Mike Oldfield Albums

Tubular Bells

(May 25th, 1973)

1. Part One 25:00
2. Part Two 23:50 Composed by Mike Oldfield except The Sailor’s Hornpipe which is Trad. Arr. Mike Oldfield
Produced by Mike Oldfield, Simon Heyworth and Tom Newman
Sleeve Design and Photography: Trevor Key
Recorded at The Manor Autumn 1972/Spring 1973This stereo record cannot be played on old tin boxes no matter what thay are fitted with. If you are in possession of such equipment please hand it in to the nearest police station.

Hergest Ridge

(August 28th, 1974)

1. Part One 21:40
2. Part Two 18:51Recorded at The Manor – Spring 1974

The Orchestral Tubular Bells

(January 17th, 1975)

1. Part One 26:10
2. Part Two 24:36

Ommadawn

(October 21st, 1975)

1. Part One 19:14
2. Part Two 17:17

Boxed

(October 29th, 1976)

1. Tubular Bells: Part One 25:55
2. Tubular Bells: Part Two 25:47
3. The Rio Grande 6:37
4. Portsmouth 2:02
5. In Dulci Jubilo 2:49

1. Hergest Ridge: Part One 21:33
2. Hergest Ridge: Part Two 18:40
3. An extract from Star’s End 7:33
4. Argiers 3:59
5. Speak (Tho You Only Say Farewell) 2:54

1. Ommadawn: Part One 20:06
2. Ommadawn: Part Two 17:17
3. The Phaeacian Games 3:58
4. First Excursion 5:56

Incantations

(November 24th, 1978)

1. Part One 19:08
2. Part Two 19:36
3. Part Three 16:58
4. Part Four 17:01Recorded at Througham Dec 1977-Sept 1978
Extract from Hiawatha by Longfellow
Hymn to Diana by Ben Jonson

Exposed

(July 17th, 1979)

1. Incantations (Parts 1 & 2) 26:31
2. Incantations (Parts 3 & 4) 20:50

1. Tubular Bells (Part 1) 28:42
2. Tubular Bells (Part 2) 12:00
3. Guilty 5:37

Recorded live in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland,
Denmark and England during March and April 1979Produced by Philp R. Newell and Mike Oldfield

Platinum

(November 23th, 1979)

1. Part One: Airborne 5:06
2. Part Two: Platinum 6:03
3. Part Three: Charleston 3:17
4. Part Four: North Star/Platinum Finale 4:43
5. Woodhenge 4:06
6. Sally 5:00
7. Punkadiddle 4:56
8. I Got Rhythm 4:40

QE2

(October 31st, 1980)

1. Taurus 1 10:17
2. Sheba 3:32
3. Conflict 2:48
4. Arrival 2:45
5. Wonderful Land 3:37
6. Mirage 4:39
7. QE2 7:39
8. Celt 3:04
9. Molly 1:13

Five Miles Out

(March 19th, 1982)

1. Taurus II 24:49
2. Family Man 3:45
3. Orabidoo 13:03
4. Mount Teidi 4:10
5. Five Miles Out 4:17

Crises

(May 27th, 1983)

1. Crises 20:53
2. Moonlight Shadow 3:38
3. In High Places 3:34
4. Foreign Affair 3:52
5. Taurus 3 2:26
6. Shadow On The Wall 3:10

Recorded November 1982 – April 1983 using Ampex ATR 124, NEVE 8108 with NECAM, and Westlake Monitors, in Denham, Englland. Mastered at C.B.C. Studios, London, England. Engineered by Nigel Luby. Produced by Mike Oldfield & Simon Phillips.

The Killing Fields

(November 26th, 1984)

1. Pran’s Theme 0:47
2. Requiem For A City 2:10
3. Evacuation 5:12
4. Pran’s Theme 2 1:40
5. Capture 2:23
6. Execution 4:47
7. Bad News 1:11
8. Pran’s Departure 2:04
9. Worksite 1:16

10. The Year Zero 0:27
11. Blood Sucking 1:18
12. The Year Zero 2 0:37
13. Pran’s Escape/The Killing Fields 3:17
14. The Trek 2:00
15. The Boy’s Burial/Pran Sees The Red Cross 2:43
16. Good News 1:44
17. Etude 4:38

Discovery

(June 25th, 1984)

1. To France 4:50
2. Poison Arrows 3:45
3. Crystal Gazing 3:03
4. Tricks of the Light 3:52
5. Discovery 4:32
6. Talk About Your Life 4:24
7. Saved by the Bell 4:36
8. The Lake (instrumental) 12:08

Vocals: Maggie Reilly and Barry Palmer
Tama Drums: Simon Phillips
All other instruments: Mike Oldlfield

Produced and Engineered by Mike Oldfield and Simon Phillips

Recorded in the Swiss Alps at 2000 metres within sight of Lake Geneva on sunny days

The Complete Mike Oldfield

(October, 1985)

The Instrumental Section
Arrival 2:48
William Tell Overture 3:55
Cuckoo Song 3:13
In Dulci Jubilo 2:51
Portsmouth 2:02
Jungle Gardenia 2:37
Guilty 4:05
Blue Peter 2:08
Waldberg (The Peak) 3:24
Wonderful Land 3:40
Etude 3:07

The Vocal Section
Moonlight Shadow 3:36
Family Man 3:48
Mistake 2:55
Five Miles Out 4:19
Crime Of Passion 3:38
To France 4:34
Shadow On The Wall 5:08

The Complex Section
Excerpt from Ommadawn 6:58
Excerpt from Tubular Bells 8:36
Excerpt from Hergest Ridge 4:20
Excerpt from Incantations 4:42
Excerpt from The Killing Fields (Evacuation) 4:12The Live Section
Sheba 3:30
Mirage 5:14
Platinum 14:25
Mount Teidi 4:33

All titles on this side are real live-recordings withour further synchronisation or other repair-work.

