I had not heard this in years. Excellent. I cannot figure out the goofy ending. They dropped it down a notch with this simple minded ending.

Maybe it was just Oldfield's way of winking & grinning at people..."TB" overall is a pretty intense, serious, even a bit frightening, "Heavy-Duty" work, the "Sailor's Hornpipe" was a way to end it up on a happy note...

There are several versions. I prefer the original one, without the whole symphony. Which one were you referring to?

Which one were you referring to? Big fan of Oldfield here.

There are several versions. I prefer the original one, without the whole symphony. Which one were you referring to?

The Original Vinyl.

I have a Japanese pressing (with original obi :banana:), and I've only listened to it a few times. It never really grabbed me.

Odd this thread should pop up.. Just picked up a copy of "Exposed" in SQ Quad. It's an import and contains a live recording of Tubular Bells. It sounds really cool on my quad system. I'd still love to get his "Boxed" lp, also in quad. It's available on the itunes store and I think it retains the quad encoding. :music:

how many more times can I say quad?

I taped aprt of it off of the radio, and want everything that he has ever done. Vinyl only, of course.

Not sure if it is an urban story ..
But the stiry goes as follows:
Richard Branson, who had just started Virgin Records, bought very hi tech recording equipment and was looking for someone who was able to explore the e limits of this equipment.
Someone pointed him in the direction of a certain Mike Oldfield. Then locally know for his wizzardy in the dubbing area and who was rather unsuccessfull to find a record company who was willing to record his very ambitious symphonic project.
Richard Branson decided to give Mike Oldfield a change. And the endresult we now all know as Tubular Bells.

Like it, but love ommadawn and his late 70s-80s works (crises, five miles out, etc..)

What movie was that from? Horror flick right? seems like John Carptenter took a page from that book with his stuff!

Craig

The Exorcist..Voyager is another very good album.

BTW
had a close look to the outersleeve. It reads at the back:
qte...
This stereo record cannot be played with old tin boxes no matter what they are fitted with. If you are in possession of such equipment please hand it into the nearest policestation.
...unqte
:yippy:
I know that there is a thread for this kind of suggestions somewhere within AK but I can't trace it at this moment :(

Hers a track from the album ...Islands..Another good one..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVTGsoo_qAc and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o32-8xvaBh4

I grew up loving both TB and Hergest Ridge, but was not a huge fan of anything after those; believe it or not, we used to put on TB at PARTIES! Heck, that was the 70's for ya! Patchouli Oil, joss sticks and Mike Oldfield on the stereo...