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Tubular Bells
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| 1 | Part One - Mike Oldfield |
| 2 | Part Two - Mike Oldfield |
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1973
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The opening bars of this classic album by Mike Oldfield were heard by audiences that packed theaters 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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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Package Dimensions : 5.63 x 4.96 x 0.43 inches; 3.53 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Virgin Records Us
- Item model number : CDV2001
- SPARS Code : DDD
- Date First Available : December 7, 2006
- Label : Virgin Records Us
- ASIN : B000000WG4
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #139,757 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #251 in Electronic Rock
- #2,471 in Progressive Rock
- #3,137 in New Age (CDs & Vinyl)
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I realize the album version is different than what Mr. Oldfield expected. But, THIS is the version I remember hearing and this is the version that I enjoy. The infamous movie came later. The album was first. It is NOT the theme to The Exorcist. It is 'Tubular Bells' and I will continue to enjoy its beauty, no matter how minimalistic or dated it seems. At the time it was originally released, it was a monument recording and that is how I will view it. Avant-garde, yet majestic, haunting and in my words, symphonic.
I am pleased to finally have this in my collection.
Time passes and I stumble upon a copy of it in a used CD rack. 'Hey I remember this!" $5.00 and I'm on my way to relive some of my lost youth.
I rip open the package and jam the thing in my car's CD player. I can't wait. Ahhh there's the familar theme from that scary movie. Cool. Stuff slowly beings to happen...more instruments start to come in...Yeah, just like I rememeber... 5 minutes in and I'm starting to wonder, "hey where's the good stuff?" Ten minuets pass and I can hardly keep from giggling. The melodies are simplistic and nieve, the sound textures are silly and the music is - dare I say it? - boring! Yes there are some nice tunes that start off filled with promise, but then they either get repeated over and over again into oblivion or they get swamped with cliche ridden sounds (When's the last time anyone used a fuzz effect on a guitar? There's a reason why, ya know. It sounds stupid!)
I really lost it when the caveman chorus started up. Talk about stupid! I used to think it was a nice and silly way to break up the piece - sort of an aural intermission - but now I can't help but think that Mike O. was serious about this section - well as serious as he was in the preceeding sections of the work anyway - and that he actually thought that this part was, well, meaningful or arty or ...something other than just plain old stupid.
At last, the really pretentious and inane part with the english guy introducing the instruments. YAWN! Who the heck cares?
And finally, the thing that sums it all up perfectly: the sailor's hornpipe at the the end speeding away into silliness. Couldn't think of a good ending, could ya, Mike?
I did try to listen to the CD one more time a few days later to see if I had missed something. Nope. I ended up giving it to my (older) brother - also a former fan of the piece - and I don't think he's gotten all the way through it.
Bottom line: Pretension posing as art, silliness posing as creative cleverness.
I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 because it might be worth listen to if you're stoned. Or if you have nothing else to do.
Since I ordered the CD used, I'm not sure whither I got the "remastered" or simply "transferred to CD" version. My CD sounds like the record (without the scratches). There's no dramatic increase in dynamic range.
It would have been nice to have separate tracks for each "movement", not just part 1 / part 2. It would be nice to, say, jump to the start of the "introducing the instruments" section (which has a definite beginning) and to skip the "Piltdown man" (which has a definite beginning and end).
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As I said differences are minor but something seems lacking in this new LP. After listening to this I then played my old LP at same settings and could immediately notice a difference.
This disc had a lot of flecks of paper on the playing surface and a bit of the paper cover had stuck to the playing surface at the start of side 2
p.s.: wer noch keine Version hat und die Möglichkeit hat, beide zu bekommen, sollte sie nutzen. Das ist meine Empfehlung.
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