Mike OldfieldTubular Bells

Label:

Virgin – VR 13-105

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , MO-Monarch Pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

A Tubular Bells
Chorus [Nasal]Nasal Choir
Double Bass [String Bass]Lindsay Cooper (2)
FluteJohn Field*
Voice [Master Of Ceremonies]Viv Stanshall*
25:00
B Tubular Bells
Chorus [Bootleg]Manor Choir
Composed By [Sailor's Hornpipe]Trad.*
DrumsSteve Broughton
23:50

Companies, etc.

  • Mastered AtPresswell
  • Lacquer Cut AtAtlantic Studios
  • Pressed ByMonarch Record Mfg. Co. – ∆18273
  • Distributed ByAtlantic Recording Corporation
  • Published ByAlmo Music Corp.
  • Recorded AtThe Manor
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Virgin Records
  • Copyright ©Virgin Records

Credits

  • Chorus [Girlie]Sally Oldfield
  • Composed ByMike Oldfield
  • Lacquer Cut ByGp*
  • Mixed By [Sound]Tom Newman (2)
  • Organ [Farfisa, Lowrey], Bass, Electric Guitar, Acoustic GuitarMike Oldfield
  • Photography, Design [Sleeve]Trevor Key
  • Piano [Grand, Honky Tonk], Glockenspiel, Guitar [Speed, Mandolin-like, Fuzz], Electronics [Taped Motor Drive Amplifier Organ Chord], Percussion [Assorted], Flageolet, Tubular BellsMike Oldfield (tracks: A)
  • Piano, Electric Guitar [Speed], Timpani [Concert], Guitar [Sounding Like Bagpipes, Spanish], Vocals [Piltdown Man], Organ [Hammond], Chorus [Moribund], Conductor [Choir]Mike Oldfield (tracks: B)

Notes

"MO" in label matrix denotes a Monarch Record Mfg. Co. pressing.
Alternate pressings from Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

Recorded at: The Manor/Autumn 1972 Spring 1973.
℗ Virgin Records, 130 Notting Hill Gate, London, W.11.

Distributed by Island and E.M.I.

Runouts are etched except for the stamped logo for Monarch Record Mfg. Co. which is MR within a circle.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): ST-VR-732929-MO
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): ST-VR-732930-MO
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Pressing Plant ID (Stamped): [Encircled 'MR' logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Runout, variants 1 & 2): ST-VR-732929BB-REPL AtGp ∆18273(4) PR
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, etched (Var. 1)): ST-VR-732930-AA ATGp ∆18273-X (1) PR 1+
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Runout, etched (Var. 2)): ST-VR-732930-AA ATGp ∆18273-X (3) PR
  • Matrix / Runout (Both Sides Runouts Var 1 & 2): [Encircled 'MR' logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout variant 3): ST-VR-732929BB-REPL AtGp (MR) ∆18273(4) PR
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout variant 3): ST-VR-732930-BB-REPL AtGp (MR) ∆18273-X(4) PR

Other Versions (5 of 578)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Tubular Bells (LP, Album, Stereo) Virgin 87541 IT Netherlands 1973
Tubular Bells (LP, Album, Stereo) Virgin 87 541 IT 1973
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Tubular Bells (LP, Album) Virgin V2001 Scandinavia 1973
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Tubular Bells (LP, Album, Stereo) Virgin V2001 UK 1973
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Tubular Bells (LP, Album, Reissue) Virgin 104 8290 Brazil 1973

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Reviews

  • waxx_traxx's avatar
    waxx_traxx
    I have this version, it comes with an Atlantic "Rock4" inner sleeve, with John Prine and George Carlin in top left on each side.
    • mhranklee's avatar
      mhranklee
      Incredible album. Sounds like early Pink Floyd without vocals meets Yes meets John Carpenter movie scenes with a slice of Emerson, Lake & Palmer thrown in. It's the soundtrack for an acid trip in a medieval castle with distorted guitars and electric bass. For the adventurous only.

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