Mike Oldfield – Tubular Bells (50th Anniversary Edition) (1973/2023) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]

Genre: Progressive Rock
Year Of Release: 2023
Duration: 49:18

Label: SDE Surround Series
Quality: Blu-ray
Container: BDMV
Rip Type: folder
Bit Rate: 24/96; 24/48
Format:DTS-HD MA
Number of channels: 5.1
Other audio tracks: DTS Master Audio 5.1, 2.0; Quadro 4.0, LPCM 2.0, Dolby Atmos 7.0

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.

The Tubular Bells SDE-exclusive blu-ray is packed with content and features the following audio streams:

Tubular Bells – 2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix*
Tubular Bells – 2009 Mike Oldfield 5.1 Surround Mix
Tubular Bells – 1975 Quad Mix
Tubular Bells Intro Edit – 2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix*
Tubular Bells – 2023 David Kosten Stereo Mix (48/24)*
Tubular Bells – 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 Mix has been created by producer David Kosten (who’s worked with the likes of Steven Wilson and Bat For Lashes) and he had the challenge of trying to recreate Oldfield’s original 1973 mix in immersive audio, going back to the original multi-track stems which feature almost none of the processing you hear on the final mixes – the levels, echoes, reverbs, radical tone shifts, panning etc. Kosten also created a new stereo mix and the blu-ray also includes a new edit of the classic Tubular Bells intro which is also in stereo and Atmos. All four versions are only available physically via this SDE-exclusive Blu-ray Audio!

Additionally, Mike Oldfield’s 5.1 Surround Mix from 2009 is also included. That was only ever issued on DVD at the time, so it sees its debut here on Blu-ray as lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.

The four-channel Quad Mix was mixed by Phil Newell in 1975 and was issued on 2001 on SACD. It has some differences to the original stereo and 5.1 mixes, most notable the Viv Stanshall voiceover on ‘Sailor’s Hornpipe’ at the end It has been unavailable since that time but is the third different spatial audio mix on this Blu-ray.

The original stereo mix on the Blu-ray is as used on the new half-speed mastered vinyl and of course fans will be very interested in the Tubular Bells 4 demo. The story is, Mike Oldfield retired from releasing music in 2018, after giving up touring many years previously. In the months after his last album, Return To Ommadawn in 2017, Oldfield toyed with going the whole way and making a fourth and final instalment of Tubular Bells in time for its 50th anniversary. Work began in earnest, and Mike felt he had finally cracked the secret of being able to successfully return to and rework the opening motif. An eight-minute taster was sent to his A&R team. And then, nothing. Mike decided against continuing. Five years later, this final paragraph of the Tubular Bells story is being released as part of the 50th anniversary celebration. It may well be the last thing ever recorded by Oldfield and this is stereo-only.

Blu-ray Audio Tracklist

Tubular Bells Spatial Audio
1. Tubular Bells Part One (2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix) 25:32
2. Tubular Bells Part Two (2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix) 23:20
3. Tubular Bells Part One (2009 Mike Oldfield 5.1 Surround Mix) 26:02
4. Tubular Bells Part Two (2009 Mike Oldfield 5.1 Surround Mix) 23:12
5. Tubular Bells Part One (1975 Quad Mix) 26:04
6. Tubular Bells Part Two (1975 Quad Mix) 25:52
7. Tubular Bells Intro Edit (2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix) 4:08

Tubular Bells Stereo Audio
8. Tubular Bells Part One (2023 David Kosten Stereo Mix) 25:29
9. Tubular Bells Part Two (2023 David Kosten Stereo Mix) 23:21
10. Tubular Bells Part One (1973 Original Stereo Mix) 25:29
11. Tubular Bells Part Two (1973 Original Stereo Mix) 23:21
12. Tubular Bells Intro Edit (2023 David Kosten Stereo Mix) 4:08
13. Tubular Bells 4 Intro (2017 Demo) 8:33

Blu-ray Disc:

Blu-ray to FLAC 24-48

David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix

01. Tubular Bells Part One – 2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix [25:32]
02. Tubular Bells Part Two – 2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix [23:21]
03. Tubular Bells Intro Edit – 2023 David Kosten Dolby Atmos Mix [04:08]

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Stereo Mix

01. Tubular Bells Part One – 2023 David Kosten Stereo Mix [25:29]
02. Tubular Bells Part Two – 2023 David Kosten Stereo Mix [23:18]
03. Tubular Bells Part One – 1973 Original Stereo Mix [25:29]
04. Tubular Bells Part Two – 1973 Original Stereo Mix [23:21]
05. Tubular Bells Intro Edit – 2023 David Kosten Stereo Mix [04:08]
06. Tubular Bells 4 Intro – 2017 Demo [08:33]

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DTS-HD Master Audio

01. Tubular Bells Part One – 2009 Mike Oldfield 5.1 Surround Mix [26:02]
02. Tubular Bells Part Two – 2009 Mike Oldfield 5.1 Surround Mix [23:13]
03. Tubular Bells Part One – 1975 Quad Mix [26:05]
04. Tubular Bells Part Two – 1975 Quad Mix [25:53]

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