Nige
Group: Members
Posts: 26
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Posted: July 03 2012, 06:07 |
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I don't tend to post much to this forum as, I'm afraid, I've become an increasingly frustrated fan since discovering Oldfield 37 years ago and, what I think of as the 'glory days' of the 1970s and early 1980s are long behind us. However, I do remember the excitement of MO concerts during this period and having just listened to the snippets of the live tracks from the two new albums via the link posted on this thread (page 10, near the top, I think), it all came flooding back.
Yes, I know we've all got all of the material via video transfers, bootlegs and the odd compilation album but the clarity of the latest recordings made me 'shiver' with excitement. Can't wait for the 23rd (assuming, of course, this won't be another case of delayed release)!
Whilst on the subject of 'shiver' or whatever its correct spelling is, I'm afraid this is one of the increasing frustrations I referred to at the top of this post. Unless there's something special in another part of the track, from what I heard from the snippet, it has all the makings of a new milestone in the Oldfield discography - at last something which makes 'Speak Tho You Only Say Farewell' sound like a major choral masterpiece!
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