MIKE OLDFIELD – TUBULAR BELLS LP – Nr MINT  PROG

Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells
(Virgin Records  1979  VIL12001  Italy Press)

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– small mark on back cover

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English musician and composer. 

Tubular Bells is the debut record album of English musician Mike Oldfield, recorded when he was 19 and released in 1973.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mike Oldfield, except “The Sailor’s Hornpipe” (traditional, arranged by Mike Oldfield) Copyright 1973 Virgin Music Publishers Ltd.

Side one

1. “Tubular Bells, Part One” – 25:30

Side two

1. “Tubular Bells, Part Two” – 23:20

Personnel

Mike Oldfield

Acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, Farfisa, Hammond, and Lowrey organs; flageolet, fuzz guitars, glockenspiel, “honky tonk” piano (piano modified to sound more percussive), mandolin, piano, “Piltdown Man”, percussion, Spanish guitar, producer, “taped motor drive amplifier organ chord”, timpani, vocals and tubular bells.

Additional personnel

• Steve Broughton — percussion
• Lindsay L. Cooper — string bass
• Mundy Ellis — vocals
• Jon Field — flutes
• Sally Oldfield — vocals
• Vivian Stanshall — Master of Ceremonies
• Nasal Choir
• Manor Choir (Simon Heyworth, Tom Newman, Mike Oldfield)
• Trevor Key – artwork

Production

• Produced By Mike Oldfield, Simon Heyworth & Tom Newman
• Recorded & Engineered By Simon Heyworth & Tom Newman
• Mastered By Simon HeyworthThe album cover for Tubular Bells was among the ten chosen by the Royal Mail for a set of “Classic Album Cover” postage stamps issued on 7 January 2010.