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hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: June 24 2004, 14:26 Yesterday, I went to the Virgin Superstore in Orlando, Florida. I've been to it a couple of times in the past. I looked for Mike Oldfield CDs, hoping to find remasters, and could find none. I went to the desk and asked. They checked and said that they did not carry any.... Of all places. (I did settle for a Marillion remaster, after confusing them with "no, Fish with an F, not a Ph!") -------------- "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

Taurus Outcast Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: June 2004 Posted: June 25 2004, 06:16 isnt that surprising seeing as virgin would not be what it is today without oldfield's tubular bells how ironic! Back to top

Inkanta Group: Admins Posts: 1453 Joined: Feb. 2000 Posted: June 26 2004, 11:15 I was in that same Virgin Superstore a few years back (unless Orlando has two?), and MO stuff is always the first thing that I look for. I can't remember what they had, but I'm sure I'd have been complaining about it, and probably right here, if there hadn't been anything. Gee--I should be in Orlando as I type--that makes me feel even more justified in missing that conference! No MO at Virgin! Chicago's Michigan Ave. store generally has a selection of MOs, both in rock/pop and in imports. Not a COMPLETE set like they should offer, but at least more than Tubular Bells. I seem to remember mentioning that they should have everything by MO available because if it weren't for him, there might not be a Virgin S. The sales associate had no idea about MO's connection with Virgin, and I'm not sure he ever heard of RB. -------------- "No such thing as destiny; only choices exist." From:  Moongarden's "Solaris." Back to top

hiawatha Group: Members Posts: 2391 Joined: Mar. 2004 Posted: June 26 2004, 12:42 I did the same thing at the Orlando Virgin Superstore: when they told me there was no MO, I could not help mention his role in helping the company get off the ground. -------------- "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

olracUK Group: Members Posts: 1683 Joined: June 2003 Posted: June 27 2004, 13:42 in the UK Branson sold the shops off. Most of the companies with Virgin names aren't actually owned by him, he's usually a minor partner but with a profitable slice of the action. Maybe it's the same over there? -------------- The answer is 42 - but what is the question? Back to top

qjamesfloyd Group: Members Posts: 1357 Joined: April 2001 Posted: June 28 2004, 09:22 Even so,i'm sure if you asked them to order any Mike Oldfield album,they would be able to get it for you. Back to top

Ugo Group: Members Posts: 5495 Joined: April 2000 Posted: June 28 2004, 18:37 Quote (qjamesfloyd @ June 28 2004, 15:22) Even so,i'm sure if you asked them to order any Mike Oldfield album,they would be able to get it for you. AFAIK this is what they do in all good music stores around the planet... not only at Virgin Superstores. However, I phoned a friend of mine in Rome and asked her to check for Oldfield releases in the Superstore there. Surprise-surprise, they only had some copies of Crises. And a lonely leftover copy of Islands. -------------- Ugo C. - a devoted Amarokian Back to top

Cutting Edge Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: Aug. 05 2004, 17:51 Just in case anyone's curious about the London Megastore, I thought they had quite a healthy selection when I was there two weeks ago. They had at least a dozen different albums in stock. I was only really interested in "Exposed" but took the plunge & came away with some of Mikes' 80's stuff that I hadn't heard before. I would of usually just ordered from ebay or Amazon but I had this uncontrollable urge one morning to hear "Guilty" again asap. Weird huh? Oh & I got followed by security. Which was nice. C of E. Back to top

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