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ROIO of the Week [Recordings
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Mike Oldfield
And Friends
Tubular
Bells Live [no label 1CD]
Live at
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK, June 25, 1973.
Until he started
touring regularly in the late 1970s, Mike Oldfield built up a reputation
for reclusiveness that verged on hermit-hood - rarely interviewed, seldom
seen, he simply sat in the studio, constructing his latest one man masterpiece,
and apparently turning down some fabulous offers to go on the road. In
fact, given the extraordinary complexity of the three albums he recorded
during this period (Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn), his reluctance
to perform live was scarcely surprising. If the Beatles didn't think it
possible to recreate some of their stuff on stage, what hope did Kevin
Ayers' old bassist have?
Just twice did Oldfield
stir, once for a BBC TV performance of side one of Tubular Bells, and
once for a full-fledged live presentation of the entire disc, shortly
after the album's release in June 1973. Surrounding himself with friends
- Ayers, David Bedford, Mick Taylor, Steve Hillage, Fred Frith, Pierre
Moelin and Ted Speight (Steve Winwood dropped out after missing rehearsals),
Oldfield then took over London's Queen Elizabeth Hall for a show that
highlights both the strengths and the weaknesses of Tubular Bells.
The strengths are
in the so-called main themes, the series of disparate melodies that give
the piece its body. But the links that thread them together on vinyl are
treated somewhat less forgivingly on stage. Side two of the album certainly
drags, with the musicians apparently abandoning any hope of capturing
its intricacies, and drowning instead in a self-inflicted sea of noodles.
The less than pristine
sound quality exacerbates this problem, more so than it might on a "conventional"
live performance - of course Tubular Bells was only ever conceived as
a studio experience, and flaws that one might forgive on, say, a Stones
live recording are amplified here to deafening proportions. At the end
of the show, said one review, "the entire audience rose to its feet and
hollered for more. It was one of those rare spontaneous outbursts of appreciation."
Oldfield, on the other hand, swore never to play another show again. -
Dave Thompson
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tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality, stereo MP3s - sample
rate of 192 kibit/s). This recording has been in the hands of collectors
for a long time and is likely from a soundboard source. VG+ to Ex- stereo.
Never released before.
These tracks are no longer available for download. Kindly email us at
singbigo@singnet.com.sg if
you want to download these tracks at a later time.
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Track
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Lineup:
Mike Oldfield - gtr
Kevin Ayers
Mick Taylor - gtr
Steve Hillage - gtr
Fred Firth - gtr
David Bedford
Pierre Moelin
Ted Speight
And featuring the narration
of Viv Stanshall.
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