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The Orchestral Tubular Bells is an orchestral version of Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells, arranged by David Bedford and recorded in 1974 by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Oldfield himself playing the guitar. Excerpts from the album were featured in the 1979 NASA film The Space Movie.
A 50th anniversary edition of Tubular Bells was released on 26 May 2023. [59] It features a new master of the original album along with an additional previously unreleased 8-minute track, the "Introduction to Tubular Bells 4". [59] "Introduction to Tubular Bells 4" was recorded by Oldfield as a demo in 2017.
In 1975, David Bedford arranged Oldfield's first two albums, Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, for orchestra. These were both performed and recorded, but only The Orchestral Tubular Bells was released to the public as an album. Even though The Orchestral Hergest Ridge was not released, sections were used in the soundtrack to The Space Movie.
The theme of the album is a reflection of different periods of human history. The album borrows its name from the dawning of the 3rd millennium and from its title referring to Oldfield's Tubular Bells series. It is the most recent entry in the Tubular Bells series to feature all-new material. It was the main work performed at Oldfield's concert ...
Exposed is the first live album by English musician Mike Oldfield, released as a double album on 27 July 1979 by Virgin Records in the UK. [3] It was recorded at various locations across Europe during Oldfield's debut concert tour as a solo artist, following the release of his fourth studio album Incantations (1978).
It was released in 2001 and features segments from all of the Tubular Bells albums up to that year. It is a single CD which consists of pieces of various past versions of Tubular Bells albums; Tubular Bells (1973), The Orchestral Tubular Bells (1975), Tubular Bells live (1979), Tubular Bells II (1992), Tubular Bells III (1998) and The ...
The advert featured short excerpts from "Moonlight Shadow" and "Family Man" as well as Tubular Bells. Some versions of the advert also carried a tag-line on the end, as a promotion for Father's Day gifts at the Asda chain of supermarkets. Tom Baker had previously provided a voice-over for The Best of Tubular Bells advert in 2000. [1]
Hergest Ridge is the second studio album by English musician and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 30 August 1974 by Virgin Records.The unexpected commercial and critical success of his debut album, Tubular Bells (1973), affected Oldfield, who decided against touring and avoided the press with his newfound fame.