<P> Unlike Tubular Bells there is a recurring theme, first appearing at the end of "Sentinel" that reappears throughout the album, though it is most obvious at the end of "The Bell". Also unlike the original ending coda, "The Sailor's Hornpipe", "Moonshine" is an original composition by Oldfield . </P> <P> In 1998 another sequel followed, Tubular Bells III, and in 2003 Oldfield recorded a new version of the original Tubular Bells, as Tubular Bells 2003 . </P> <P> The introduction of the instruments at the end of the first half of the album was done by British actor Alan Rickman, although his role was credited merely to "a strolling player" because the voice had not been picked when the artwork was produced . The Master of Ceremonies at the premiere concert in Edinburgh was John Gordon Sinclair . </P> <P> On alternative mixes of "The Bell" released as single B - sides, Billy Connolly and Vivian Stanshall (the voice in the original Tubular Bells) each played the Master of Ceremonies . On two alternative language B - sides of "The Bell", MC Otto and MC Carlos Finally played the Master of Ceremonies in German and Spanish respectively . </P>

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