CLUBMIX wrote:that's what I thought, too when I saw that sentence... but after lissning to ze track, I can only say that it seems to be taken from the original release.....
According to JarreUK's SoF forum, the clip on JMJ's MySpace page, and (I assume) the radio edit are from the New Master Recording.
Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells 2003, which was a re recording with new instruments, sounded quite different (and inferior) to the original.
The 2007 Oxygene is a re recording from the original score, using the original analogue instruments, but it's recorded, mixed and mastered digitally. It should sound better than the original, but not necessarily different.
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FDM own the ORIGINAL RECORDING copyrights to JMJs back catalogue up to Metamorphoses
JMJ owns the ORIGINAL COMPOSITION (score) copyrights to his work
FDM can only release the original recordings on CD (including 24bit remasters) hence why the latest Complete Oxygene has "Original Recordings" tagged slap bang on the front of the cover
JMJ therefore has to re-record NEW recordings (aka the new Oxygene coming out) or re-work (aka AERO) in order to release his own material. Live versions of the tracks, which are usually re-worked, come into this also
The Oxygene 4 you hear on MySpace is from the re-recorded version, but bear in mind he's not "done a mike oldfield" and made the album sound new and fresh using different instruments, otherwise that would be a re-working along the lines of AERO. He's stuck to the original compositional material and scores and just re-recorded the entire album. So although it may sound the same (which it should, because it's just re-recorded), there IS a slight difference as you can tell there's a slight more depth and bass to it if you listen carefully....
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Link -
http://www.jarreforum.com/showthread.php?t=1245&page=11
Also, I don't think FDM would allow JMJ to promote the 2007 Oxygene release with 'their' 1976 Oxygene recording
