[ROCK] MIKE OLDFIELD "TUBULAR BELLS" [TV PERFORMANCE] (1973)
The performance was recorded on 30 November 1973 and transmitted on BBC2 on 5 January 1974.
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The gentleman introducing the different instruments is Vivian Stanshall, lead singer of The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. The connection? The Bonzo's have a song called "The Intro and the Outro", where Stanshall introduces the band and what instruments they play. The intros start with the band's seven members but then adds another 29 "musicians" and instruments, like "John Wayne on xylophone," Brainiac on banjo" and "Roy Rogers on Trigger".
Steve Hillage at about 7 minutes in playing the guitar solo. Mick Taylor on guitar.
Several musical arrangements were made by Mike Oldfield himself, with help from David Bedford (for the first live performance) and I have no doubt that the other musicians also contributed their own style.
A unique gathering of great but little-known musicians—Mike Oldfield must have been thrilled. The BBC's video production is somewhat lacking, in that several musicians either don't get a close-up or are shown only very briefly, even when their instrument is the focus; it's almost always a wide shot, with few moments of focus on an individual musician, and only some, not all. Mike Oldfield (understandably) does get a good number of close-ups, as do Fred Frith, Steve Hillage, and Mick Taylor; Karl Jenkins on oboe and John Greaves on piano, for example, appear only fleetingly. There's very little or no coverage of other flautists and keyboardists, the choir, and others. For example, there are no close-ups or only fleeting glimpses of percussionist Pierre Moerlen, keyboardists Tim Hodgkinson and Mike Ratledge, the choir, or guitarist Tom Newman (the latter doesn't even appear in the list of musicians at the end of the video, but he's the classical guitarist in a black jacket with a certain "Paco de Lucia" look to the right of Mike Oldfield, who is usually seen from behind in wide shots, or briefly in a medium shot at 13:45). There are a few fleeting shots of two flautists (I'm not sure if they were Geoff Leigh and John Field). I also don't see guitarist Ted Speight, either in the video or in the credits. Perhaps I missed it, but I also didn't see a close-up of Mike Oldfield's brother, flautist Terry Oldfield.
Steve Hillage at about 7 minutes in playing the guitar solo. Mick Taylor on guitar.
Several musical arrangements were made by Mike Oldfield himself, with help from David Bedford (for the first live performance) and I have no doubt that the other musicians also contributed their own style.
A unique gathering of great but little-known musicians—Mike Oldfield must have been thrilled. The BBC's video production is somewhat lacking, in that several musicians either don't get a close-up or are shown only very briefly, even when their instrument is the focus; it's almost always a wide shot, with few moments of focus on an individual musician, and only some, not all. Mike Oldfield (understandably) does get a good number of close-ups, as do Fred Frith, Steve Hillage, and Mick Taylor; Karl Jenkins on oboe and John Greaves on piano, for example, appear only fleetingly. There's very little or no coverage of other flautists and keyboardists, the choir, and others. For example, there are no close-ups or only fleeting glimpses of percussionist Pierre Moerlen, keyboardists Tim Hodgkinson and Mike Ratledge, the choir, or guitarist Tom Newman (the latter doesn't even appear in the list of musicians at the end of the video, but he's the classical guitarist in a black jacket with a certain "Paco de Lucia" look to the right of Mike Oldfield, who is usually seen from behind in wide shots, or briefly in a medium shot at 13:45). There are a few fleeting shots of two flautists (I'm not sure if they were Geoff Leigh and John Field). I also don't see guitarist Ted Speight, either in the video or in the credits. Perhaps I missed it, but I also didn't see a close-up of Mike Oldfield's brother, flautist Terry Oldfield.
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