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Earth Moving
Release Date: July 10, 1989
Location: Roughwood Croft
1. Holy 4:37
2. Hostage 4:09
3. Far Country 4:25
4. Innocent 3:30
5. Runaway Son 4:05
6. See The Light 3:59
7. Earthmoving 4:03
8. Blue Night 3:47
9. Nothing But /
Bridge To Paradise 8:40
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All tracks written by Mike Oldfield
Engineered and Programmed by Mike Oldfield
Produced by Mike Oldfield and Daniel Lazerus
Recorded using Atari 1040ST with C-LAB Notator software,
Roland and Korg synthesizers, Fairlight Series 111, PRS guitars,
Harrison Series X console, Studer A8800 tape deck with Dolby SR
noise reduction and Ampex Grand Master tape, ATC SCM200
monitors, digitally mastered
Technical Advisor: Richard Barrie
Personnal Assistant: Jeremy Parker
Casting Engineer: Dennis Blackham at Tape One
Thanks also to Danny Thompson, Gareth Snook, Bertice Reading,
Roger Chapman, Ian Gillan, Fish and Beverly Brown
Holy
Lead Vocals: Adrian Belew
Background Vocals: Phil Spalding
Guitars and Keyboards: Mike Oldfield
Ad Libs: Carol Kenyon
Hostage
Lead Vocals: Max Bacon
Additional Vocal: Nicky 'B' Bentley
Background Vocals: Mike Oldfield
Guitars and Keyboards: Mike Oldfield
Clavinet: Daniel Lazerus
Violin: Bobby Valentino
Far Country
Lead Vocals: Mark Willliamson
Keyboards: Mike Oldfield
Right Solo Guitar: Mike Oldfield
Left Solo Guitar: Adrian Belew
Innocent
Lead & Backing Vocals: Anita Hegerland
Guitars and keyboards: Mike Oldfield
Runaway Son
Lead Vocals: Chris Thompson
Kick Horn Section: Simon Gardner, Simon Clarke, Tim Sanders, Roddy Lorimer
(Horn Arrangement): Mike Oldfield and Daniel Lazerus
Guitars and keyboards: Mike Oldfield
See The Light
Lead Vocals: Chris Thompson
Background Vocals: Phil Spalding
Kick Horn Section: Simon Gardner, Simon Clarke, Tim Sanders, Roddy Lorimer
(Horn Arrangement): Mike Oldfield and Daniel Lazerus
Guitars and Keyboards: Mike Oldfield
Earth Moving
Lead Vocals: Nikki "B" Bentley (of "B" Force)
Background Vocals: Keith Murrell, Sonia Jones Morgan, Maggie Ryder, Jackie Challenor, Carl Wayne, Lance Ellington
Guitar and Keyboards: Mike Oldfield
Fretless Bass: Phil Spalding
Saxophone: Raf Ravenscroft
Blue Night
Lead Vocals: Maggie Reilly
Background Vocals: Maggie Reilly and Daniel Lazerus
Guitars and Keyboards: Mike Oldfield
Tambourine: Daniel Lazerus
Nothing But
Lead Vocals: Carol Kenyon
Additional Vocals: Paul Lee
Guiutars and Keyboards: Mike Oldfield
Bridge To Paradise
Lead Vocals: Max Bacon
Additional Vocals: Phil Spalding
Background Vocals: Keith Murrell, Sonia Jones Morgan, Maggie Ryder, Jackie Challenor, Carl Wayne, Lance Ellington
Guitars and Keyboards: Mike Oldfield
Blues Harp and Tambourine: Daniel Lazerus |
Personnel
| ▸ | Daniel Lazerus (producer) | |
| | ▸ | Richard Barrie (technical engineer) | | Also appears in: QE2, Five Miles Out, Islands, Amarok, Heaven's Open, Tubular Bells II, The Songs of Distant Earth, Voyager
| | ▸ | The Kick Horns (ensemble) | | Horn group consisting of Simon Gardner, Simon Clarke, Tim Sanders and Roddy Lorimer.
| | ▸ | Max Bacon (musician) | | Lead singer from the rock group GTR, in which Phil Spalding played bass. Max later left the music business to become a pub landlord. Also appears in: Islands
| | ▸ | Adrian Belew (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Nikki 'B' Bentley (musician) | | Now better known by her real name of Nikki Lamborn, half of the rock duo 'Never the Bride'. Also appears in: Heaven's Open
| | ▸ | Jackie Challenor (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Lance Ellington (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Anita Hegerland (musician) | | Norwegian singer, who became Mike's girlfriend and mother of two of his children, Greta and Noah. She had her first hit single at the age of 9 and, alongside her success in Scandinavia, was known in West Germany for her song with Roy Black, 'Schön ist es auf die Welt zu sein'. Also appears in: Islands, Heaven's Open
| | ▸ | Sonia Jones Morgan (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Carol Kenyon (musician) | |
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| | ▸ | Paul Lee (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Keith Murrell (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Maggie Reilly (musician) | | Scottish singer, who rose to fame with Glasgow pop group "Joe Cool" in the early 1970s. The band then merged with another, "Up" and became funk-rock band "Cado Belle". She met Mike in 1980 via Cado Belle keyboard player Stuart MacKillop, who had been working for Abba after leaving Cado Belle. She joined Mike on his 1980 tour, then went on to record songs with him on five albums (including Crises).
