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Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, a progressive rock album released in 1973, was all instrumental ( save for some brief spoken words ) and is one of the best-selling instrumental albums ever, with 16 millions copies sold.
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Moreover, the actor played a " Master of Ceremonies " part in announcing the various instruments in Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II on the track The Bell.
He leased out studio time to fledgling artists, including multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, whose debut album Tubular Bells ( 1973 ) was Virgin Records ' first release and a chart-topping best-seller.
Vivian Stanshall ( born Victor Anthony Stanshall ; 21 March 1943 – 5 March 1995 ) was an English singer-songwriter, painter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his surreal exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for narrating Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.
Stanshall collaborated on numerous musical projects including Robert Calvert's 1974 concept album Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters, and Mike Oldfield's 1973 Tubular Bells where he played the Master of Ceremonies, breathily announcing the buildup of instruments in the finale of the first side of the album.
Tubular bells have been popularized in western culture by the song " Carol of the Bells ", and the Mike Oldfield album Tubular Bells and its sequels, the latter best known as the opening theme from The Exorcist.
* 2010: Flamingo-Brandon Flowers ( Producer, Mixing, Timpani, Bass, Guitars, Tubular Bells, Tambourine, Shaker, Background Vocals )
Mike Oldfield utilized crotales in Clear Light on his album Tubular Bells II, accompanying a synthesizer and guitar tune.
Some examples include PR MRS Delerium's Semantic Spaces album, Mike Oldfield's albums, The Songs of Distant Earth and Tubular Bells III, all B-Tribe's albums as well as other Claus Zundel projects and Sarah Brightman's cover of Hooverphonic's song, " Eden ".
Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yes's Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks.
In 1973, Mike Oldfield's unconventional progressive rock album Tubular Bells became one of the first albums to be referred to under the genre description of New Age music.
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Tubular bells are often replaced by studio chimes, which are a smaller and usually less expensive instrument.
* The Zoot Marlowe series ( 1989 – 1991 ) by Mel Gilden ( Surfing Samurai Robots, Hawaiian UFO Aliens, and Tubular Android Superheroes ) features an alien protagonist who is an homage to Philip Marlowe.
The railway bridge also known as " The Great Tubular Bridge " spanning the river Wye between Chepstow and Sedbury was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1852 as part of the G. W. R, but the original structure was replaced in the 1960s.
The strait is bridged in two places-the main A5 road is carried over the strait by Thomas Telford's elegant iron suspension bridge, the first of its kind, opened in January 1826, and adjacent to this is Robert Stephenson's 1850 Britannia Tubular Bridge.
The Conwy Railway Bridge, a Tubular bridge, was built for the Chester and Holyhead Railway by Robert Stephenson in 1849.
* Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield ( 1973 ) was released as a picture disc as well as its regular release
Certain Tubular pin tumbler lock U-Locks can be easily picked by thieves using a common Bic pen, so cyclists should avoid these models.
For The Exorcist, William Friedkin rejected a score by Lalo Schiffrin and used the temp track featuring assorted pieces of music including part of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.
Tubular and Mike
One of the pioneers of this style of recording was Mike Oldfield on his LP Tubular Bells, where he played multiple instruments, such as organ, guitar, honky-tonk piano, bass, drums, glockenspiel, the tubular bells themselves, and more.
* Received a name check from Vivian Stanshall at the end of side two of the original recording of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, as found in the Mike Oldfield Boxed collection ( Virgin Records – CDBOX1 ).
Tubular and Oldfield
Oldfield provided background vocals in sections of brother Mike's albums Tubular Bells and Ommadawn.
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