• 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...
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  • carillons, or a bell tower; the original tubular bells were made to duplicate the sound of church bells within an ensemble. Each bell is a metal tube...
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  • The Orchestral Tubular Bells. It was followed by the albums Tubular Bells II (1992), Tubular Bells III (1998), The Millennium Bell (1999), and a re-recorded...
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  • Tubular Bells II is the fifteenth studio album by English guitarist and songwriter Mike Oldfield. It was released on 31 August 1992 by Warner Music UK...
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  • The Orchestral Tubular Bells (1975), Tubular Bells live (1979), Tubular Bells II (1992), Tubular Bells III (1998) and The Millennium Bell (1999). The...
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  • performed and recorded, but only The Orchestral Tubular Bells was released to the public as an album. Even though The Orchestral Hergest Ridge was not released...
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  • critical success of his debut album, Tubular Bells (1973), affected Oldfield, who decided against touring and avoided the press with his newfound fame. Instead...
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    musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success....
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  • was featured on the 2009 reissue of Tubular Bells. "Froggy Went A-Courting" was only released as a single in the Netherlands. Whilst "In Dulci Jubilo"...
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  • unexpected critical and commercial success of his debut studio album, Tubular Bells (1973). He followed it with Hergest Ridge (1974), which generated a...
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  • history. The album borrows its name from the dawning of the 3rd millennium and from its title referring to Oldfield's Tubular Bells series. It is the most...
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  • also made use of the orchestral arrangements of Oldfield's first two albums, The Orchestral Tubular Bells and notably The Orchestral Hergest Ridge, which...
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    Jon Lord (category Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama)
    players on the live performance of David Bedford's The Odyssey. The composer and musician (The Orchestral Tubular Bells (1975), Star's End (1974), The Rime...
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  • to Universal's label. With the exception of this record and The Orchestral Tubular Bells, all Oldfield's 1970s albums have been reissued by Mercury Records...
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  • David Bedford (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music)
    The Whole World's bass guitarist. He orchestrated and conducted Oldfield's The Orchestral Tubular Bells album (1975), an adaptation of Tubular Bells,...
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    orchestral (tubular) bells (large "church" bells are normally made of bronze). Small handbells and "jingle bells" are also commonly made of brass. The harmonica...
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    as orchestral timpani 211.2 Tubular Drums – Instruments in which the body is tubular 211.21 Cylindrical Drums – Instruments in which the body has the same...
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  • Mulet Carillon tubulaire, see Tubular bells Le Carillon, Hawkesbury, Ontario The Carillon (Steinbach), Steinbach, Manitoba The Carillon (Regina), University...
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  • on the album was Tom Newman (Tubular Bells producer) and the album was released to much critical acclaim including the US music magazine Billboard. Taken...
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  • countermelody on tubular bells. Load Area: Guests leave the "Stretch Room" and proceed down either a hall of changing portraits (Disneyland), or into the Entrance...
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  • Earl Shilton - drums, timpani, gong, bells, orchestral crash cymbal Sean McCann - bass Andy Votel - tubular bells, cymbals, cowbell, chimes, samples and...
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  • Glockenspiel, Tubular Bells and Gong. Such was the popularity of the London Suite that in 1936 Coates wrote a sequel to it called the London Again Suite; the title...
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  • for musical artists of the 1970s and 1980s. One of his best-known covers was for Mike Oldfield's 1973 debut album Tubular Bells. Other artists that he...
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    Examples of percussion instruments with definite pitch: Aluphone Chimes/Tubular bells Crotales Glass harmonica Glass harp Glockenspiel Handbells Marimba Mridangam...
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  • Glockenspiel Hand chime Marimba Metallophone Piano Steel pan Tubular bells Timpani (also resembles the Kettle drum yet totally different ) Vibraphone Xylophone...
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  • synthesizer (1, 3–5, 8), Mellotron (3), harpsichord (2), tubular bells (3), organ (4), orchestral arrangement (1, 10) Jeffrey Lesser – Producer and engineer...
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  • vocals, tambourine, marching bells, Chamberlain organ, acoustic guitar Additional members George Drakoulias – tubular bells, backing vocals, theremin Benmont...
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  • whip, sleigh bells, town crier's bell, police bell, ship's siren, telephone bell, police whistle, motor horn, fire bells, tubular bells in Bb, C, D, Eb...
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    ‘Glocken’ bells), sometimes known by the English translation alpine bells (also Alpenglocken in German), typically refer to bulbous brass bells that are...
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  • trio)", which since the Liberty Bell has become a standard for military marches. The trio uses tubular bells to symbolize the Liberty Bell ringing. This is...
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