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How It Was Recorded

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Unidentified Voltage-controlled tape motor drive (model not stated)

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Records it appears on1

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  • Tubular Bells

    1973

    Mike Oldfield · Album

    • Rising organ chord effect · Input chainVerifiedOldfield recalls varying the voltage to the motor of a two-track machine playing a taped loop of an organ chord, which gave a rising, whirring sound.