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Track List: 1) Tubular Bells Pt. 1 00:00 2) Tubular Bells Pt. 2 25:30.
Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. [1] Their sound resembles that of church bells, carillons, or a bell tower; the original tubular bells were made to duplicate the sound of church bells within an ensemble. [2]
Jan 10, 2007 · Discover the iconic Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield on YouTube, celebrating its 50th anniversary with a live performance and full album playback.
Taken from the recordings from Mike Oldfield’s Exposed double album and video set, this version of Tubular Bells is released to celebrate the 50th anniversar...
May 25, 2013 · Released on May 25, 1973, Tubular Bells is a rare example of a legitimate rock symphony. With its grand structure (one 49-minute piece split on two sides of vinyl) and complex...
Aug 4, 2021 · English composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells 50 years ago, at the age of 17. The record, released two years later, was the first on Richard Branson’s ...
Tubular bells, series of tuned brass (originally bronze) tubes of graded length, struck with wooden hammers to produce a sound. They first appeared in England in an 1886 performance of Arthur Sullivan’s Golden Legend in Coventry.
Also called orchestral bells or orchestral chimes, tubular bells are a series of tuned brass (originally bronze) tubes of graded length, struck with wooden hammers to produce a sound.
Tubular Bells initially sold slowly, but gained worldwide attention in December 1973 when its opening theme was used for the soundtrack to the horror...
Tubular bells were developed as an easily portable instrument for everyday use in the orchestra. Their sound was intended to be as close as possible to church bells, a target that they never reached, however.
