Fantastic BBC4 video of Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells," recorded November 30, 1973. If you need about a dozen reasons to watch this early studio performance of Oldfield's trance epic, note the players - the cream of the early 70s British jazz & progressive scenes - from Gong, Henry Cow, Soft Machine and even a young Mick Taylor, fresh from The Rolling Stones. Excellent.
MIKE OLDFIELD (bass, guitar)
MICK TAYLOR - Rolling Stones (guitar)
STEVE HILLAGE - Gong (guitar)
PIERRE MOERLEN - Gong (percussion)
FRED FRITH - Henry Cow (bass, guitar)
JOHN GREAVES - Henry Cow (keyboards, bass)
TIM HODGKINSON - Henry Cow (keyboards)
GEOFF LEIGH - Henry Cow (flute)
MIKE RATLEDGE - Soft Machine (keyboards)
KARL JENKINS - Soft Machine (oboe)
TED SPEIGHT - Kilburn & The High Roads (guitar, bass)
JOHN FIELD (flute)
TERRY OLDFIELD (flute)
TOM NEWMAN (voice)