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familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: June 30 2004, 06:34 OK here's the nightmare scenario...... You're only allowed one 80 minute CD of Mike Oldfield for your time on a dessert island.  Can you whittle down your favourites to fit on one disc?  What in your view would make up the ultimate Mike disc?  Do you pick and mix from his whole career?  Or maybe you'd have Amarok in its entirety with a little something extra at the end as a bonus? Here's mine, all early stuff in my case, but this may well be because I've yet to hear much of the later stuff.... 1) Tubular Bells part one 2) Hergest Ridge part one (Boxed remix) 3) In Dulci Jubilo 4) On Horseback 5) Ommadawn part one 6) Argiers You don't get a lot of tracks for your 80 minutes with Mike! Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

theweightless Group: Members Posts: 604 Joined: April 2001 Posted: June 30 2004, 07:22 something like this... Hergest Ridge Part 1 Ommadawn Part 1 Taurus 2 Far Above The Clouds Platinum Part 4 Turtle Island if i could use that 90 min cdr i would add.. Weightless Outcast -------------- ASMK Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 30 2004, 07:31 I think, for me, it would be a meld of Amarok and Hergest Ridge part 2. I couldn't live without Amarok, and with the remaining 20 minutes, Hergest Ridge pt2 is the only think I can think of that would fit. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

c_haese Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: Nov. 2003 Posted: June 30 2004, 09:13 My selection: 1) Amarok (Because just like Sir M I couldn't live without it.) 2) Ommadawn Part 2 (I like part 1 a bit better, but I have all of Amarok already, and I might need some music to grieve over the loss of my pet monkey that I befriend during the first few days on the island ) 3) Far above the clouds (Since I can't think of a better song to fill up the last 6 minutes) Total play time: 79 minutes and 26 seconds. Back to top

familyjules Group: Members Posts: 1190 Joined: May 2004 Posted: June 30 2004, 09:17 Quote (c_haese @ June 30 2004, 09:13) My selection: 1) Amarok (Because just like Sir M I couldn't live without it.) 2) Ommadawn Part 2 (I like part 1 a bit better, but I have all of Amarok already, and I might need some music to grieve over the loss of my pet monkey that I befriend during the first few days on the island ) 3) Far above the clouds (Since I can't think of a better song to fill up the last 6 minutes) Total play time: 79 minutes and 26 seconds. A quick mental calculation makes me thing you mean Ommadawn pt 2 minus On Horseback, yes? Jules -------------- I like beer and I like cheese Back to top

c_haese Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: Nov. 2003 Posted: June 30 2004, 09:19 Quote (familyjules @ June 30 2004, 09:17) A quick mental calculation makes me thing you mean Ommadawn pt 2 minus On Horseback, yes? Yes. On Horseback is a separate track on the CD and in my Ogg Vorbis collection. Back to top

Ambient Fish Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: June 2004 Posted: June 30 2004, 11:55 Tough call, but in the end there can be only one, so mine's looks like this. All of Amarok Crises Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: June 30 2004, 13:45 Shame that that selection blows the 80 minute limit. I had thought of it, too, but Crises is 20:40 and it wouldn't fit. Unless, of course, you cut off a couple of seconds in the tracks. -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: June 30 2004, 18:15 Okey Dokey, my favs change regularly, depending on mood, weather, sales at work etc. But here is what has been in my car the last few weeks:- Taurus 1 : 10.16 top of the Morning : 4.26 The Doges Palace : 3.07 Conflict : 2.52 finale TB2003 : 8.32 Only Time will Tell : 4.26 Turtle Island : 3.4 QE2 : 7.37 Sunlight Shining : 4.33 Secrets : 3.20 FATB : 5.30 Crises : 20.40 Not necessarily my all time favs, but something from all the best bits. High and low moments. Rock and Chill. No amarok, but i want to survive on that desert island, and if I remembered how good amarok is, i'd just want to go swimming with the sharks. -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

Gandalph Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: Aug. 2002 Posted: July 02 2004, 09:35 Quote (Sir Mustapha @ June 30 2004, 13:45) Shame that that selection blows the 80 minute limit. I had thought of it, too, but Crises is 20:40 and it wouldn't fit. Unless, of course, you cut off a couple of seconds in the tracks. He's using a high quality CDR and has used 40 seconds of overburn. -------------- Yet Another Mike Oldfield Web Site - http://www.dbennett.karoo.net Back to top

Korgscrew Group: Super Admins Posts: 3511 Joined: Dec. 1999 Posted: July 02 2004, 17:19 You can actually squeeze over 90 minutes onto a CD if you really want - there are some commercial ones of that length out there, and 90 minute CDRs are available as well (I believe there are even some as high as 99). You might find that 99 is pushing it as far as player compatibility is concerned though, some older ones may not like it. So, there you go, an excuse to cram an extra 10 minutes into your compilations Back to top

