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Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.

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sycamore
Posted 2020-02-15 3:25 AM (#551222)
Subject: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.


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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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Mark in Boise
Posted 2020-02-15 10:06 AM (#551225 - in reply to #551222)
Subject: Re: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.


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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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sycamore
Posted 2020-02-15 11:39 AM (#551230 - in reply to #551222)
Subject: Re: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.


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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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Love O Fair
Posted 2020-02-15 11:23 PM (#551240 - in reply to #551222)
Subject: RE: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.



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I'm sure all us oldsters remember this one...




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sycamore
Posted 2020-02-16 3:05 AM (#551248 - in reply to #551222)
Subject: Re: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.


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Yes I remember that ad
Wasnt it for BASF tapes?
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Love O Fair
Posted 2020-02-16 7:07 AM (#551251 - in reply to #551222)
Subject: Re: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.



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@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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sycamore
Posted 2020-02-16 7:41 AM (#551253 - in reply to #551222)
Subject: Re: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.


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It's all coming back now. Chrome tape, metal tape, Dolby noise reduction, wow and flutter.
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Mark in Boise
Posted 2020-02-16 11:36 AM (#551255 - in reply to #551222)
Subject: Re: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.


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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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alpep
Posted 2020-02-16 3:06 PM (#551258 - in reply to #551222)
Subject: Re: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.


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I use tubular bells as one of my stereo test records
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sycamore
Posted 2020-02-20 3:28 AM (#551306 - in reply to #551222)
Subject: Re: Mike Oldfield, Ovation, and how I miss stereo.


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Check out Jake Shimabukuru Trio album 'Trio'. He's a ukulele player but the album is seems very Oldfield-esque
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