRATOCASTER
PRS - SIGNATURE
MANDOLINS - OVATION AND WASHBURN
BANJO
UKULELE
CELTIC HARP

KEYBOARDS.
ORGANS - VOX CONTINENTAL, FARFISA AND HAMMOND
MELLOTRON
SOLINA
CLAVIOLINE
GRANDMA'S PUB PIANO

PERCUSSION.
BODHRAN
AFRICAN TABLE DRUMS
GLOKENSPIEL

WHISTLES.
PENNY WHISTLES IN BB, C, D, EB, F AND G

AMPLIFIER.
MESA BOOGIE MARK FIVE
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Posted: May 24 2016, 08:13

This is exciting news, great to hear Mike using the Gibson SG again. Grandma's Pub Piano sounds intriguing too.
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Posted: May 24 2016, 10:56

I always preferred the Telecaster sound. So sweet.

Looks great. Definitely, rising hype.
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Posted: May 24 2016, 16:44

Looking forward to it  :)

I wonder if he'll do a concert.
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Posted: May 25 2016, 04:22

I wonder if he got anyone to do chanting...
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Posted: May 25 2016, 17:17

Mike... PLEASEEEEEEE do a concert  :)
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Posted: June 08 2016, 18:12

I could be wrong but I believe this will be the first ever Mike Oldfield album to use either of the Mellotron and Clavioline classic synths.  Those alone will be awesome to hear.  Its also nice to see the Hammond Organ, combo organs and Arp Solina String Ensemble returning as well.

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Posted: June 17 2016, 02:21

On YouTube there is a short (1:38 min) leak of what might be a melody from the new album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drrsI-5f0lc
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Posted: June 17 2016, 04:21

Doesn't really sound like Mike playing but I could be wrong.
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Posted: June 17 2016, 06:33

I truly believe this is a hoax - Mike plays far better than that!
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Posted: June 17 2016, 12:19

Mike already said that it's not him.
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Posted: June 19 2016, 07:20

Quote (Craig Evans @ June 08 2016, 23:12)
I could be wrong but I believe this will be the first ever Mike Oldfield album to use either of the Mellotron and Clavioline classic synths.

Mellotron isn't a technically synth…

But Mike has had Mellotron before, I'm not sure if he actually used them. I was wondering if the organs, Solina and Mellotron were real or virtual (all of them are available, and they sound really good).

I'd worry about a Mellotron in the heat and humidity of the Bahamas, but I suppose Mike is up to arranging some temperature and humidity control for his studio :D
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Posted: June 26 2016, 09:51

Mike indeed owned a Mellotron from the Incantations era (circa 1978) until selling it in the Songs Of Distant Earth era (circa 1994) however its very unlikely he ever recorded any music with it, live or studio.  There's certainly none of the characteristic Mellotron sounds in any of Mike's past music although the Polymoog's oboe sound near the end of Incantations Part 4 does sound very Mellotron like.  Also, after Mike's combo organ era from 1972 to 1978 (which also occasionally featured the Hammond, Solina, Arp 2600 and even a real orchestra and choir) and when not using a real orchestra and choir, Mike seemed to have had a preference for using polyphonic analog synths for orchestral and choir sounds such as the Prophet 5, Oberheim Ob-Xa, Arp Solina, Roland VP-330 and Polymoog.  From 1978 he used a combination of these along with the Fairlight Series of computer synths from 1981 for orchestral and choir sounds until 1985 which was the point when he began using polyphonic digital synths for virtually every electronic keyboard sound with the rare appearance of an analog organ and/or analog synth on Amarok, Heavens Open, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells 2003 and On The Rocks.

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Posted: July 10 2016, 06:23

I think it's time this website closes.
Everything is on Facebook, now.
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Posted: July 10 2016, 11:08

No! Everything is not on facebook. Neither are everyone.

Tubular.net is more than social networking. Just look at all the information you can find on this site!

Let there be independent non-profit websites by the fans for the fans. Without intentions to collect user information. Without any need to register or agree to any terms or conditions.
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Posted: July 10 2016, 11:29

About the Mellotron... I recall it was previously used by the Beatles in the song "Strawberry fields forever".

Since 1994, it's owned by Paul McCartney. Did he contact Mike to buy it back, or how did that happen? Anyone knows?
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Posted: July 10 2016, 15:30

This is one of the reports of the Mellotron that Mike bought in 1980, as referenced in the Tubular Net instruments list.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?i....f=false

This one has a picture of Ken Townsend with the machine in question...
http://egrefin.free.fr/eng/mellotron/fxconsoleE.php

However, as this other forum discussion believes, it is but a Mellotron that EMI bought (one of two FX models), which is the one that The Beatles used in subsequent recordings.  The Strawberry Fields Forever Mark II model was a hired one that it is assumed got hired once too often, and is no longer with us.  But we're always only a heartbeat away from a bit of research that'll prove it's been in someone's basement for 40 years! ;)

Paul McCartney is indeed the current owner of EMI and Mike's former property.  I've not found a direct source of that sale, but this last little link does at least suggest it was a nice little earner! :D
http://www.vemia.co.uk/mellotron/


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Posted: July 10 2016, 16:55

Interesting! Thanks!!
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Posted: July 11 2016, 01:06

Quote (Atane @ July 10 2016, 06:23)
I think it's time this website closes.
Everything is on Facebook, now.

Yeap, because Facebook is such a trustworthy site, what could go wrong?
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Posted: July 19 2016, 03:25

Please don't shut Tubular.net I have not got Facebook and have no intention of ever getting it, I really like this site as not only for upto date news, but as a Mike Oldfield resource.
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