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Tubular Bells [Original recording remastered]

~ Mike Oldfield
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (29 May 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: Virgin
  • ASIN: B00004T9AF
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Mini-Disc  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,419 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #3 in  Music > Classical Instrumental > Solo Instrumental > Percussion
    #30 in  Music > Rock > Classic Rock > Progressive Rock

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The opening bars of this classic album by Mike Oldfield were heard by audiences that packed theatres 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


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Debut album from instrumental wonderkid Mike Oldfield, the first million seller for both Oldfield and his label boss Richard Branson. The eerie music was used to great effect in the film 'The Exorcist' and remains synonymous with it still.Apart from Vivian Stanshall, who announces the instruments as they appear, every note was played by Oldfield himself.

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for technophiles and geeks, 1 Sep 2002
By Andrew Wilkinson (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I'm a longstanding Oldfield fan, and I know this album intimately. I used to think that remastered releases were just a way for fleecing the record buying public. But I took a chance on this, and I was flabbergasted. The remastering makes all the difference, the sound quality is crystal clear and I can hear flutes and pedal basses that I didn't know existed. It's like hearing this album for the first time all over again!
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great music with fantastic sound quality., 27 Sep 2006
By DSR (out beyond the sticks) - See all my reviews
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This release was groundbreaking for many reasons and I'm sure Virgin Records owe their success to this album. There's an innocent charm to the compositions, although excessive exposure spoiled my enjoyment for many years, having used it as a "demo" disc many times over the seventies and early eighties.

I was saddened that the original CD sounded so muffled, as I remember - CD promised so much in the early days and didn't always deliver for various reasons. Those days are thankfully long behind us and THIS release realises, for me, how good the original recording could be in its stereo version.

There's a clarity here that really helps you to delve into the mix and discover elements that were all but inaudible in the original LP and CD versions. The early "Quad" mixes on the boxed set were good too, but sufficiently different that they were almost different pieces of music to me... My CD player is good, but quite conventional - no HDCD or the dreaded sacharin sweet SACD here... and the sound is perfectly good without all the latest commercial "tricks".... It seems one of the original production team did the remastering for this release, so hopefully, what we're hearing now is about as good as the original mix gets.

I must admit I'm getting really confused with the large number of *versions* of this album available as of 2006... I think that it's now time for both Mr Oldfield and the record companies to leave alone and move on - PLEASE!

RECOMMENDED as the definitive mastering of the original mix! If it's not in your collection, at this price you can't go wrong.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A rock classic, 3 Mar 2003
By Mitch "robwmitch" (Norwich, UK) - See all my reviews
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This massive rock symphony was a great idea and Oldfield pulls it off very well.
The distict , haunting piano opening followed by all sorts of instruments providing a whole 50 minutes worth of tunes may sound daunting and possibly boring, but this work keeps you gripped. theres humour with the Piltdown man, and theres something wierd about the bagpipe passage.

A change of mood for the second half- a more relaxed guitar orientated movement.

Its a touch of genius to end with the sailors hornpipe.
Fantastic revolutiuonary music that hasn't been betterd in its field.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, sublime, divine
I have been meaning to buy Tubular Bells for years and wish I'd done so sooner. It is an extraordinary piece of work - inspiring, uplifting, at times amusing and incredibly... Read more
Published 3 months ago by alimarcam

1.0 out of 5 stars Why bother?
Why remaster utter garbage like this? Rubbish then worse now. if you've never heard this and are curious, then take my advice; Go mow the lawn instead. Read more
Published 8 months ago by J. E. Holmes

1.0 out of 5 stars Maybe you were really looking for Parsifal?
Amazon, for some reason, has suggested to me that I might want to buy this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is how music should be
Alone amongst the arts, music has the ability to reach inside our weather beaten shells, grab our soul by the scruff of the neck and beat us to death in a darkened room. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Fat Boy Fat

4.0 out of 5 stars Grand Piano!
For a teenager to compose and record an album of this scale, playing every instrument himself, is quite an astonishing achievement and is something of a lost art these days. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Stotty

5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should own a copy!
I've had this album since I was 17 on LP, cassette, eight track stereo! And now recently purchased on CD. I listen to it every day and never tire of it. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2007 by PAULINE STAVES

5.0 out of 5 stars Time for a re-think?
I first heard this from a friend in the 70s who was very good at ferreting out the interesting and unexpected. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2007 by Jonathan P. Talbot

3.0 out of 5 stars Curate's Egg
A good re-mastering of the origial for the most part. Tarnished however by some truly atrocious mixing. Read more
Published on 30 May 2007 by Mr. J. Jenkins

5.0 out of 5 stars Improving melody after 34 years at the TOP
Looking at Sir Richard Bransons multi Billon pound empire its hard to believe that this experimental percussion album launched Virgin as a world wide empire. Read more
Published on 27 April 2007 by Mr. P. J. R. LEWIS

5.0 out of 5 stars No Tubular Bells, no Virgin Records
Virgin records would never have become the huge company that it is without this record - if it hadn't been the huge success that it was, the company would never have been... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2004 by robojam

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