sparrow wrote:wayfarer wrote:@Sparrow - it really doesn't sound re-recorded to me, but as discussed elsewhere, listeners believe it is. I do not know. Do I trust my ears?
It only sounds a tad better. I'm sure it would be impossible to completeley replicate a 30 year old album even on all the original gear.
My first post for some time, due to lack of internet access and few other million reasons, its good to be back and a privelage to take part in the forum again.
The new Oxygene recording definately sounds much better and warmer to my ears, but musically doesn't add or take away any value to this magnificant classic. I dont have a problem with this, I enjoy both recordings equally
I'm comparing the original with the version that came free with a well known Sunday paper the other month in the UK (that well known that I can't for the life of me remember the name of it). Technically the paper was free and Oxygene cost £1.50ish - I binned the paper without reading it.
I assume the free recording was the exact same quality as the official re-recording but the fear that it will self destruct after 10 plays led to a very strange compulsion in that I can't pass a charity shop or car boot sale without spending several hours browsing among piles of 'exclusive CD free with your national daily toilet paper' looking for more copies - I now have have 6 plus 3 copies of Tubular Bells and 3 copies of the recent excellent Genesis compilation...for some reason I completely passed on the UB40 stuff......
A part of me insists on not paying more than 20p a copy (cos it 's supposed to be free...innit!).
Now seriously hoping that Edgar will go down the same route and slip in an entire TD back (or front) catalogue of exclusive classics, how's about the odd Keep or the original Epsilion etc...
....I can dream can't I?
You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink...but if you get it to float's on it's back then you've got something...