The bell

"The bell" is a song by Mike Oldfield from the album Tubular Bells II. The original included Alan Rickman (credit as "a strolling player") as the master of ceremonies, introducing each instrument just as it begins to play in the music. This song was re-recorded by The Gliding Faces as a "hugely self-indulgent opener for the Eye to eye album," says Dan.

Lyrics

Grand piano

Reed and pipe organ

Glockenspiel

Bass guitar

Vocal cords

Two slightly sample electric guitars

The Venetian effect

Digital sound processor

And tubular bells

Versions

• Appears on Eye to eye.

Personnel

• Written by Mike Oldfield.
• Produced and performed by Daniel Graham and Max Herring.