In the years afterwards, Maggie went on to record with rock musicians such as Jack Bruce, George Harrison, Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason. Also appears in: QE2, Five Miles Out, Crises, Discovery
| | ▸ | Maggie Ryder (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Phil Spalding (musician) | | A session bass player. Played in the Bernie Tormé band 1977 - 79 (also some drums). Later played in band GTR (1984 - 86), which included Max Bacon on vocals. Played with Toyah Wilcox (wife of Robert Fripp) in the early 80s, and later joined Mike on Michel Polnareff's album Kama Sutra. Also appears in: Crises, Islands
| | ▸ | Bridget St John (musician) | | British folk rock singer. Made some LPs on the Dandelion record label, run by British DJ John Peel in the early 70s (albums on this label are now extremely rare and change hands for huge amounts of money). Did some vocals for Kevin Ayers' Shooting at the moon album. She put her recording career on hold in 1976 to move to New York. Also appears in: Ommadawn, Amarok
| | ▸ | Chris Thompson (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Bobby Valentino (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Carl Wayne (musician) | |
| | ▸ | Mark Williamson (musician) | |
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Instruments
| Electric guitars |
| 1989 PRS Signature, Vintage Yellow |
A particularly high grade, limited edition, version of the Custom 24. In Vintage Yellow.
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Also used in Amarok, Tubular Bells II, The Songs of Distant Earth, Voyager, Tubular Bells III, Tubular Bells 2003, Light + Shade, Return To Ommadawn
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| Synthesisers |
| Fairlight CMI Series III |
A further improvement of the CMI system, incorporating 16 bit sampling.
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Also used in Islands, Heaven's Open
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| Korg M1 |
The biggest selling digital keyboard of all time, the Korg M1 was used by many artists after its release in 1988. |
Also used in Heaven's Open, Tubular Bells II, The Songs of Distant Earth
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| Roland D-110 |
Linear Algorhythmic synthesis module. |
Also used in Islands
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| Roland D-50 |
Linear Algorhythmic synthesiser keyboard. |
Also used in Islands, Amarok, Heaven's Open, Tubular Bells II, The Songs of Distant Earth
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| Roland MT-32 |
Table top Linear Algorhythmic Synthesis module. Low cost descendent of the D-50. Mike had two, for composing with while he was on holiday. |
Also used in Islands
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| Yamaha DX-100 |
Small synthesiser, used as a controller keyboard for Mike's 1980s portable sequencing setup. |
In the 1989 Keyboards interview, Mike mentions using a small portable Roland keyboard while writing the album in Greece. It's listed in the article as a Roland DX 800, which never existed. It was probably this keyboard which was meant. |
| Samplers |
| Fairlight CMI Series III |
A further improvement of the CMI system, incorporating 16 bit sampling.
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Also used in Islands, Heaven's Open
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| Loudspeakers |
| ATC SCM200 |
Studio monitor speakers.
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| Studio effects and outboard |
| Dolby SR Noise Reduction units |
Dolby SR was Dolby's most advanced form of tape noise reduction. SR stands for Spectral Recording, a reference to the way that the system can act independently on different parts of the frequency spectrum. |
Also used in Islands
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| Tape recorders |
| Ampex Grand Master |
Recording tape. |
Also used in Five Miles Out
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| Studer A-800 |
2" 24 track multitrack tape recorder.
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Also used in Discovery, Islands
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| Mixing desks |
| Harrison Series X |
The world's first fully automated mixing desk. Where desks like Mike's Neve 8108 often had little more than automation/recall of channel levels and mutes, the Harrison was able to automate other parameters like panning and aux sends, making it far easier to recall a mix. It was released in 1985, and Mike claimed that his was the first in England.
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Also used in Islands, Amarok, Heaven's Open, Tubular Bells II
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| Computers |
| Atari STacy portable computer |
Used as part of Mike's late 80s portable sequencing setup, together with the walkman with powered speakers and two Roland MT32 sound modules. |
Also used in Heaven's Open, Tubular Bells II
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| Sequencers |
| C-Lab Notator |
Sequencing software for the Atari ST |
Also used in Heaven's Open, Tubular Bells II
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| Computer software |
| C-Lab Notator |
Sequencing software for the Atari ST |
Also used in Heaven's Open, Tubular Bells II
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