Now this is something a bit special, well, I think so anyway. If you LOVED the 80s then I'm pretty sure we're on the same wavelength here aren't we? I bought this the other week, one for me and one for my younger brother for his birthday...and it flat out rocks!! The upshot is this, back in the day when the C64 was THE games machine of choice and every penny I had was spent at Cannings in Leigh on games I had an all consuming love of all things Commodore. I loved sitting there for 10-15 minutes waiting for the games to load, listening to the loading music or just watching the coloured loading stripes dance all over the screen, occasionally having a small heart attack when they'd pause for a few seconds. This was all part of C64 life and the music on the games was amazing, these guys were our rockstars and reading about these guys in Zzap64 and the like was awesome.
So what is it? Well, it's a double cd set that slips inside a moulded plastic case, resembling the shape and colour of the old C64. One of the cds has a dozen or so original tracks from two legendary 8bit maestros, Rob Hubbard and Jeroen Tel, whilst the other cd takes this brilliance to another level. The C64 orchestra from the Netherlands worked alongside Hubbard and Tel to re-arrange and produce some fantastic classical versions of the 8bit classics, really needs to be heard to appreciate it.
Check this.
