Description
What a belter of a track! It was just too ahead of its’ time. Is MO saying he feels the USA are guilty? In that during this official video on each occassion that the words “I’M GUILTY” are heard the graphics are of the American icons (IDOLS?) the statue of Liberty & then the craven images of its past leaders faced in rock on Mount Rushmore, & if this indeed what his message to us is then one must wonder what he feels the USA was guilty of back in the day that this was created in 1979.
Mike Oldfield Guilty
Label: Virgin VS 24512, Virgin VS24512
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Single, 45 RPM, Blue
Country: UK
Released: 06 Apr 1979
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Age, Future Jazz, Synth-pop
Tracklist:
A Guilty 4:00
B Guilty (Long Version) 6:38
Phonographic Copyright (p) Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Published By Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Bass Neil Jason
Drums Chris Parker
Engineer Kurt Munkacsi
Engineer [Assistant] Roddy Hui*
Horn Garry Guzio
Lacquer Cut By Tone*
Organ Steve Winwood
Photography By Christa Peters
Piano Raymond L. Chew*
Producer, Written-By Mike Oldfield
Saxophone David Tofani
Sleeve Cooke Key
Synthesizer Dana McCurdy
Vocals [Vocalists] David Anchel, Irish Hiskey, Patricia Deckert, Phil Gavin Smith
Pressed on opaque light blue vinyl.
1979 Virgin Records Ltd
© 1979 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
Published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd
Made in England
1st cat# on labels
2nd cat# on sleeve
Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): VS 24512-A
Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): VS 24512-B
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): VS.245.12.A-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): VS.24512.B-1 Tone
“Guilty” is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1979. It reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart. It is notable for being Oldfields’ first obvious attempt to capitalise on a current musical trend, in this case disco/dance music. The UK 12″ edition was originally issued on pale blue vinyl.
The music video for “Guilty” is in a colourful cartoon style. A promo video for “Guilty 2013” was released by earMusic, which features a shortened version of the “Guilty Electrofunk Mix” from the Oldfield/York remix album Tubular Beats. In 2011 Moist Creations had released a screenshot from this titled “Guilty 2011”.
Recording:
When Oldfield was in New York recording Platinum and “Guilty” he recorded a disco arrangement of his first album, Tubular Bells.
A version of Frees “All Right Now” was also recorded during these sessions.
Track listing:
12″ super giant 45
“Guilty (Long version)” Mike Oldfield 6:44
“Guilty” Mike Oldfield 4:02
It reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart.
Personnel:
Mike Oldfield – producer
Kurt Munkacsi – engineer
Roddy Hui – assistant engineer
Chris Parker – drums
Garry Guzio – horn
Dana McCurdy – synthesiser
David Tofani – sax
Raymond L. Chew – piano
Neil Jason – bass
Steve Winwood – organ
Iris Hiskey – vocals
Patricia Deckert – vocals
David Anchel – vocals
Phil Gavin Smith – vocals
Christa Peters – photography
Cooke Key – sleeve
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