Album
Tubular Bells
1973 · Rock
115 collectors on Gatefold own this
Tubular Bells is a Rock album by Mike Oldfield, originally released in 1973. On Gatefold: 568 pressings tracked, owned by 115 collectors.
About
A shifting labyrinth of complex orchestral pop beckons you on a two-part 1973 suite of mostly instrumental music that goes well beyond the familiar tinkling melody of its opening section. Oldfield—a prodigious talent who wrote his first songs at the age of nine—plays 20 instruments throughout, including the titular bells, and the scope is staggering. Spanish guitar flickers, ambient moments materialise, and it all builds to a finger-plucked, deliciously proggy finale.
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Tracklist
Side A
- ATubular Bells (Side One)25:00
Side B
- BTubular Bells (Side Two)23:50
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Prog Rock
- layered
- hypnotic
- spiritual
In an interview with Mike Oldfield he stated his inspiration for the "Tubular Bells" track came from a short section of Bach's "Fugue in Minor" turning the notes upside down or in inverse composing it in "A Minor".
Singles From this Release:
Tubular Bells (Now The Original Theme From "The Exorcist")
Mike Oldfield's Single (Theme From Tubular Bells)
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Jon FieldFLUTE PERFORMER, ACCOMPANIED BY
- Lindsay Cooper6-STRING BASS BASS DOUBLE BASS
- Manor ChoirVOCALS
- Mike OldfieldARRANGED BY BASS GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PIANO, ORGAN BASS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC BASS, ELECTRIC BASS, ELECTRIC ORGAN
- Mundy EllisBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, ACCOMPANIED BY VOCALS
- Nasal ChoirVOCALS
- Sally OldfieldBACKING VOCALS PERFORMER, ACCOMPANIED BY VOCALS
- Steve BroughtonDRUMS PERFORMER, ACCOMPANIED BY
- Tom NewmanACOUSTIC GUITAR PERFORMER, ACCOMPANIED BY
- TraditionalCOMPOSED BY WRITTEN BY WRITTEN-BY
- Vivian StanshallPERFORMER, ACCOMPANIED BY CHORUS MASTER
- David BedfordGRAND PIANO, VOCALS
- Ed SpeightBASS GUITAR, GUITAR
- Fred FrithBASS GUITAR, GUITAR
- Geoff LeighFLUTE
- John GreavesKEYBOARDS
- Karl JenkinsOBOE
- Leslie PenningRECORDER, WOODWIND
115 collectors on Gatefold own this · 568 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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