Mike Oldfield TUBULAR.NET

The Millennium Bell

Release Date: November 26, 1999
Location: Roughwood Croft, orchestra at Abbey Road

1. Peace On Earth 4:09
Vocals: Camilla Darlow-Girl Soprano
Additional Vocals: The London Händel Choir
2. Pacha Mama 4:06
Vocals: Nicola Emmanuel & David Serame/Miriam Stockley
Additional Vocals: The London Händel Choir/The Grant Gospel Choir
3. Santa Maria 2:44
Vocals: Camilla Darlow-Girl Soprano
Additional Vocals: The London Händel Choir
4. Sunlight Shining Through Cloude 4:33
Vocals: Martay/Pepsi
Additional Vocals: The Grant Gospel Choir
5. The Doge's Palace 3:08
Orchestra: The London Session Orchestra
Additional Vocals: The London Händel Singers - Choir
6. Lake Constance 5:16
Orchestra: The London Session Orchestra
7. Mastermind 3:04
Drums: Gota Yashiki
8. Broad Sunlit Uplands 4:03
Orchestra: The London Session Orchestra
9. Liberation 2:38
Narration: Greta Hegerland-Olfield
Vocals: Miriam Stockley/Pepsi
Additional Vocals: The London Händel Choir/The Grant Gospel Choir
Drum Fills: Gota Yashiki
10. Amber Light 3:50
Vocals: Nicola Emmanuel & David Serame/Miriam Stockley
Additional Vocals: The London Händel Choir/The Grant Gospel Choir/
Andrew Johnson - St.Paul's Treble
Percussion: Gota Yashiki
11. The Millennium Bell 7:36
Vocals: Nicola Emmanuel & David Serame/Miriam Stockley/Pepsi
Additional Vocals: The London Händel Choir/The Grant Gospel Choir/
Orchestra: The London Session Orchestra
Strings & Choir: Robyn Smith
Percussion: Gota Yashiki
Co-Arrangement: DJ Pippi

Written & produced by Mike Oldfield

Except track 4 verse lyrics written by Captain John Newton (1725-1807)
some time Captain of the slave ship The Duke Of Argyle, later advocate for the abolition of the slave trade

Engineer: Ben Darlow

Mike recorded "Millennium Bell" at Roughwood Studios and wrote, produced, played guitar, and arranged all the tracks. All the orchestration was recorded live in just one day at Abbey Road Studios with conductor/arranger Robyn Smith and The London Session Orchestra.

The incredible power of the choral sections of the album were provided by The London Händel Choir, and The Grant Gospel Choir with additional vocals by Nicola Emmanuel, David Serame, Miriam Stockley, Camilla Darlow and St Paul's treble Andrew Johnson.

Simply Red's drummer Gota Yashiki also appears on the album.

Personnel

Instruments

Guitar effects
Roland VG-8	Guitar modelling processor, able to model the sounds of different guitars and other instruments. It uses a GK-series synth pickup to provide the unit with an uncoloured signal, but the VG-8 is not technically a synthesiser as it purely remodels the signal from the pickup. One was sold via ebay in December 2007, but he lists one as having been used on Tubular Bells 2003, so presumably he had a spare!	Also used in Voyager, Tubular Bells III, Guitars, Tres Lunas, Tubular Bells 2003
Synthesisers
Clavia Nord Lead		Also used in Tubular Bells III, Tres Lunas, Tubular Bells 2003
Korg Trinity		Also used in Voyager, Tubular Bells III, Tubular Bells 2003
Roland JD-990	Rackmountable module version of the JD-800, with slightly enhanced synthesis engine, but missing its numerous sliders!	[?] Also used in The Songs of Distant Earth, Voyager, Tubular Bells III, Tres Lunas, Tubular Bells 2003
Roland JV-1080	Digital synth module.	Also used in Voyager, Tubular Bells III
Roland XP-50	Digital synthesiser workstation. Bought by a fan in 2008 from Chandler Guitars. Can be seen in the Millenium Bells DVD, used for the beats for Art In Heaven among other things.	[?] Also used in Voyager, Tubular Bells III, Tres Lunas, Tubular Bells 2003, Light + Shade
Loudspeakers
Coastal Acoustics Boxer T4		Also used in Tubular Bells II, The Songs of Distant Earth, Voyager, Tubular Bells III, Guitars, Tres Lunas, Tubular Bells 2003
Mixing desks
AMS Neve Capricorn 33238	Digital mixing desk.	Also used in The Songs of Distant Earth, Voyager, Tubular Bells III, Guitars, Tubular Bells 2003