Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells

 

Year: 26.05.2023
Genre: Instrumental Rock
Atmos engineer: David Kosten
EAN: 0602455294548


Blu-ray edition featuring:

• 2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix*
• 2009 Mike Oldfield 5.1 Surround Mix
• 1975 Quad Mix
• Tubular Bells Intro Edit – 2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix*
• 2023 David Kosten Stereo Mix (48/24)*
• 1973 Original Stereo Mix (96/24)
• Tubular Bells Intro Edit – 2023 David Kosten Stereo Mix (48/24)*
• Tubular Bells 4 Intro – Demo (48/24)

*ONLY AVAILABLE PHYSICALLY ON THIS PRODUCT

"The Dolby Atmos version of the Blu-ray is encoded in Dolby TrueHD, a lossless codec, unlike the Dolby Digital Plus streaming version, which has a bit rate 10 times lower (Dolby TrueHD up to 8000kbits/s vs Dolby Digital Plus at 768 kbits/s). This is noticeable in the listening experience, with greater finesse in restitution and spatial rendering. This is the best Atmos version available and the best spatial rendering on the album." Full review...

Rating:

Dynamic: ●●●●● (5)
Bandwidth: ●●●●o (4)
Spatialization: ●●●●●●●●●o (9)
Restitution: ●●●●o (4.5)

"Tubular Bells" is the debut studio album by the English musician Mike Oldfield, released on 25 May 1973 as the first album on Virgin Records. It comprises two mostly instrumental tracks. Oldfield, who was 19 years old when it was recorded, played almost all the instruments.

"Tubular Bells" initially sold slowly, but gained worldwide attention in December 1973 when its opening theme was used for the soundtrack to the horror film The Exorcist. This led to a surge in sales which increased Oldfield's profile and played an important part in the growth of the Virgin Group. It stayed in the top ten of the UK Albums Chart for one year from March 1974, during which it reached number one for one week. It reached number three on the US Billboard 200, and number one in Canada and Australia. It has sold more than 2.7 million copies in the UK, and an estimated 15 million copies worldwide. From Wikipedia