Tonight's Spin is an Audiokarma recording project spin. It is the recommendation from Kevin JS.............. I am digging it while it is recording.................. I love recording............ I am only familiar with the edited single version. This is an ear opener as to what was really going on with this instrumental.
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I'll give you a bit of background on that recording. Long time members know I love trivia and never miss an opportunity to pass on useless information.
Mike Oldfield comes from a musical family. His sister, Sally, is well known on this thread with her album "Water Bearer", her first and best known recording. He also has a brother, Terry, who has quite a discography of his own.
Mike went round just about every label in the UK, trying to find someone to release Tubular Bells. No-one would touch it. He eventually found a guy who told him that he was about to start a record label, and that he was interested. That was Richard Branson, and Tubular Bells became VS2001, the first album issued by Virgin Records.
The caveman section, on the second part, was Mike's drunken response to suggestions that the album should have some lyrics. Mike Oldfield's discography is huge, and includes film scores (Killing Fields, Songs Of Distant Earth), a vast array of instrumental numbers and some with guest vocalists (check out Islands).
Part of Tubular Bells was borrowed for The Exorcist, but this was done without Oldfield's prior knowledge. The Master of Ceremonies, who introduces the instruments as Oldfield plays them was Viv Stanshall, of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, who later died in a house fire. The remix of Tubular Bells featured John Cleese taking Stanshall's part. An orchestral version is available, arranged and conducted by David Bedford.
After his first few albums, his recordings garnered less and less interest, until his release of Tubular Bells 2, which was hugely popular, and included a bagpipe section. The first public performance took place at Edinburgh Castle. Tubular Bells 3 premiered at Horseguards Parade, in London.
That's about all I can remember right now.