tbotb_cd_cover_smallIm Jahr 2001 sollte es also mal wieder soweit sein, Virgin möchte an seinem ehemaligen Künstler Mike Oldfield Geldverdienen. Schon gibt es im Juli 2001 auch Gerüchte, das Mike Oldfield wieder von WEA zu Virgin zurückkehrt.

Ob das Album nun für alle die gedacht ist, die sich “Tubular Bells” endlos auf die Ohren geben oder ob damit neue Kunden gewonnen werden sollen, ist mir schleierhaft. Eines ist klar, mit “The Best Of Tubular Bells” erhält man über alle 5 Alben zum Thema “Tubular Bells” eine angenehme Hörprobe.

Das Album bietet von Track zu Track eine andere Version. Es springt von der Originalversion zur Orchestral Aufnahme , wieder zurück und später sogar in die Liveversion aus “Exposed” Im Endeffekt eine neue interessante Art “Tubular Bells” zu hören und zu genießen.

Das Booklet enthält eine kurze Biografie sowie eine Übersicht der von Virgin veröffentlichten Alben. Ein Teil davon der Remastered Versionen und ein Teil der originalen CD´s.

Die Biografie wurde durch Paul Harris von Dark Star verfasst.

Der Anhang für die Tracks fällt entsprechend länger aus, da die Copyrights bei Virgin und Warner (WEA) liegen. Allerdings ist dabei ein Fehler unterlaufen, denn Track 4 & 7 wurden zusammen benannt, was nicht sein kann, da “Tubular Bells II” nicht im Jahre 1979 sondern 1992 erschienen ist.


First Release: 04.06.2001
Label: Virgin Records Ltd.

Details

All Tracks Composed by: Mike Oldfield
Projekt Koordinator: Tom Wegg-Prosser
Compiled by: Paul Bromby
Edited by: Simon Heyworth at The Sanctilary
Thanks to: Jason Day and Jenny Fisher at Virgin,
Simon Heyworth at The Sanctuary and Paul Harris at Dark Star
Artwork and Design: Rina Cheung at Public Art Creative Consultants Limitedwww.public-art.net

 

Tracks

01 Tubular Bells – Part 1 (Original Edit.) 04:42
02 Tubular Bells – Part 1 (Orchestral Edit.) 03:14
03 Tubular Bells – Part 1 (Original Edit.) 03:47
04 Tubular Bells – Part 1 (Exposed Edit.) 03:20
05 Tubular Bells – Part 1 (Original Edit.) 08:29
06 Tubular Bells – Part 2 “The Caveman Song” (Original Edit.) 04:46
07 Tubular Bells – Part 2 (Exposed Edit.) 04:15
08 Sentinel (Tubular Bells II) 08:07
09 The Bell (Tubular Bells II) 06:59
10 Far Above The Clouds (Tubular Bells III) 05:28
11 The Millennium Bell (The Millennium Bell) 07:32
12 Tubular Bells – Part 2 “Sailors Hornpipe” (Original Edit.) 01:34


Tracks 1,3,5,6 & 12
Taken from Tubular Bells
Composed by Mike Oldfield
Produced by Mike Oldfield, Simon Heyworth & Tom Newman
Recorded at the Manor Studios 1972/1973
Published by EMI Viging Music Ltd
Originally released 1973 Virgin Records Ltd
Digitally re-mastered 2000 Virgin Records Ltd

Track 2
Taken from The Orchestral Tubular Bells
Composed by Mike Oldfield
Produced by David Belford & Mike Oldfield Oledfield
Arranged by David Belfort
Performed by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conduced by David Belford
Recorded by The Manor Mobile 1974
Mixed ar the Manor Studios
Published by EMI Viging Music Ltd
Originally released 1975 Virgin Records Ltd
Digitally re-mastered 2000 Virgin Records Ltd

Track 4
Taken from Exposed
Composed by Mike Oldfield
Produced by Philip R. Newell & Mike Oldfield
Recording Engineer Alan Perkins, Greg Sgriver & Kurt Munkacsi
Recorded live 1979
Recorded Unit: The Manor Studio´s Mobile
Remixing Studio: The Town House
Executive Recording Supervisor Philip R. Newell
Published by EMI Viging Music Ltd
Originally released 1975 Virgin Records Ltd
Digitally re-mastered 2000 Virgin Records Ltd

Track 7 & 9
Taken from Tubular Bells II
Composed by Mike Oldfield
Produced by Trevor Horn, Mike Oldfield & Tom Newman
Published by EMI Music Ltd
Production 1992 Warner Music UK Ltd
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd

Track 10
Taken from Tubular Bells III
Composed by Mike Oldfield
Produced and engineered by Mike Oldfield
Published by EMI Music Ltd
Production 1998 Warner Music UK Ltd
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd

Track 11
Taken from The Millennium Bell
Composed by Mike Oldfield
Produced by Mike Oldfield
Vocals by Nicola Emmanuel & David Serame, Miriam Stockley, Pepsi
Additional vocals by The London Handle Choir
The Grant Gospel Choir
Published by EMI Music Ltd
Production 1999 Warner Music UK Ltd
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd