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Music : Tubular Bells
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Tubular Bells by: Mike Oldfield List Price: $16.98 Price: $11.98 You Save: $5.00 (29%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0077778600725 Label: Virgin Records Us Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Records Us Release Date: June 29, 1992 Studio: Virgin Records Us Sales Rank: 13025 MPN: 86007 Disc 1: Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
Editorial Review: Album Description: Remastered edition of the new age/art rock composer's 1973 release. Digitally remastered by Simon Heyworth (who originally co-produced 'Tubular Bells' with Oldfield and Mike Newman) using the latest technology. Artwork has been digitally restored and includes additional photos and brand new sleeve notes. 2000. Amazon.com: The opening bars of this classic album by Mike Oldfield were heard by audiences that packed theaters to witness one of the scariest films of all time--The Exorcist. And it wasn't long before this debut release, not only from Oldfield but also from Richard Branson's new record label, Virgin, found itself in the upper echelons of pop charts around the world. Primarily an instrumental album, with performances on almost every instrument credited to Oldfield, it takes the listener into widely varying musical territories, ending as Viv Stanshall formally announces each instrument as it joins the mix. --Paul Clark Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - A single mustBack in 1973, people bought two albums, Pink Floyd's DSOTM and Mike Oldfield's Tubullar Bells. This CD takes you to places, to sounds and feelings that no othe Tubullar Bells CD has ever been able to reproduce, as well as no other Oldfield, to that matter. There are many versions, even the recent recreation from the man himself, however, whatever you purchase, puechase this one first, there is simply nothing comparable to it. Rating:  - Maybe you were really looking for Parsifal?Amazon, for some reason, has suggested to me that I might want to buy this. Ah no. If you are really desperate to hear tubular bells, can I suggest a good recording of Parsifal? It has the virtue of being, if only subjectively, shorter. Rating:  - No imagination!Going through the reviews of Bells, I am particularly surpised by the irritation caused by the vocal bit on side two - The so called Klingon vocal. Well people, you simply have no imagination. I've always liked that bit. When it came, me and a friend of mine always had lots of fun, because we envisioned a little dwarf being chased by a pack of wolves. The little dwarf runs for his life, hindered by a full belly due to too much eating and drinking at a party the previous night. He has to puke constantly. Every now and then, he has to stop and lean against a tree to empty his stomach. That's where the SHLAUUUGHHH! noise comes from. meanwhile, you can hear the wolves, who are gaining on him, howl in the background. By the way, Bells doesn't ... Read More: Rating:  - Review of Tubular BellsThis CD is pretty good, but i like the DVD with enhanced audio much better. Still, it's nice to listen to because it's Mike Oldfield, and he's awesome. Rating: - This has nothing to do with the movie, as intended, anyway.Mike Oldfield probably owes his career to film director Billy Friedkin, who doesn't even like "Tubular Bells" very much, and who has never even met Oldfield, for that matter. While the 1973 smash film "The Exorcist" was in its final stages of production, suitable music wasn't yet selected, as nothing seemed to fit the mood of the piece. It was either too much bombast, or too cliche'd, never quite right. The then unknown record company called Virgin Records had some music in their vault, so Friedkin was listening to some of their unknown material, looking for something the public hadn't heard before, and something with an eerie, almost child's music box sound. He found "Tubular Bells" to be very boring and pointless, to paraphrase, but the opening ... Read More: |
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