MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells II SEALED limited edition LP Blue Marbled Vinyl RSD
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MIKE OLDFIELD Tubular Bells II hails from 2022 and is a SEALED limited edition LP issued on Blue Marbled vinyl for Record Store Day. The fifteenth album from the highly prolific Mike Oldfield was co-produced with Trevor Horn, and a UK #1 and reached double platinum sales. For Record Store Day 2022, this limited marbled blue vinyl edition of the 1992 sequel to 1973’s groundbreaking Tubular Bells.
Tubular Bells II is the update and/or sequel to Mike Oldfield's landmark 1973 new age recording Tubular Bells, which will resonate forever as the haunting theme to The Exorcist. Here, Oldfield repeats his multi-instrumental performance, playing guitar, banjo, organ, percussion, mandolin, and the titular tubular bells, although in a nod to modernism, the latter instruments often appear as samples through Oldfield's Kurzweil synth rig. It's the piece's captivating main theme that again takes center stage here. The eight-minute opening track "Sentinel" plays it off of whining guitars and breathy female vocals. The latter element is a nice touch. The genre that the original Bells helped establish has come quite a ways in 20 years, and this fact isn't lost on Oldfield. Throughout II, he incorporates the multi-cultural influences that have cross-pollinated with new age, bringing in breathy ethnic flutes, Asian-inflected string sounds, and the whispered foreign words of "Sentinel." The famous ceiling of the album, where each instrument is introduced by a narrator, becomes another summit between old and new.
1. Sentinel
2. Dark Star
3. Clear Light
4. Blue Saloon
5. Sunjammer
6. Red Dawn
7. The Bell
8. Weightless
9. The Great Plain
10. Sunset Door
11. Tattoo
12. Altered State
13. Maya Gold
14. Moonshine
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