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maccafan Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: May 2009 Posted: May 18 2009, 15:57 Just joined, been a MO fan ever since TB came out, me & my mates were all fans of his and one of my first ever live concerts was seeing him at Manchester Apollo doing TB and am sure I am featued on the exposed cover pictures as some were taken there when encore was played. Since that time have bought just about every album on vinyl originally until CD came out and then bought all on CD including the gold TB issue which sounds just fab. Think my other favourite CD is The Songs Of Distant Earth. Saw Mike in Edinburgh & London for the TB 2 & 3 premieres, got the tshirts for each. Joined the Dark Star mag a few years ago & bought all the back issues. Found this site by accident really after tying to buy the new special edition signed package but missed out and not sure at £80 will be buying it now unsigned. Need to get a Mike Oldfield related email name if can think of one. <y nickname here comes from fact my first love in music is Beatles & Macca. Marcus Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: May 18 2009, 17:26 Hey there maccafan, with all that background in listening to Mike, I'm surprised it took you so long to find tubular.net! I'm trying to think of any link between Macca and Mike but I'm strugggling. Can't think of anything. Suggest you stick with your nickname anyway! Hope you enjoy it here at tb.net. Cheers Matt -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

bevy Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: May 18 2009, 18:37 Hi maccafan Welcome, I am a big Beatles fan myself. It would be rude of me not to be comming from Liverpool   Bevy Back to top

ex member 419 Group: Members Posts: 1177 Joined: April 2008 Posted: May 19 2009, 00:08 welcome newbie, you will be right at home here, love macca, another legend, for all things mo this is the site to be, deb Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: May 19 2009, 04:04 Hey Maccafan.Welcome.My Dad was a massive Beatles fan so i was bought up on it.I prefer the later stuff (Revolver onwards)while my big sis prefers the earlier stuff.All i can say is thank you Mr Dylan for your influence.Lol.  Links between McCartney and Oldfield.Must be one somewhere. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: May 19 2009, 05:13 I remember some time in the early-mid 80`s when Mike was listed in Who`s Who.I`m pretty sure he was the only rock/pop musician in there along with Paul McCartney at the time..There`s probably hundreds listed in there today,if in fact it`s still going I honestly don`t know?..You never really hear of it nowadays. Also quite a number of the musicians who worked on Mike`s QE2 album have also worked with Paul McCartney..And these are off the top of my head so there may be more..David Hentschel(Red Rose Speedway),Phil Collins(Press To Play),Guy Barker(Flowers In The Dirt),Morris Pert(Back To The Egg)..Yeah I`m a Maccafan as well       Great to see another one here. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: May 19 2009, 06:11 How right you are Dirk.He was the only other rock musician in Who's Who!And when some one who worked on it was asked why the reply was "well he is someone everyone has heard of isn't he?".Lol.Not really a massive Macca fan as i always preferred Lennon and Harrison so i didn't know all those people had worked with him.Morris Pert worked with him?One of my favourite Oldfield collaborators.Wonderful drummer. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: May 19 2009, 06:31 Quote (The Caveman @ May 19 2009, 09:04) Links between McCartney and Oldfield.Must be one somewhere. Band on the Run got knocked off the top spot of the uk charts in 1974 by..... Hergest Ridge! OK, tenuous link -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: May 19 2009, 08:48 I thought HR knocked TB off the number one spot in the UK.Could be wrong.Tenuous link but a link nontheless -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: May 19 2009, 08:59 Here's a link to a Macca (fan) - Makka Pakka - my favourite character from In the Night Garden. Makka Pakka - In the Night Garden Charming Actually the opening tune (on the boat) is pretty cool: - In the Night Garden Tune -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

maccafan Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: May 2009 Posted: May 19 2009, 12:50 Thanks for all the comments Marcus Back to top

maccafan Group: Members Posts: 16 Joined: May 2009 Posted: May 19 2009, 12:51 Quote (bevy @ May 18 2009, 18:37) Hi maccafan Welcome, I am a big Beatles fan myself. It would be rude of me not to be comming from Liverpool   Bevy Will you be in Liverpool over the Bank Holiday as I will be there for the CCT International Beatles Week. Marcus Back to top

