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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 04:28

I've just spotted that Tubular Bells/In Dulci Jubilo is available for download at 99p at play.com. And it should be 320 kbps. Here's the link: http://www.play.com/Music....ls.html
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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 04:44

I've just downloaded Tubular Bells/In Dulci Jubilo from play.com and can confirm that the track is 320 kbps which is way better than other download stores. It's nice to have bought this track officially (especially as I had some playtrade credit to use at play.com).  :)
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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 05:25

With reference to this notion of a lack of hand-played music at the moment, it is actually nonsense. For a number of years now there has been a huge renaissence in folk and acoustic music. I mean folk music is cool now! Not only that, it is the general consensus that the young folk musicians emerging at the moment are actually better musicians than those involved in the first folk revival of the 1960's or at any time since.

I've seen evidence of this first hand. I run acoustic music events in the fine city of Norwich and in the space of a year I rarely have to repeat any performers, obviously I re-book the exceptional ones. Some of these sprogs are as young as 15 and so incredibly adept it can take your breath away such as the guys in this video known as Tozer, McKemmie & Dransfield.

Tozer, Mckemmie and Dransfield - The Music House Norwich

What I will say though is that since production and everything else to do with music is so easy to achieve at home these days I feel there may have been a down turn in focus on melodies/the tune itself. But then being an Oldfield fan gives you your own bench-mark because Oldfield is so incredibly good at writing very, very strong, catchy and memorable tunes. The young chaps in the video aren't short of meoldy though!!

So in short; get yourselves out and digging for all this great hand-played music, it's out there you've just got to find it.


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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 07:46

New interview with Mike in the Huffington Post with various comments about how the project evolved, including a suggestion at one point of using the Blue Peter theme tune!

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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 08:51

Rod Stewart !! ... Elton John ..!! ... as dream quest vocalists ?

Would they want to ?  :)
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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 10:19

Oldfield on BBC6 music right now, being interviewed by Matt Everitt.

If you missed it there is a listen again player for BBC6.


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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 10:47

Quote (hairy old hippy @ Aug. 03 2012, 15:19)
Oldfield on BBC6 music right now, being interviewed by Matt Everitt.

If you missed it there is a listen again player for BBC6.

I'd go for listen again...anything new so far?

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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 12:36

Quote (HuanCry @ Aug. 03 2012, 13:51)
Rod Stewart !! ... Elton John ..!! ... as dream quest vocalists ?

Would they want to ?  :)

Why wouldn't they ? Mike's hot at the moment. Elton John maybe - Rod Stewart - please God no  :D
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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 13:19

:O wake upe guys !! Mike was surely joking ( i hope so anyway )when he said that ! Rod Stewart please no ! ...and sorry to hurt you but Elton John please no !  :(
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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 13:36

Agree! Please no Rod Stewart or Elton John! There are much better singers around!

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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 14:11

;) Harry Connick Junior would be a great choice for a jazzy voice and Charlie Winston great too for a gravelly voice ! With them he could touch a large audience !
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Posted: Aug. 03 2012, 16:11

Quote (hairy old hippy @ Aug. 03 2012, 10:19)
Oldfield on BBC6 music right now, being interviewed by Matt Everitt.

If you missed it there is a listen again player for BBC6.

Got my times a bit confused and was initially searching the extremely infertile territory of Steve Lamacq's show... :O

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01lbj8n

It's Radcliffe and Maconie again,  sans Radcliffe again! It's in a music news section that starts at around  2:13 in.  Mike's bit begins at 2:17, with the original TB introduction interspersing an interview with Mike on the phone and Stuart Maconie and Elizabeth Alker - she's Alcopops when you hear that - commenting in between.  Standout titbit would probably be that over the last few years, people have tried to persuade him to play in places like London's O2 arena.  The same music clip then plays from 2:27 up until the main news bulletiin at half past.

Hopefully, nobody will need to dredge the Manchester Ship Canal tonight - watch out for yourself, Stuart! :laugh:


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Posted: Aug. 04 2012, 11:51

Quote (Cavalier (Lost Version) @ Aug. 03 2012, 16:11)
Hopefully, nobody will need to dredge the Manchester Ship Canal tonight - watch out for yourself, Stuart! :laugh:

Stuart's actually something of a fan, I thought he was really humorous as always:)


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www.andrewtaylor.bandcamp.com
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Posted: Aug. 08 2012, 09:14

MO interview / article in UK Daily Mail newspaper :-

Daily Mail

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Posted: Aug. 11 2012, 18:01

MO and the Bahamas:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel....as.html


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Posted: Aug. 11 2012, 18:39

:laugh:  :laugh: .. about possible singers and Nassau , we forgot to mention .... Shakira !

She has her own studio in Nassau ..i guess it's still her !
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Posted: Aug. 11 2012, 20:41

Hope she's humble enough to accept an invitation - no mountains in the Bahamas :laugh:

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Posted: Aug. 13 2012, 09:20

Opening Ceremony DVD
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Posted: Aug. 13 2012, 10:11

Split the royalties on that Baby...  how many ways :)... Was always on the Cards . a Must have.. :cool:

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