Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells (50th Anniversary Edition) [SDE-exclusive, Quadraphonic] (1973/2023) Blu-ray Audio
Quality: Blu-ray | Container: BDMV | Video codec: MPEG4 Video | Audio Codec: DTS-HD MA
Audio: DTS Master Audio 5.1, 2.0; Quadro 4.0, LPCM 2.0, Dolby Atmos 7.0
Run Time: 00:49:18 | 12.70 GB
Genre: Progressive Rock | Label: SDE Surround Series

Mike Oldfield’s seminal 1973 album Tubular Bells is being reissued for its 50th anniversary and amongst the formats is an SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio which features a brand new immersive Dolby Atmos Mix along with other rare spatial audio versions, a new stereo mix and an unreleased demo of a planned – but scrapped – Tubular Bells 4, which was made five years ago!
Back in 1973, the largely unknown 20-year-old Mike Oldfield released his debut album, the first release on brand-new label, Virgin Records. Tubular Bells became a phenomenon, topping the UK charts, winning a Grammy and it was famously featured in William’s Friedkin’s film The Exorcist, which itself became a global sensation in ’73.
This 50th Anniversary celebration of Tubular Bells, overseen by Mike Oldfield, is available on SDE-exclusive blu-ray, 2LP half-speed mastered vinyl and on CD.

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