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zinc Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: Sep. 2000 Posted: Mar. 11 2006, 16:23 I have recently obtained the original 1979 testpressing of The Space Movie which in the end was never released. Tracklist: The Orchestral Hergest Ridge Parts One and Two Ommadawn Part One and Two-remixed versions The Orchestral Tubular Bells Incantations Part One to Four Remix Versions. Can anyone tell me if the Ommadawn version is in fact the Quad version or a diff one all together and when was Incantations ever remixed or is this an early demo. Its an interesting version and would love to know the story behind it. Cheers Zinc Back to top

ljesper Group: Members Posts: 14 Joined: July 2004 Posted: April 25 2006, 01:44 Any chance that you want to sell it ? //Jesper Back to top

MountTeide Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: April 2006 Posted: April 25 2006, 08:13 Just for curiosity, How much did you pay for it? And of course if you want to sell it contact with me. Cheers Jose Back to top

dM Flimp Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: July 2006 Posted: Aug. 27 2006, 21:11 OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I guess I was wrong. This may offend peopl: HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I'm Sorry,I wont do that again. But Sireously, Please Email me the price I got alot of money?<:] -------------- Kraftwerk Wir fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn. Vor uns liegt ein weites Tal, Die Sonne scheint mit Glitzerstrahl. Back to top

Bobby_F Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Aug. 28 2006, 07:10 Sounds like an incredible thing to have! Is it for sale anywhere???? Back to top

Nacho Group: Members Posts: 230 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: Aug. 28 2006, 08:14 You can lend it to me a pair of weeks, and I'll tell you!!!   Any chance to share with mortal Oldfield fans??? Or at least, a short description about if they are new unpublished extracts... Congrats!!! Back to top

manintherain Group: Members. Posts: 546 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Aug. 28 2006, 15:39 Some scans would be more than welcome. How about digitalizing this amazing piece of Oldfield history? Do you have some more informations about wherefrom the test pressing has surfaced (is Phil Newell in desperate need of money?)? Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Aug. 28 2006, 16:05 So far no answers to your question, just a bunch of very jaleous people         Hmm... maybe the other rarities collector from Spain knows more about this, on the argiers.com (I think) page.   -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

Wayfarer Group: Members Posts: 308 Joined: June 2002 Posted: Aug. 28 2006, 18:29 At least a picture would be nice... -- Wayfarer -------------- My homepage - www.thewayfarer.info My search - www.cannotbefound.com My community - www.taurusiv.net My luthier - www.artluthier.com Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Aug. 28 2006, 20:54 hmm sounds very interesing.. yes a picture would not hurt.. -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

Bobby_F Group: Members Posts: 25 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 06 2006, 10:29 Go on... throw us a frickin bone   Back to top

paul@mikeoldfield.org Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: Sep. 2002 Posted: Sep. 15 2006, 07:33 According to Philip Newell the Space Movie double LP did not reach the test pressing stage.  The only known copy is a metal acetate with sides 1, 3 and 4.  There is no known copy of side 2, other than a tape copy if I recall correctly.   I cannot remember the exact details but one of the acetates is 1 sided, the other is 2 sided with an odd pairing, something like side 1 backed with side 3 with a 1 sided part 4 IIRC. I did not get to hear music so I cannot comment on the content.  I have seen a CD copy on ebay, but I don't know if this is from the acetate or the soundtrack to the video. Maybe these are one and the same?  Anyone know? I've located some pictures from a few years ago and have sent these to the webmaster of this site to upload. Back to top

Piltdownboy on horseback 22 Group: Members Posts: 1548 Joined: Sep. 2005 Posted: Sep. 15 2006, 07:34 man, i'm reall curious to see them   -------------- "And now we're going to play Platinum!" Back to top

Olivier Group: Super Admins Posts: 1870 Joined: Nov. 1999 Posted: Sep. 16 2006, 10:38 Here they are: http://tubular.net/photos/SpaceMovie1.jpg http://tubular.net/photos/SpaceMovie3.jpg http://tubular.net/photos/SpaceMovie4.jpg Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: Sep. 17 2006, 16:39 Quote (Olivier @ Sep. 16 2006, 10:38) Here they are: http://tubular.net/photos/SpaceMovie1.jpg http://tubular.net/photos/SpaceMovie3.jpg http://tubular.net/photos/SpaceMovie4.jpg Can we have those in very high resolution? Somewhere there is a program that can translate scans of record albums into digital music files. -------------- "In the land of the Dacotahs, Where the Falls of Minnehaha Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, Laugh and leap into the valley." - Song of Hiawatha Back to top

