Elf
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Posted: June 13 2009, 14:59 |
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Well, actually there were a couple of interesting things in the article:
- He definitely has changed his mind about the original recording. He wanted the new remix to be left as played. So TB2003 really was pointless, as a lot of fans claimed.
- He says he made a lot of good friends at the Manor in 1972, so I guess those are not the bloodsuckers he talked about in the Telegraph. He also relished in the fact that they had a chef there, so that he actually had something to eat
- He still doesn't care much for the orchestral version
- The journalist writes nice things about Music of the Spheres.
- I quote what he has to say about the re-recording:
"That was great fun to me, but nobody else seemed to like it. I'm scared to listen to that now in case I think it was a big mistake" (It was, Mike! )
- He was furious with EMI/Virgin for giving TB away for free in the Mail on Sunday: "It devalued it in a way. It was like saying, this music's so old that we'll just give it away. On the other hand it marked the end of that era and gave me the impetus to really want to remix it." Seems like Virgin really did want to say "up yours" to Mike...
- Mike is currently busy remixing his back catalogue, and have absolutely no plans for any new music
- Here's an interesting quote:
"The original bell had some distortion on it, which was impossible to get rid of. In the mid-70s I was convinced to replace the bell with one that didn't have distortion and I foolishly agreed, and we rubbed it off. We haven't been able to track down the original multitrack master - I've been working from a copy. I was pulling out my hair thinking, what can i Do? In the middle of Part One there's a simple flute tune and in the background is the same bell. It was playing some of the right notes, so I spent days reproducing exactly the original bell using that, and with some jiggery pokery I think it's even better than the first one now, and it hasn't got the distortion."
- He didn't want to clean TB up too much, but: "I didn't duplicate some of the production, the phasing and flanging; we were trying to be modern in 1973 now it didn't seem necessary."
- He doesn't like the Five Miles Out album!
- He thinks Tubular Bells is full of humour that simply passes people by.
There's also a review of the re-release, as well as of the Mike Oldfield collection. They both get a positive review.
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