1973 I was a 16y/o with a love of rock music, Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon, then came Tubular Bells!!!! I was in heaven and still got the vinyl originals. Yes, I did like girls and dated a bit, but music was my love........ 5 years later I met someone I went on to marry, I loved her and still do although we've been divorced over 30 years (we loved each other but couldn't live together). I need to get a vinyl record player 'cos "Tubular Bells II" just ain't the same! Fairly huge dose of nostalgia today?
I find nostalgia isn’t what it used to be Tubular Bells, still one of my favourite albums, after all this time. Like a lot of folks, I ditched the vinyl format in favour of digital. I did though hang on to my old turntable (Rega Planar 3) and vinyl albums. So glad I did. A couple of years ago my old Rega was used as a base for my new turntable. There’s a company called ‘Inspire’ that do this. I now buy vinyls again, the latest being ‘Division Bell’. I have maybe 400 vinyl albums, nowhere near what some have, but enough to keep me amused
Tubular Bells, and lots of other such stuff only sounded OK at the time because you were probably stoned. Move on.
I’m not sure if that’s helping But yes, it makes a point. For me, a good recording/record/composition (w/e) will always be good. Of course, not everyone will like Tubular Bells, but for me, it was a landmark album. It received huge critical acclaim, and sold quite well
