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Location: Cork, Ireland | I had forgotten about Mike Oldfield as a guitarist though I had been a fan. I remember an Adamas on his sleeve art around the same time that a blue one appeared in one of the 4 or 5 music shops we had in town (theres only 1 now) Then I put on Tubular Bells on the Sonos and something was missing, and realised that I was listening in mono! Recordings like this really need stereo! Something that has been lost in the current world of streaming. Headphones are OK but there's nothing like a room with proper stereo sound. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Tubular Bells was a favorite of one of my college roomates. I always liked to sit right in the middle of the room across from two speakers. I graduated in 1975, so I hadn't seen an Adamas anywhere, but Ovations were everywhere then. We didn't have TVs in our rooms, but everyone had a decent stereo setup in their room and had music on all the time. Some of us had headphones when we wanted to drown out the neighbors or keep them from hearing what we were playing. No earbuds.
I don't stream music now, don't listen to it on my phone and all the speakers are wired. I'm a dinosaur, I know. I need to spend some time sitting between the speakers listening to some of those old albums on the turntable. I don't think I have Tubular Bells. I sold my reel to reel to a collector years ago with all the tapes and my wife sold all my cassettes for $5 in a garage sale. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | I have just got a CD deck to connect to my semi-dinosaur setup, with 2 real speakers connected by actual wire. Still some cassettes too. The Sonos is certainly convenient and is great to have on in the kitchen when you're doing something else, but I prefer a 'proper' system to sit down and LISTEN. Plus the old school stuff like vinyl, CD (maybe) and film photography will still work in 50 years if looked after properly.
By the way Tubular Bells II was a self-pastiche,while III is mere background music. |
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Location: When?? | I'm sure all us oldsters remember this one...
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Yes I remember that ad
Wasnt it for BASF tapes? |
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Location: When?? | @sycamore - >>>Wasnt it for BASF tapes?<<<
Nope. It's for Maxell. The title of the photo is "Blown Away", and they still occasionally pop it into an ad. |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | It's all coming back now. Chrome tape, metal tape, Dolby noise reduction, wow and flutter. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I think I learned more about that stuff than I learned in any of my college courses. And I wore out the switch on my Sony reel to reel learning Stairway to Heaven note by note. Roomates hated it, which made it more appealing. |
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Location: NJ | I use tubular bells as one of my stereo test records |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Check out Jake Shimabukuru Trio album 'Trio'. He's a ukulele player but the album is seems very Oldfield-esque |
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