The Orchestral Tubular Bells

The Orchestral Tubular Bells
Live album by
Mike Oldfield
ReleasedJanuary 1975 (1975-01)
RecordedSeptember 1974
GenreProgressive rock
Length50:46
LabelVirgin
ProducerDavid Bedford, Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield chronology
Hergest Ridge
(1974)		 The Orchestral Tubular Bells
(1975)		 Ommadawn
(1975)
Tubular Bells series chronology
Tubular Bells
(1973)		 The Orchestral Tubular Bells
(1975)		 Tubular Bells II
(1992)
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The Orchestral Tubular Bells is an orchestral version of Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells, arranged by David Bedford and recorded in 1974 by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Oldfield himself playing the guitar. Excerpts from the album were featured in the 1979 NASA film The Space Movie. It peaked at #17 on the UK Albums Chart in 1975.

In 2000 it was reissued by Virgin as a HDCD and is the only one of Oldfield's 1970s albums yet to be reissued by Mercury Records.

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