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BartInHell
Tubular Bells, Pt. 1 -- Tubular Bells, Part Two -- CHOOSE YOUR SIDE AND TAG 50% WRONG
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MusicMagic77
"This stereo record cannot be played on old tin boxes no matter what they are fitted with. If you are in possession of such equipment please hand it into the nearest police station." (Original text from the Rear Cover of the second edition Vinyl LP) (Virgin Records)
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GasmaskAvenger
"Your mother's in here, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it."
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onthewall2983
What amazes me even more than the music is the story of how it all came together. It's an underdog story of the industry if there ever was one. A talented but aloof session musician (who composed this all before he turned 18), a struggling young businessman trying to launch a record label. These things just don't happen today, and really didn't much at all then. There's a chance if any one event went sideways we may never have gotten the chance to hear this music, Mike may never have went beyond being a studio musician, and Richard Branson most likely never would have bought his own private island.
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phillipkilch316
Such a blend of styles, and such an innovative way it was made. Truly this album is something great. (2)
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SatanicWalnut
This album is indescribably good. It's the very definition of progressive music.
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CamelStrez
Such a blend of styles, and such an innovative way it was made. Truly this album is something great.
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banzzai13
Hell yeah. In freaking 1990 me and a friend, two French 15yo who don't know shit about music and probably listened to some dance at this time, find the vinyl and are sucked in. My friend would always ask me to play it. And years later my new best friend, from Germany, tells me the same story. It's even mystical ! ;)
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Wildebrand
A fantastic album with lots of changing themes. I especially like the one at the end of Part One, where all the instruments add up one by one to achieve a real orchestral sound. The growls by Mike on Part Two and the Sailor's Hornpipe are two things I really could laugh at (real funny!), for example on the Sailor's Hornpipe where Viv Stanshall struggles to say anthropology. All in all, I'd recommend it to anyone.
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kato1984
Epic,Haunting,Reflective,Eerie,Hypnotic,some words to describe this true masterpiece. The section in part 1 from around 4,40 to 5,20 is stunning to lift up some part i really really like. But the whole piece is pure art. In Part 2 the part between 7,58 and 8,42 with the choir,Magnificent. The thing is that the many emotions who came in form from the music and the different moods makes the album standout as one of the greatest albums of all time.
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ProgNeanderthal
Mike Oldfield: Acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, Farfisa, Hammond, and Lowrey organs; flageolet, fuzz guitars, glockenspiel, "honky tonk" piano (piano with detuned strings), mandolin, piano, "Piltdown Man", percussion, Spanish guitar, "double speed guitar", "taped motor drive amplifier organ chord", timpani, violin, vocals and tubular bells. => a band himself.
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Rasconteur
In my opinion it's the best album recorded. It's been a constant part of my life since 1973.
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YOMOTHAINLAW
First time listener. I've seen it talked about so many times at Pink Floyd message boards, so I thought I would check it out. Oh my god this is exactly the stuff I love to hear.
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