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Um, I may be mistaken, but didn't Michael Cretu do some of the drum loops on this album? I recall seeing this somewhere, may have even been in the liner notes. Anyway, if that's true, then the album is more than inspired by Enigma, it's almost a collaboration. Kel - Ex-web.god 19:26, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well it ain't in the liner notes of the 1994 or the 1995 re-release, and a web search did not find anything concrete. It just seems like people comparing the sound to Enigma and the fact that Oldfield worked with Michael Cretu on Islands.TubularWorld 20:27, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for looking. I know I saw this somewhere that I think was reputable. IIRC, it may have just been the one loop in Let There Be Light, and was uncredited. I'll see if I can find it in my piles of Oldfield stuff. Kel - Ex-web.god 07:34, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 14:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure if this is very relevant but there was of course an audiocassette version of this, I had the 1994 audiocassette version of this album. The cassette inlay also had the original cover picture of the flying manta ray and various quotes from Arthur C. Clarke and other such stuff I should imagine was also in the CD and LP covers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.61.125 (talk) 17:26, 9 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

As of 5/09/19, the original 1994 cassette versions of this album are still on sale at ebay (here). Back in 1994, the cassette version of this album sold far more than the CD version. In fact, for every CD version of this album sold three more were sold in cassette form. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C4:BC03:500:7C4D:565E:3459:981 (talk) 15:01, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This is the BEST CD! NancyHeise ^talk 00:13, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]