Artist: MIKE OLDFIELD
Album: TUBULAR BELLS II + TUBULAR BELLS III LIVE (2DVD)

Release date: 1999
Media type: DVD

For those amongst you who are not familiar with Mike Oldfield, he conceived an album way back in the seventies on which he played all the instruments. Said album was rejected by just about every major record company that you can think of, until finally a gentleman by the name of Richard Branson decided to take a punt on it for his new record company, Virgin Records. Catalogue number V2001, the album turned out to be one of the most phenomenally successful albums of all time, and launched the Virgin empire, making Mr Branson a phenomenally wealthy gentleman in the process; the album remains a good seller even today. That album was of course Tubular Bells. Since then Mike Oldfield has produced many great albums but never quite managed to throw the impression that he only ever did the one album. He conceived Tubular Bells II and Tubular Bells III as intrinsically independent albums but developed from themes made famous in the original album.

This DVD brings together the premiere live performances made of Tubular Bells II, in Edinburgh in 1992, and Tubular Bells III, in London in 1998.

Tubular Bells II features the artist live from Edinburgh Castle in September 1992. The tracklist includes:

1. Introduction - Sentimental
2. Dark Star
3. Clear Light
4. Blue Saloon
5. Sunjammer
6. Red Dawn
7. The Bell
8. Weightless
9. The Great Plain
10. Sunset Door
11. Tattoo
12. Altered State
13. Maya Gold
14. Moonshine
15. Reprise

Tubular Bells III was recorded at Horse Guards Parade in London and features the tracks:

1. Introduction - The Source Of Secrets
2. The Watchful Eye
3. Jewel In The Crown
4. Outcast
5. Serpent Dream
6. The Inner Child
7. Man In The Rain
8. The Top Of The Morning
9. Moonwatch
10. Secrets
11. Far Above The Clouds
12. Secrets - Reprise
13. Far Above The Clouds - Reprise