Mike Oldfield "Tubular Bells"

Here (for your listening pleasure) is an album that a friend of mine recently told me about.  Mike Oldfield, "Tubular Bells" from 1973.  Oldfield is interesting as he is a composer, keyboardist, and guitarist.  He writes and produces his own albums and this one particularly is of interest after hearing it.  In the middle of the composition, Oldfield name checks ALL the instruments used in the arrangement, too!  There are some amazing and utterly weird sounds that come from this record, especially towards the end of the record when Oldfield is acting like a raging monster because he gets angry about having a producer come in and tell him HOW to arrange and work on his OWN record.  Any musician can relate to that.  But, in posting this, I just thought it would be a real interesting thing to hear.

The track listing is simply Tubular Bells Part 1 and Tubular Bells Part 2.  Check it out.