Dude Group: Members Posts: 73 Joined: June 2003 Posted: July 04 2004, 14:15 Is that true, Korgscrew? Wauw, didn't know that. In that case, I'll enjoy my stay on that dessert island with: Crises Tubular Bells 2003 part one To France The Top of the Morning Jungle Gardenia Incantations part one The Source of Secrets -------------- Fortunately I've been adhering to a pretty strict drug regimen to keep my mind limber. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: July 04 2004, 19:19 This is how my own desert island CD would be like: all of Amarok + The Inner Child + TOTM + FATC + various bits from Guitars to fill up the remaining 20 minutes. Sorry for not specifying which ones, but I'm too lazy to do the maths. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

afghan Group: Members Posts: 145 Joined: July 2004 Posted: July 12 2004, 07:32 i would also have amarok,in the pool,tattoo,afghan,moonlight shadow the rest to be ommadawn extracts -------------- may you never run aground or fall into the deep deep sound Back to top

RaWi Group: Members Posts: 29 Joined: June 2004 Posted: July 15 2004, 11:34 I love all CD from Mike,but most the MILLENIUM BELL!First I don't like AMAROK.But after a lot of listen sessions I like also. And Tres Lunas,Tubular Bells III...I'm happy for all the nice music Mike has given to us. Ralf Back to top

timshen Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: Mar. 2001 Posted: July 15 2004, 22:32 I'd make sure that I have my CD/MP3 player with me which can play a cd with MP3s on it and I have one CD with all the Albums of Mike that I like on it :-)  Is that cheating? -------------- Expect Great Things. Attempt Great Things. Back to top

Sir Mustapha Group: Musicians Posts: 2802 Joined: April 2003 Posted: July 16 2004, 07:32 Yes. Besides, you'd probably need two CD's to fit in all of his albums. But yeah, that's too easy! Cheater! -------------- Check out http://ferniecanto.com.br for all my music, including my latest albums: Don't Stay in the City, Making Amends and Builders of Worlds. Also check my Bandcamp page: http://ferniecanto.bandcamp.com Back to top

Ostach Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: June 2004 Posted: July 16 2004, 14:22 Hi, It would be: 1. Moonlight Shadow 2. Man in the rain 3. Taurus II 4. TB pt I 5. Platinum pt IV 6. Far above the clouds 7. Five Miles Out and if it's 90 i'd add: 8. Outcast 9. Moonlight Shadow from Berlin '99 - love Miriam voice   What is interesting: no Ommadawn... Why? Because I don't have it..    But if I had maybe I'd add something from it. -------------- I stay I pray See you in heaven one day... Back to top

raven4x4x Group: Members Posts: 1535 Joined: Jan. 2002 Posted: July 18 2004, 07:41 Oh no, it's too hard to decide. I was about to suggest the mp3 CD player, but I've been beaten to it. I will of course take full advantage of the 90 minute CD thing, which I had no idea about either. OK, I can't be bothered being precise, but this shouldn't be too far over the limit 1.  All of Amarok. I don't think I could live without it, and I wouldn't like to try 2.  The Lake. After Amarok, his best instrumental 3.  Muse. I need a short one 4.  Crystal Clear from TSODE. I love the guitar solo 5.  Heaven's Open, the song. If I'm stuck on a deasert island I'll need something to cheer me up 6.  Far Above the Clouds, encore version from Horseguards Parade. Again, something to cheer me up. The problem with this is that Amarok takes up too much space. Still, that's the price you pay for musical perfection. -------------- Thank-you for helping us help you help us all. Back to top

Bassman Group: Members Posts: 548 Joined: Feb. 2008 Posted: April 16 2008, 00:40 Okay, it's time to resurrect this thread for a new generation (because if I posted it as a New Topic, some of you curmudgeons out there would just point out that it was an OLD topic). In keeping with Jules' original concept and assuming the desert island you're stranded on has electricity, it should be a regular 80-minute CD; and because Jules' picks reflected the Virgin era, let's stick to that.  Obviously, excerpts are okay-remember, you have to get the most bang for your buck (presumably to make room in your backpack for The Holy Bible, The Collected Works Of William Shakespeare and The Idiot's Guide To Repairing CD Players With Coconuts And Bamboo).  Whatever turns your crank, Frank.     Here I go: 1) Tubular Bells (Theme From The Exorcist)- 3:15 2) Tubular Bells (Single Mix of Part 1 Finale)- 4:34 3) Spanish Tune (Hergest Ridge)- 3:02 4) Ommadawn (Single Mix of Part 1 Finale)- 3:31 5) On Horseback - 3:26 6) In Dulci Jubilo - 2:52 7) Hymn To Diana - 4:41 8) Punkadiddle - 5:00 9) Sheba - 3:34 10) Family Man (Single Mix)- 3:14 11) Moonlight Shadow - 3:37 12) Crime Of Passion - 3:37 13) To France - 4:44 14) Etude (Single Mix)- 3:07 15) Pictures In The Dark - 4:19 16) Shine - 3:22 17) Magic Touch (Max Bacon Version)-4:15 18) Far Country - 4:27 19) Fast Riff/Intro (Amarok)- 5:48 20) Heaven's Open - 4:31      Total Time - 79:07 Sure I played it safe.  But every album was represented, with a couple of non-album tracks squeezed in. Happy compromising!   Back to top

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