Mike Oldfield's Albums

Psychedelic Paul wrote: I have to be honest about the 2003 version of Tubular Bells, having just heard it for the first time: it's like a carbon copy of the original 1973 version  and doesn't really add anything to it at all. The only major difference is John Cleese acting as Master of Ceremonies instead of Vivian Stanshall, which is not necessarily a good thing. Maybe I was expecting another masterpiece like Tubular Bells II or III, so I couldn't help feeling disappointed. One thing's for sure, I would have been upset if I'd gone out and bought the almost identical Tubular Bells 2003 when I already have the original version. To be brutally honest, it was a pointless remake of a classic album.

Actually, the version I ended up buying is Tubular Bells 2003. Mostly because it was the one they had at the shop at that time, and I researched a bit and it didn't seem such a bad idea to get that one instead of searching for the original, with Mike wanting to do it again because he was never wholly satisfied with the original given his inexperience and lack of resources. However, I have heard very little of the very original one, mostly I have the original intro from New Age compilations, and comparing that part I think I do prefer the 2003 one... mostly, it has some very beautiful bass playing that either is played different on lost in the mix of the original, but I really miss that. However, I have been thinking that I might be wanting to get the original one by now, anyway... there's just so many albums to get still (including some other Oldfield's albums too).

Music of the Spheres (2008)

Man on the Rocks (2014)

1. "Sailing" - 4:46
2. "Moonshine" - 5:49
3. "Man on the Rocks" - 6:10
4. "Castaway" - 6:34
5. "Minutes" - 4:51
6. "Dreaming in the Wind" - 5:28
7. "Nuclear" - 5:03
8. "Chariots" - 4:38
9. "Following the Angels" - 7:04
10. "Irene" - 3:59
11. "I Give Myself Away"  - 5:10

I assume all these full album YouTube videos are perfectly legal?

Psychedelic Paul wrote: chopper wrote: I assume all these full album YouTube videos are perfectly legal?   If they weren't legal, then I'm sure YouTube would have taken them down by now, bearing in mind some of Mike Oldfield's albums were uploaded to YouTube nearly a year ago.   Most of the full album videos on this thread are from the same YouTube uploader, so if by some chance they do get taken down, then they'll all disappear together.

Meltdowner wrote: ^ The revenue supposedly goes to the artist and not to the uploader if the copyrights were claimed, which is the case for these videos.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: From my own personal point of view, hearing all of Mike Oldfield's recent albums for the first time on this thread, means I now want to go out and buy all of his original albums on CD, which means more money for the artist and record company and record stores, and also more great albums to add to my ever-growing CD collection, so everyone wins in the end.

Man on the Rocks is awful, Amarok & Return to Ommadawn are excellent.

Edited by Meltdowner - August 20 2020 at 09:30

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: From my own personal point of view, hearing all of Mike Oldfield's recent albums for the first time on this thread, means I now want to go out and buy all of his original albums on CD, which means more money for the artist and record company and record stores, and also more great albums to add to my ever-growing CD collection, so everyone wins in the end. That's lovely but you are not the typical YT listener, 99.9% of those will never buy the music. Have fun, I have a lot of Oldfield albums, I'd still advice that you don't need ALL of them.  Here's a list of the Mike Oldfield albums I'm now planning to go out and buy, having heard them all for the first time right here:-   Amarok (1990) Guitars (1999) The Millennium Bell (1999) Tr3s Lunas (2002) Light + Shade (2005) Return to Ommadawn (2017)   I have nearly all of Mike Oldfield's other albums apart from Heaven's Open (1991) and Tubular Bells 2003  which I would avoid like the Chinese plague.   I'm not sure about Man on the Rocks (2014) as that's the one album I've still yet to hear.