21-01-2011, 18:49
In late 1973 Mike Oldfield released Tubular Bells ................A classic album.
Virgin records in those days was dedicated to albums but in 1974 a track began to appear on the radio which was from the Album Tubular Bells
At first I believed that this was nothing more than a section that had been taken from the album and put out as a single ...................however close listening showed this was not the case.
I attempted to get a copy in the shops but as told that Virgin was an albums label only.
More work revealed that Virgin had released single of music from tubular bells and the music was not simply lifted from the album.......but was a new piece of work.
It was coded as VS 101 ad with a lot of effort I racked down and ordered a copy.
The day came to collect the single and home I went to listen............
The track I heard became one of my all time favorite pieces of music ..
I owed this wonderful single until life changed for me in 1999 ad then it as lost.........
A week or so ago I as reunited with this great track by buying the Mercury reissue of Tubular Bells
Sadly the album contains only the A side of Vs 101 but it is still a great piece of music:
By the magic of youtube I am able to add the B side
A side
[video=youtube;aMJ1SzupsMI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJ1SzupsMI[/video]
B side
[video=youtube;xEwQqL4OyLQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEwQqL4OyLQ[/video]
Virgin records in those days was dedicated to albums but in 1974 a track began to appear on the radio which was from the Album Tubular Bells
At first I believed that this was nothing more than a section that had been taken from the album and put out as a single ...................however close listening showed this was not the case.
I attempted to get a copy in the shops but as told that Virgin was an albums label only.
More work revealed that Virgin had released single of music from tubular bells and the music was not simply lifted from the album.......but was a new piece of work.
It was coded as VS 101 ad with a lot of effort I racked down and ordered a copy.
The day came to collect the single and home I went to listen............
The track I heard became one of my all time favorite pieces of music ..
I owed this wonderful single until life changed for me in 1999 ad then it as lost.........
A week or so ago I as reunited with this great track by buying the Mercury reissue of Tubular Bells
Sadly the album contains only the A side of Vs 101 but it is still a great piece of music:
By the magic of youtube I am able to add the B side
A side
[video=youtube;aMJ1SzupsMI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMJ1SzupsMI[/video]
B side
[video=youtube;xEwQqL4OyLQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEwQqL4OyLQ[/video]
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown..............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
