| Identifier | 6495503 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Media Type | CD-R |
| Media Count | 1 |
| Show Rating | A+ |
| Sound Rating | A+ |
| Note | There’s an old joke about the tourist in NYC who asks a elderly man, “How do I get to Carnegie Hall?â€, to which the man replies, “Practice, practice, practice!†On March 1, 1993, I got there by winning tickets from WDRE (WLIR) to see the US premiere of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells II. Lucky for us, someone in the audience had a very good set of stealth mikes.
Some bits of useless trivia about the show: The main band included five guitarists, one of which doubled on fiddle and another who doubled on banjo, three keyboard players, a computer programmer (also playing trombone), one pianist, one bassist, one drummer, one percussionist, one mandolin player, four vocalists, an MC, and, of course, mike on every guitar he could find . . . and bells. The complexity of the piece required a conductor, complete with score and baton. Mike wore tuxedo, tails, and white sneakers. The applause at about 25:50 is the MC’s entrance. The chrome bells were mounted on a raised platform at the back of the center stage. Mike picked up the mallets and climbed the two steps to the bells just as the MC introduced them (29:00) – the spotlights reflecting off the bells were almost blinding. The applause at 47:00 is for the fully uniformed bagpipe band marching onto the stage. They start playing about a minute later. The studio album doesn’t include any real tubular bells. Mike used a computer to process some toy bells to get the sound he wanted. This live recording and the official Edinburgh Castle video are the only places to hear the piece performed with actual tubular bells. Additionally, the Edinburgh video has been (poorly) overdubbed in several places, so this is the only “true†live recording of the piece. |
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Performance
| Mike Oldfield 1993-03-01 Carnegie Hall, New York, NY | |
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| Set 1 | Sentinel
Dark Star Clear Light Blue Saloon Sunjammer Red Dawn The Bell Weightless The Great Plain Sunset Door Tattoo Altered State Maya Gold Moonshine |
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| Comment | US premiere of Tubular Bells 2. |