Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells

[Bill Walker]

This is an excellent BBC doco about the making of Tubular Bells, fantastic album I've always loved.
Mike was quite a strange guy in those days.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

“Buggered if I know...”

the boxed set has Viv Stanshall accompanying the Sailor’s Hornpipe doing an audio tour of the manor pissed out of his head.

 

[KS55]

Virgin's first success

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Not on iplayer yet.

 

[chesterbells]

First four minutes of the album is great...

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

I asked for this for Christmas one year and just ended up with some clothes.

 

[somapop]

I asked for this for Christmas one year and just ended up with some clothes.

Tubular socks and bell bottom trousers?

Loved this for a while...and the Blue Peter melody.
Works perfectly with the Exorcist movie.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Great album.

I have it on vinyl, CD and lossless FLAC file.

Not listened to it for a while, so it must be time to give it another spin.

 

[mancity1]

Great album.

I have it on vinyl, CD and lossless FLAC file.

Not listened to it for a while, so it must be time to give it another spin.

To think he wrote this by himself at such a young age.

Modern day Brahms for sure and certain.

You would have hoped not but he couldn't be defined musically outside this masterpiece.

Bit like when I first heard Thick as Brick for the first time.

 

[mancity1]

First four minutes of the album is great...

And then it gets better,