paul@mikeoldfield.org Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: Sep. 2002 Posted: Sep. 21 2006, 11:40 Ha ha - very funny Hiawatha! The fact that a copy has supposedly turned up is significant news.  Even more interesting is that it is mentioned as a test pressing.  Philip Newell believes that the LP never made it to test pressing stage, it only ever made it to acetate. The scans I sent to this site are judging by the label acetates, not test pressings. Like most people on this forum I would really like to hear this LP, and a conversion to digital format would be marvelous. Has anyone been in contact with Zinc to find out if this would be a possibility? Also I saw a CD on ebay a few years ago which was supposedly a digital copy - the user was something like atmospheric, does anyone on this forum have a copy of that recording and can they let us know what it contains and if it differs from the video soundtrack. Back to top

paul@mikeoldfield.org Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: Sep. 2002 Posted: Sep. 21 2006, 11:46 Quote (zinc @ Mar. 11 2006, 16:23) Tracklist: The Orchestral Hergest Ridge Parts One and Two Ommadawn Part One and Two-remixed versions The Orchestral Tubular Bells Incantations Part One to Four Remix Versions. Just looking at this again - the plot thickens. A double album would be not be capable of holding all this music.  The above track list represents 5 albums worth of music - or over 200 minutes of music in their complete form.  These must be edits or extracts - the full albums cannot be included on a double album.  Does anyone know a more detailed track list... Zinc - are you reading this?  Can you comment? Back to top

ekloef Group: Members Posts: 122 Joined: April 2004 Posted: Sep. 25 2006, 10:59 Hello! Thanks for uploading the pictures! It was nice to see them. That record is almost like the holy grail for Oldfield fans... Robert, Sweden -------------- https://www.instagram.com/robtch/ Back to top

Airborne Group: Members Posts: 192 Joined: Sep. 2006 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 09:40 OK, the reason it was called a test pressing is my fault. Many years ago I met up with Philip Newell after buying some Oldfield memorabilia from his son. Philip produced the Space Movie discs when I mentioned Orchestral Hergest Ridge and I assumed they were test pressings. Only when Paul Harris got to do a proper interview with Philip did the truth emerge - they are acetates. Here is a breakdown of the music therein: SIDE 1 (19:08) The Orchestral Hergest Ridge Pt 1 from beg. mixed with J.F. Kennedy speech then rocket explosion R/T 2:51, then The Orchestral Hergest Ridge Pt 2 complete but with Martian Song taken from original LP R/T 16:17 SIDE 2 (28:03) Rocket lift-off (3-2-1 Countdown) mixed with speech about the Russians reaching the Moon (von Braun?) R/T 1:05 Ommadawn Pt 2 without Paddy Moloney's sequence or On Horseback but it does includes a repeated 19" section R/T 8:02 then NASA speech R/T 0:14 Ommadawn Pt 1 more or less complete but slightly shorter R/T 18:42 contains an inbuilt 9" pause for more NASA speech and the drum run-out is mixed with Ed Bishop talking about the Saturn V rocket (This side is missing from the acetates) SIDE 3 (26:46) Eerie wind intro to The Orchestral Tubular Bells Pt 1 countdown during final instrument intros - lift off then voices in Space R/T 21:40 Final part of Tubular Bells Pt 2 (without the Sailors Hornpipe) R/T 5:06 SIDE 4 (27:05) Incantations Pt 1 edit R/T 7:37 [Beginning to about 5:13 then edit to Lucina singing bit] Incantations Pt 2 edit R/T 7:19 [With voices in Space and landing on Moon from 6:49] Incantations Pt 3 from beginning R/T 6:12 Incantations Pt 4 edit R/T 5:57 [Beginning to 1:44 then edit to Finale mixed with evocative speech about Earth and Space] Total R/T 101:02 There are no remixes, only edits and voiceovers. The entire thing would have to be on a 2 CD set unless it was compressed. The proposed Side 2 never made it to the acetates. Philip kindly let me have cassette copies of his discs (and tape of Side 2) so I do have the full set. The breakdown of the music is all I am willing to provide as, from bitter experience, anything else will be abused. However what Zinc has described is very close to the above and we need to know more about it. Back to top

Tubularman Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 2304 Joined: June 2004 Posted: Sep. 30 2006, 12:53 will this be aviable somewhere?? i must have this one. -------------- Mike Oldfield M i x e s https://soundcloud.com/tubularman Back to top

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