So once again, someone's posted the video of Mike Oldfield playing Tubular Bells live on BBC TV, and among the musicians participating, is none other than Mick Taylor. Now, my question is, how the frell did Oldfield pull off getting one of the Rolling Stones to do that?! Has there ever been an explanation from either camp about how that came to be?!
I reckon maybe it was something where the album came out and maybe Mick had heard it, liked it, and he got word to Oldfield that he had enjoyed it, or maybe Mick had mentioned it in an interview somewhere, which Mike took note of. Then when it was time to put an ensemble together to do it live (besides the BBC thing, they did some actual concerts with this lineup, didn't they?), Mike rings up Mick, and says "You fancy helping me do it live?".
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