amarok90 Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: June 2009 Posted: June 14 2009, 12:28 Hello All A new member (since Thursday) though an MO fan since Xmas 1978 (aged 16) . I can still remember having my Record Vouchers for Xmas that year and seeing the advert for Incantations, and then travelling back from Worcester to Milford Haven with my parents and my Record Vouchers and then visiting Woolworths during a break at Swansea and proudly walking back to the station with my copy of Incantations. Incantations is still very special to me, even after 30 years, then of course was the excitement to find out wether this bloke had written anything else. A visit to my local record store and the owner telling me that she only had a copy of his last album, called Ommadawn, so after recovering from the brilliance of that album (the hairs still stand up on the back of my neck when I hear the Uillean pipe sequence), I then saw him live for the one and only time at The Colston Hall in Bristol in 1980 (I still have the sweatshirt !! I now have the entire collection on C.D. and I can honestly say that I can listen to any of M.O.'s albums, but Incantaions Ommadawn and Amarok are my Desert Island CD's. Best wishes to all members. Alan Vickers Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: June 19 2009, 20:46 Welcome, amarok90 ('78=same year that I discovered MO via Incantations,--truly the soundtrack of my life)  and a VERY belated welcome to maccafan! -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

clotty Group: Members. Posts: 237 Joined: Mar. 2006 Posted: June 21 2009, 05:32 ...and an even more belated welcome to both of you from Clotty. -------------- Clotty Back to top

ex member 419 Group: Members Posts: 1177 Joined: April 2008 Posted: June 21 2009, 09:08 Welcome aboard, have fun, meet some of the nicest talented guys, deb Back to top

amarok90 Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: June 2009 Posted: June 22 2009, 14:37 Inkanta, Clotty & Deb many thanks for the welcome. Incantations Pt 4 playing as I write this,  fantastic !!!!! Best wishes Alan Back to top

dazzler Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: June 2009 Posted: June 23 2009, 16:08 Hello, dazzler is my name. When I was a teenager I adored Mike Oldfields music. I collected all his albums and singles until The Voyager. That album made me lose interest in Mike's music. My brother keeps on bying every new album. But I don't like his music anymore ... he got boring somehow. Today I still enjoy his Virgin backcatalogue. The news that his albums would be rereleased again by Universal with some additional bonus material made me curious. So that's why I'm here. To catch up with the past. I just read on this forum that Tubular Bells deluxe is based on a newly remixed version and even the bonus tracks are revamped in the studio ... I'm so disappointed (again) ... I never bought the HDCD remasters, because they lack lots of good bonus material (I have everything on vinyl from 1973-1991) ... and now once again the Tubular Bells release is screwed up by adding and remixing ... So I still hope some of the other Virgin albums will be remastered in their original versions with original bonus tracks. MY PERSONAL CHART 01. Tubular Bells 02. Ommadawn 03. Crises 04. Discovery 05. Amarok 06. Hergest Ridge 07. Incantations 08. Islands 09. QE2 10. Five Miles Out 11. Heaven's Open 12. Platinum 13. Earth Moving I hope I won't be shot for not loving his more recent work. Back to top

ex member 419 Group: Members Posts: 1177 Joined: April 2008 Posted: June 23 2009, 21:32 Welcome dazzler, all comments are welcome stay tuned, you may like the re releases, deb Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: June 25 2009, 15:39 Quote (dazzler @ June 23 2009, 16:08) I collected all his albums and singles until The Voyager. That album made me lose interest in Mike's music. My brother keeps on bying every new album. But I don't like his music anymore ... he got boring somehow. Are you being straight up with us when you say that anything since (including Voyager) bores you? You appear to know (and enjoy) everything he's ever done up to this point - even all the bonus material and every little dittie or silly song. Are you saying that all his subsequent material doesn't interest you at all: - TBIII Guitars TMB Tr3s Lunas TB2003 L+S and MoTS ??   (Assuming you like TBII and TSoDE) -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

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