Tubular Bells II, The Performance Live at Edinburgh Castle is a live concert video by Mike Oldfield released in 1992.
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| Released | October 1992[1] 20 September 1999 (DVD) | |||
| Recorded | 4 September 1992 Edinburgh Castle | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock, new-age | |||
| Length | 65:00 | |||
| Label | Warner Music | |||
| Producer | Jeff Griffin (audio) John Archer (video) Mike Newman (director) | |||
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Background
editThe video is a full faithful performance from the premiere concert of the Tubular Bells II album at Edinburgh Castle. The tour continued until the following October. John Gordon Sinclair performed the part of the Master of Ceremonies at the concert; on the album Alan Rickman was the Master of Ceremonies. The concert finishes with a reprise of "The Bell". Eight thousand people were at the concert in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2]
It was released on VHS and Laserdisc in 1992, and later packaged with Tubular Bells III Live on DVD.
Track listing
editPersonnel
edit- Mike Oldfield - Acoustic guitar, Classical guitar, Electric guitar, Banjo, Keyboards, Vocals, Tubular bells
- Robin A Smith – Conductor
- David Bedford – Orchestration[3]
- Jay Stapley – Guitar
- Hugh Burns – Guitar
- Alan Limbrick – Guitar
- Craig Pruess – Keyboards
- Richard Cottle – Keyboards
- Dave Hartley – Keyboards
- Adrian Thomas – Programmer
- Yitkin Seow – Piano
- Lawrence Cottle – Bass guitar
- Ian Thomas – Drums
- Ben Hoffnung – Percussion
- Alasdair Malloy – Percussion
- Gerry McKenna – Banjo
- Pete Clarke – Fiddle
- John Parricelli – Mandolin & Guitar
- Jackie Quinn – Vocals
- Linda Taylor – Vocals
- Edie Lehmann – Vocals
- Susannah Melvoin – Vocals
- John Gordon Sinclair – MC
References
edit- ^ "Mike Oldfield videos". Amadian.net. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ "Music from the Darkness - 1992". The Official Mike Oldfield Information Service. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ^ "Tourography 1990". The Official Mike Oldfield Information Service. Archived from the original on 24 April 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
External links
edit- Tubular Bells II - Production Meetings at Orabidoo.de at the Wayback Machine (archived July 8, 2004)