Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells" 180gm LP

Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells" 180gm LP

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Format: 180gm LP, remastered, original 1973 mix, includes MP3 download

Label: Mercury/Universal

Released: 2009

Country: EU

'Tubular Bells' is the first album by English musician Mike Oldfield, recorded when he was 19 and released in 1973 when he was 20.

It was the first album released by Virgin Records and an early cornerstone of the company's success. Vivian Stanshall provided the voice of the "Master of Ceremonies" who reads off the list of instruments at the end of the first movement. The opening piano solo was used briefly in the soundtrack to the William Friedkin film The Exorcist (released the same year), and the album gained considerable airplay because of the film's success.

Tracklisting

  1. Tubular Bells, Pt. 1
  2. Tubular Bells, Pt. 2