Seeing as how some don't know who Mike Oldfield is

[kentauros]

or worse, never heard of Tubular Bells, here is an excellent introduction in the form of

Tubular Bells part 1a - Montreux 1981
Tubular Bells part 1b - Montreux 1981

And for your extra listening pleasure

Mike Oldfield - Montreux 1981 - Taurus 1 (1/2)
Mike Oldfield - Montreux 1981 - Taurus 1 (2/2)

[DS1]

1. It's 3 months older than me

but I know it well

[kentauros]

3. Cool :)

I remember listening to it when it came out on a local rock station that would play full albums late at night. Autobahn came out the next year and I believe I heard it in the furthest back seat of the stationwagon we had at the time, my ear pressed to the speaker, so kind of appropriate ;)

[edbermac]

2. Huge MO fan right here!

Got over a dozen of his CD's.

[kentauros]

5. I don't own all of his stuff

but after seeing that concert clip on youtube they did in London, I'm gonna have to look for that DVD :D

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Is he sort of like John Franklin per chance? nt

[kentauros]

6. Perhaps

but only because Franklin shares my last name

[mainegreen]

7. There is surprisingly little Tubular Bells in Tubular Bells.

But I love it and have it on CD

[Burma Jones]

8. Yeah, but what little there is is important........

[edbermac]

11. I gotta have more Tubular Bells!

[Burma Jones]

9. An Obscure, yet lovely, Oldfield tidbit

Don Alfonso....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPQgpWApKnA

[kentauros]

10. I liked that! Thanks for posting it :)

You can still hear Mike's "sound" no matter whether it's a ballad, folk or rock piece

There are quite a few other pieces on the "Related Vidoes" section to the side, too.

[Zorra]

12. Tubular Bells is awesome to listen to when you're

uh, expanding your mind.