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mink stoles Group: Members Posts: 88 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Oct. 03 2005, 15:02 Hi I recently heard a version of TB2 where Billy Connolly is the master of ceremonies.  It's quite funny esp when he says 'and tubular bells too/2'. Are they friends? Does anyone know who else recorded versions with mike before he picked Mr Rickman?  [that goes for TB1 and TB2003 too please] -------------- So if you you feel a little glum, To Hergest Ridge you should come. Back to top

bugular tell Group: Members Posts: 482 Joined: Mar. 2003 Posted: Oct. 03 2005, 15:05 I know Gordon Sinclair was the MoC at the Edinburugh show, and i have also heard the Billy version, there are others but the names escape me right now!   -------------- Light travels faster than sound, thats why some people appear bright until you hear them speak Back to top

dbruce Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: July 2003 Posted: Oct. 04 2005, 05:53 I like all the variation in the MC's. From memory... For TB1, I believe it was only ever Viv Stanshall. Mike did some kind of demo on Radio 1 in the late 80's where he introduced the instruments himself, and they were some pretty bizarre introductions! Album version of TB2: Alan Rickman Live version: John Gordon Sinclair Single Versions: Vivian Stanshall (on XXV compilation as well)   Billy Connolly   Otto {something} - both English and German versions   {some Spanish person} - only in Spanish IIRC   Instrumental version "Live" on BBC TV - Harry Enfield (for the "Bofty's" ceremony - can't remember details). No idea who MC'ed the TB2 tour. I remember before TB2003 was released Mike did a webchat and me and someone else had asked who he wanted to MC, and he'd mentioned John Cleese right from the start. So I guess he would have been the only one he asked/recorded!! David Back to top

hergest fridge Group: Members Posts: 303 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Oct. 04 2005, 16:36 I seem to remember the tubular bells recording for the late 80,s was on the Nicky Campbell show,and the master of ceremonies was John Peel.I think this was done to help promote Earth Moving ,as tracks from this album featured also. Back to top

a_r_schulz Group: Members Posts: 425 Joined: Sep. 2001 Posted: Oct. 06 2005, 04:36 Just my 2p - that 'Otto {something}' is German comedian Otto Waalkes, probably 'the' comedian in Germany in the 70s and 80s (and still alive and joking...). Back to top

TOBY Group: Members Posts: 1562 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Oct. 12 2005, 18:15 I think  I read somewhere (probably these boards) that Mike met Billy Connolly when he was living in LA. They may well have met before that though as Billy was quite a major player in the seventies UK folk music scene, he's a great friend of both Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, two of Mike's biggest influences (long before Cafe Del Mar was on the scene ha ha) Back to top

jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: Nov. 27 2005, 17:09 Quote (dbruce @ Oct. 04 2005, 10:53) ...I remember before TB2003 was released Mike did a webchat... You webchatted with mike? i hear of this happening but id love to know how!! -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: Nov. 27 2005, 17:16 Quote (jonnyw @ Nov. 27 2005, 18:09) Quote (dbruce @ Oct. 04 2005, 10:53) ...I remember before TB2003 was released Mike did a webchat... You webchatted with mike? i hear of this happening but id love to know how!! One of the webchats(from 2002) you can find on the Articles area. The other one happened in 2K3... -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

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