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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724383953929
Label: Virgin Records
Manufacturer: Virgin Records
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Virgin Records
Release Date: December 01, 2003
Studio: Virgin Records
Disc 1:- Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
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I just had to give my opinion on this cd as I had ordered it on the recomendations of the other reviewers,
first of all if you are not a fan of david bedford then give this a miss as it sounds to me like it was cheaply put together, I know this was recorded in the 70's but there are better alternatives out there from that decade. robert powells voice as the narator gives it some credit but is drowned out too often by the music, I gave this cd a few plays just to see if it would grow on me ...
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My favourite album of all time. Has a kind of spiritual quality as opposed to/as well as an emotional one. It can envelope you like a great film. Just awesome. So original it is beyond categorisation. Awesome guitar work by Oldfield, hauntingly beautiful Homeward Bound. I just love this work soooo much. Makes you glad to be alive. Wiith cover art by Gutav Dore this must be the coolest album cover ever ! This is art which stretches the boundaries.
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This recording was released in the 1970's, on, of course, L.P. Those of us around at the time well remember the appalling quality of many vinyl pressings then (there was an oil crisis, and recycled vinyl was used for many pressings). It took me three attempts to get a good copy of this. What first drew my attention to the disc was a short section from it, 'Homeward Bound', which was played on the radio by the late, great, John Peel. This is sung by the young ladies of Queen's College, London, and ...
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A wonderful telling of the poem, narrated hauntingly by Robert Powell, (of Jesus of Nazareth fame).
This piece links together narration, vocals, Bedford's distinct piano and Mike Oldfield's unmistakeable sound, to create an overall journey with the Mariner, through disease and death to ultimate salvation through his penance.
Highlights: most of part two, but the finale *The Rio Grande* is beautiful.
