merci pour cette vidéo de Mike, absent des médias et pourtant grand compositeur contemporain et guitariste de talent., heureux de voir des vidéo, quand a l'époque j' écoutai sur mon baladeur cassette d ' ado.
Wow, what a find - thanks a million for the upload. I've never seen Platinum performed live with the same studio musicians it was recorded with. What a difference Pierre Moerlen and the Gong rhythm section make, compared to later lineups (e.g. Platinum in the Montreux live concert) which were pretty limp by comparison.
very true !! I cringe whenever it comes to the QE2 tour. Saw him in 82 (Five Miles out) with Pierre Moerlen and Morris Pert und drums and percussion. Now that was great !!
I totally agree with you, I also only knew the Montreux version, never saw this one before. This version is much purer, more to the core, and much better than the other version(s).
This is one of the best guitar performances from Mike of 1980. The lineup seems transitional - some of the 1979 tour musicians (Nico R, the Moerlens) but also some from the slimmed-down 1980 lineup. The later 1980 shows with the slimmed down lineup sound a bit more bare by comparison.
i think the problem with the 1981 tour sounding limp is because of the use of the rhythm box like a "beat"...while Mike Frye and Morries Pert would go "around" that machine beat flling it...Thi sway sounds more natural, rockier and easier on the ear. Then again this line up has like 3 percussionists...the other has 2 and a machine...
you are making a confusion with the 1979 tour..that one had like 50 musicians...This video is from the following tour...a "mere" 10 musicians band compared with the previous one...This tour plus the Platinum album did indeed prevented him of declaring bankrupcy in 1980. The debt itself from Exposed Tour would actually plague him until the late 80s.
"For the 1980 tour, things were very different from the "Exposed" concerts the previous year. To being with, the number of musicians on the tour had been cut down to a more manageable eleven piece group. It was still a large band, but it was the first step in going out on the road and actually returning with some money in my pocket. I began to keep tighter controls on touring costs and as a result, the tour did make a small profit. I performed in similar sized venues to those on the 1979 tour, but in some ways I felt that it wasn't quite the same as performing with a larger ensemble, and I had to take this into account when we performed the lengthy pieces on stage. For the 1981 tour, I decided that it would be sensible to shrink down the band in size a little further if it was possible to avoid the risk of losing money on the tour. The intention was that the shows would make more than just a little profit or break even, making the tour worthwhile." (Mike Oldfield on his concerts in 1980 and 1981)
Saw this line-up in 1980... one of my first concerts, and so memorable even now... including the back projections of Ian Eames
merci pour cette vidéo de Mike, absent des médias et pourtant grand compositeur contemporain et guitariste de talent., heureux de voir des vidéo, quand a l'époque j' écoutai sur mon baladeur cassette d ' ado.
Wow, what a find - thanks a million for the upload. I've never seen Platinum performed live with the same studio musicians it was recorded with. What a difference Pierre Moerlen and the Gong rhythm section make, compared to later lineups (e.g. Platinum in the Montreux live concert) which were pretty limp by comparison.
very true !! I cringe whenever it comes to the QE2 tour. Saw him in 82 (Five Miles out) with Pierre Moerlen and Morris Pert und drums and percussion. Now that was great !!
las obras de oldfield deberian estar en un museo gracias genio
Fantastic !
Thank you very much for all these rare Oldfield live videos !
El mejor de todos los tiempos, the number one. Saludos y gracias por este vídeo.
Thank you very much for uploading this piece of history!
The best MO line up EVER!
Una joya delicada digna de conservar así como está, como las grandes pirámides o la arquitectura romana. Éxtasis.
working on sidup walking to the car park past a place called north star i sang this tune every time :)
This guitar Gibson L6-s in Mike’s hands is the best sound ever
Wow, he really lets his hair down on that solo. Amazing document, thx!
Just amazing!
I totally agree with you, I also only knew the Montreux version, never saw this one before. This version is much purer, more to the core, and much better than the other version(s).
Nice find! This has cool energy.
...history is the best for thouse who want to know.....a point of view....so , just do it 👍❤️🤗
This is one of the best guitar performances from Mike of 1980. The lineup seems transitional - some of the 1979 tour musicians (Nico R, the Moerlens) but also some from the slimmed-down 1980 lineup. The later 1980 shows with the slimmed down lineup sound a bit more bare by comparison.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Har älskat denna låten sen 1981.En fantastisk gitarrist.
i think the problem with the 1981 tour sounding limp is because of the use of the rhythm box like a "beat"...while Mike Frye and Morries Pert would go "around" that machine beat flling it...Thi sway sounds more natural, rockier and easier on the ear. Then again this line up has like 3 percussionists...the other has 2 and a machine...
you are making a confusion with the 1979 tour..that one had like 50 musicians...This video is from the following tour...a "mere" 10 musicians band compared with the previous one...This tour plus the Platinum album did indeed prevented him of declaring bankrupcy in 1980. The debt itself from Exposed Tour would actually plague him until the late 80s.
"For the 1980 tour, things were very different from the "Exposed" concerts the previous year. To being with, the number of musicians on the tour had been cut down to a more manageable eleven piece group. It was still a large band, but it was the first step in going out on the road and actually returning with some money in my pocket. I began to keep tighter controls on touring costs and as a result, the tour did make a small profit. I performed in similar sized venues to those on the 1979 tour, but in some ways I felt that it wasn't quite the same as performing with a larger ensemble, and I had to take this into account when we performed the lengthy pieces on stage.
For the 1981 tour, I decided that it would be sensible to shrink down the band in size a little further if it was possible to avoid the risk of losing money on the tour. The intention was that the shows would make more than just a little profit or break even, making the tour worthwhile."
(Mike Oldfield on his concerts in 1980 and 1981)
So that’s Sally Cooper and their daughter Molly is it?
It is said that this tour costed him a fortune, because he didn't calculate the loss or winnigs. There were a lot of musicians!!
Esta muy bien. Felicidades
Una obra de arte
juist!
dougal or moly
warom dan?!
Nice!!! but 1:47 xDDDDD
neuer stoff....