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I only recently re-discovered this, while tinkering about looking for new stuff to record.
I bought the original 33rpm record soon after I saw a program by David Bedford on TV, and found that it was a quadraphonic version, which left me somewhat bemused as there were only six 'speakers' in the Turrets about then, and four of them were me and the family.
This guitar solo, which was recorded in Worcester Cathedral, just rings so many more bells, especially at a point about 55 seconds in, when the kit he was using produced a note 25 seconds long, and still creates rear-neck-hair-stand-upment... There's one hell of an ending too, if you're minded to hear the whole piece.
It is probably the most self indulgent bit of playing I've heard in a long time, and combines my two favourite instruments to perfection!
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Really enjoying this Scrobs :) didn't think I would but have to eat my hat. Thanks for your comments on my now defunct blog..nice of you :D I used to put New World Symphony on as loud as I could on my dad's old record player..in between Melanie and Blondie... Dvorak is one of the 20 'classical' composers I am teaching my girl to recognise! She adores Britney, Avril, Rihanna, Lady Gaga etc and (probably quite rightly) insists that her musical education of me is just as relevant.
Taking her to see The Fairy Queen (Purcell) at Glyndebourne in June- as we have been doing much work on A Midsummer Night's Dream- I hope she will be blown away!
Scrobs- thank you for the trip down memory lane. Tubular Bells is still one of my favorite albums.
Thanks Calfy, now I know where you've been with Iders...
I still love The New World Symphony - it has a huge meaning and breadth.
Watch the bottle opening ceremony at Glyndebourne though, there are several thought police about watching the people who slope off into the Downs for a bit of Offenbach...:0)..
Actually, that's a joke which I will keep for the next time.
Tarfers - you are right actually, as I besmirched in a post months ago about Tubular Bells being £% years old - more now!
Did you ever hear Incantations? Mrs S and the Daughts went to the USA soon after it was made, and I was on my own for a few weeks. I played it every day, and still can shut the eyes and recall missing them all, while I was knee deep in paint and rubble while doing up 'Turrets' Mark one...
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