Sold Date: January 21, 2017
Start Date: December 22, 2016
Final Price: £30.00 (GBP)
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New and sealed 180g 2LP set with full album download voucher from Mike Oldfield entitled 'Tubular Bells'. 
This is a half speed master reissue, mastered at Abbey Road studios.

This 2LP set is now in stock and ready to dispatch - order before 1pm Monday to Friday and we will send to you the same day!

Universal Music - Catalogue Number 0600753695036  
  
Tracklisting - 

LP1 - The 2009 Stereo Mix
Side 1 - 
1. Tubular Bells Part 1
Side 2 - 
1. Tubular Bells Part 2
LP2 - The Original 1973 Stereo Album Mix
Side 1 - 
1. Tubular Bells Part 1
Side 2 - 
1. Tubular Bells Part 2

This release will offer a superior vinyl experience with Half Speed Mastering from Abbey Road. It has been exclusively re-mastered at Half Speed to bring you a new level of depth and clarity.

This limited edition range, all pressed on 180gm vinyl, come in deluxe packaging which also includes a digital download voucher.  

The album was cut from high-resolution digital transfers from the best known analogue tapes by Abbey Road mastering engineer Miles Showell, one of the foremost practitioners of this artisan process in the world today. Only minimal sympathetic equalisation was applied to the transfers to keep everything as pure as possible. Also, as these are vinyl-only releases, Miles did not apply any digital limiting. This is added to almost all digital releases to make them appear to be loud and is responsible for the so-called “loudness war” and in almost every case is anything but natural and pure sounding.

What is ‘Half-Speed Mastering’?

This is an elaborate process whereby the source is played back at half it’s normal speed and the turntable on the disc cutting lathe is running at 16 2/3 R.P.M. Because both the source and the cut were running at half their “normal” speeds everything plays back at the right speed when the record is played at home.

What are the advantages of Half-Speed Mastering?

The vinyl L.P. is an analogue sound carrier. Therefore the size and shape of the groove carrying the music is directly related to whatever the music is doing at any particular point. By reducing the speed by a factor of two the recording stylus has twice as long to carve the intricate groove into the master lacquer. Also, any difficult to cut high-frequency information becomes fairly easy to cut mid-range. The result is a record that is capable of extremely clean and un-forced high-frequency response as well as a detailed and solid stereo image.

We will be happy to combine on postage and packing at cost for multiple purchases - please contact us for further information and a prompt quote.

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This 2LP will be sent in a brand new strong cardboard mailer with stiffeners so that your 2LP set turns up safe and sound.

If you have any queries at all on this 2LP, please contact us and we will be happy to help.

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