Olivier
Group: Super Admins
Posts: 1865
Joined: Nov. 1999 |
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Posted: July 08 2001, 23:38 |
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Regarding the often criticized cover: just like the tracks were cut from the albums, the cover was cut. I have no problem with this concept for the cover (it would be more shocking to have a brand new design for a best of old tracks) altough I think black is not the best color for Tubular Bells. Maybe they could have cut pieces from the different covers, but the idea to cut the cover is not that bad in my opinion: the challenge would be not to redraw anything, just like nothing was replayed for the music, everything has to been recycled. That might explain why they chose black: something neutral, that adds nothing to the design.
There is a mistake in the tracklisting: A '.' is missing after 'edit' on track 12.
In Canada, it's an import and hard to find, there is no promotion whatsoever for it, and it's more expensive than the average CD. Only fans will buy it in Canada.
A video with Mike explaining TB track by track could be extremly interesting and helps him to develop his trademark of multitracking a lot: Mike in his studio with the master tracks (or something like that), selecting some tracks and commenting about them. Maybe for the re-recording, but then, it will be probably mainly done with computers, it's not as "magic" as the first Tubular Bells and the weird techniques he probably used.
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