Mike Oldfield Tubular Bells Japanese Vinyl LP
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MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells (Rare 1985 Japanese Toshiba EMI issue of the 1973 vinyl LP with red/green Virgin labels, housed in a picture sleeve complete with Japanese text biography insert and obi-strip. The packaging displays some general wear with a couple of creases, the obi is complete and the vinyl remains in a 'near mint' condition 25VB-1066)
TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
Imagine a twenty year old in your office telling you about a near 50-minute continuous piece of "rock" music he’d wrote and how he’d like you to release it on your new label. Such was Richard Branson presented with when he first met up with Mike Oldfield. Not that the young Oldfield didn’t have credentials. He’d been in a folk band with his elder sister Sally since he was fourteen and had spent the past few years in Kevin Ayers back up band, The Whole Wide World. The rest, as they say, is history. Tubular Bells was an overnight hit for Virgin Records, selling millions of copies. It rose to No. 1 in the UK and No. 3 in the US. That the album garnered such immediate success was telltale of the time. Oldfield was presented as a multi-instrumentalist-savant and the long of it only added to its appeal. The working title of "Opus 1" gave a little more light onto its content: Oldfield took accessible, near Celtic themes, and wove them together in a gentle and naïve fashion that approached minimalism, but remained populist. The first side opened with the hook of a lifetime; the piece ebbed sideways more than forward, gradually building until the resplendent finale during which Viv Stanshall introduced each instrument. The second side worked similarly; only the Moribund vocals and the Bootleg Chorus interrupted the circular motion of the acoustic instruments; it was a gentle extension of the first, except with a Bugs Bunny ending this time around. Oldfield played most everything, with Tom Newman providing the production. Early the following year, an excerpt used as the theme for the movie The Exorcist, would break the Top 10 in the US singles charts. And it wouldn’t end there! An orchestrated version, courtesy of composer David Bedford followed in 1975 and again charted in the UK, but a live version (with a host of Virgin label-mates) remains unreleased. Oldfield’s follow-up albums were similar in style; Hergest Ridge also managed to top the British charts upon release, while 1975’s Ommadawn would settle for No. 4. He enjoyed a long career, vaguely going mainstream after 1978’s double album Incantations.
Artist - Mike Oldfield (click link for complete listing)
Title - Tubular Bells (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release - 1985
Format - vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label - Virgin
Catalogue No - 25VB-1066 (click link for more)
Country of Origin - Japan
Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info - Deleted, Picture Sleeve
Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) - 5053200104004
Condition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
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Related Artists - Les Penning, Terry Oldfield.
GENRES
Male Solo.
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RareVinyl.com Reference Number - OLDLPTU134275
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TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
Imagine a twenty year old in your office telling you about a near 50-minute continuous piece of "rock" music he’d wrote and how he’d like you to release it on your new label. Such was Richard Branson presented with when he first met up with Mike Oldfield. Not that the young Oldfield didn’t have credentials. He’d been in a folk band with his elder sister Sally since he was fourteen and had spent the past few years in Kevin Ayers back up band, The Whole Wide World. The rest, as they say, is history. Tubular Bells was an overnight hit for Virgin Records, selling millions of copies. It rose to No. 1 in the UK and No. 3 in the US. That the album garnered such immediate success was telltale of the time. Oldfield was presented as a multi-instrumentalist-savant and the long of it only added to its appeal. The working title of "Opus 1" gave a little more light onto its content: Oldfield took accessible, near Celtic themes, and wove them together in a gentle and naïve fashion that approached minimalism, but remained populist. The first side opened with the hook of a lifetime; the piece ebbed sideways more than forward, gradually building until the resplendent finale during which Viv Stanshall introduced each instrument. The second side worked similarly; only the Moribund vocals and the Bootleg Chorus interrupted the circular motion of the acoustic instruments; it was a gentle extension of the first, except with a Bugs Bunny ending this time around. Oldfield played most everything, with Tom Newman providing the production. Early the following year, an excerpt used as the theme for the movie The Exorcist, would break the Top 10 in the US singles charts. And it wouldn’t end there! An orchestrated version, courtesy of composer David Bedford followed in 1975 and again charted in the UK, but a live version (with a host of Virgin label-mates) remains unreleased. Oldfield’s follow-up albums were similar in style; Hergest Ridge also managed to top the British charts upon release, while 1975’s Ommadawn would settle for No. 4. He enjoyed a long career, vaguely going mainstream after 1978’s double album Incantations.
Artist - Mike Oldfield (click link for complete listing)
Title - Tubular Bells (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release - 1985
Format - vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label - Virgin
Catalogue No - 25VB-1066 (click link for more)
Country of Origin - Japan
Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info - Deleted, Picture Sleeve
Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) - 5053200104004
Condition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No - OLDLPTU134275
Related Artists - Les Penning, Terry Oldfield.
GENRES
Male Solo.
REFERENCE
Email - sales@rarevinyl.com to contact our sales team.
RareVinyl.com Reference Number - OLDLPTU134275
SELL TO US
Got vinyl records, CDs or music memorabilia to sell? – Sell to us at our buying site https://vinyl-wanted.com