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Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. [1] Their sound resembles that of church bells , carillons , or a bell tower ; the original tubular bells were made to duplicate the sound of church bells within an ensemble. [ 2 ]
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.
The Complete Tubular Bells is a compilation album that comprises the three main releases under the name of Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, released in 2003 alongside Tubular Bells 2003. This box set includes Tubular Bells 2003 (a re-recording of the original Tubular Bells), Tubular Bells II and Tubular Bells III. A bonus DVD is also included ...
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.
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 ...
Tubular Bells II is the fifteenth studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Mike Oldfield. It was released on 31 August 1992 by Warner Music UK and is the successor to his debut album Tubular Bells (1973). It was Oldfield's first album for Warner after having worked with Virgin Records for twenty years.
The American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis wrote the song in 1941. She originally called it “Carol of the Drum” and wrote it under the pseudonym C.R.W. Robertson.
Tubular Bells III is the eighteenth studio album by English guitarist, songwriter, and producer Mike Oldfield.It was released on 31 August 1998 by Warner Music UK as the third instalment in his Tubular Bells album series.