Islands

(September 7th, 1987)

(UK version)

1. The Wind Chimes Part One And Part Two 21:49
2. Islands 4:19
3. Flying Start 3:36
4. North Point 3:33
5. Magic Touch 4:14
6. The Time Has Come 3:51
7. When The Nights On Fire 6:41

Earth Moving

(July 10th, 1987)

1. Holy 4:37
2. Hostage 4:09
3. Far Country 4:25
4. Innocent 3:30
5. Runaway Son 4:05

6. See The Light 3:59
7. Earthmoving 4:03
8. Blue Night 3:47
9. Nothing But / Bridge To Paradise 8:40

All tracks written by Mike Oldfield
Engineered and Programmed by Mike Oldfield
Produced by Mike Oldfield and Daniel Lazerus

Recorded using Atari 1040ST with C-LAB Notator software, Roland and Korg synthesizers, Fairlight Series 111, PRS guitars, Harrison Series X console, Studer A8800 tape deck with Dolby SR noise reduction and Ampex Grand Master tape, ATC SCM200 monitors, digitally mastered

Amarok

(June 14th, 1990)

Also Appearing

Clodagh Simonds, Bridgt St. John, Janet Brown

Paddy Moloney

African Musicians organized by Julian Bahula

Produced and Engineered by Tom Newman

0:00 Fast Riff Intro
2:32 Intro
5:46 Climax I – 12 Strings
6:18 Soft Bodrhan
7:20 Rachmaninov I
8:35 Soft Bodrhan 2
9:29 Rachmaninov II
9:56 Roses
10:42 Reprise I – Intro
12:45 Scot
13:16 Didlybom
15:00 Mad Bit
15:56 Run In
16:11 Hoover
18:00 Fast Riff

19:57 Lion
21:57 Fast Waltz
23:42 Stop
24:33 Mad Bit 2
24:46 Fast Waltz 2
25:06 Mandolin
26:07 Intermission
26:23 Boat
29:27 Intro Reprise 2
32:07 Big Roses
33:13 Green Green
34:24 Slow Waltz
36:04 Lion Reprise
37:05 Mandolin Reprise
37:47 TV am/Hoover/Scot

39:50 Fast Riff Reprise
42:22 Boat Reprise
43:32 12 Rep / Intro Waltz
44:12 Green Reprise
44:46 Africa I: Far Build
48:00 Africa I: Far Dip (**)
48:46 Africa I: Pre Climax
49:32 Africa I: 12 Climax
50:24 Africa I: Climax I
51:00 Africa II: Bridge
51:17 Africa II: Riff
51:34 Africa II: Boats
51:52 Africa II: Bridge II
52:10 Africa II: Climax II
54:22 Africa III: Baker

Instruments:
Bowed Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, 12-String Guitar, Classical Guitar, Bass guitar, Sitar Guitar, Glorfindel Guitar, Highly Strung Guitar, Flamenco Guitar, Bazouki, Mandolin, Ukulele, Steinway Piano, Banjo, Farfisa Organ, Lowrey Organ, Shoes, Hoover, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Bodhran, Northumbrian Bagpipes, Clay drums, Triangle, Tambourine, Wonga Box, Belll tree, Sticks, Finger Cymbals, Toy dog, Mellodica, Charis, Psaltry, Spinet, Flamneco Guitar, Jew’s Harp, Penny Whistles, Bass Whistles, Punch Ball and Club, Spoons, Referee’s Whistle, Fingernails, Pan Pipes, Glass of Water, Guitar Tuner, Violin, Door, Face Slap, Toothbrush and teeth, Vox Organ, Fake Radio, Contents of Aeromodeller’s toollbox, Glass, Hammer and Bucket, Fake Firework, Rototom, Cabasa, Bongos, Orchestral Bass Drum, Timpani, not much synth at all realy, Kallimba, Long Thin metallic hanging Tubes.

HEALTH WARNING
This record could be hazardous to the health of cloth-eared nincompoops. If you suuffer from this condition, consult your Doctor immediately.

Heaven’s Open

(February 18th, 1991)

1. Make Make 4:16
2. No Dream 6:02
3. Mr. Shame 4:22
4. Gimme Back 4:09
5. Heaven’s Open 4:28
6. Music From The Balcony 19:44

Tubular Bells II

(August 31st, 1992)

1. Sentinel 8:06
2. Dark Star 2:16
3. Clear Light 5:47
4. Blue Saloon 2:58
5. Sunjammer 2:32
6. Red Dawn 1:49
7. The Bell 6:55

8. Weightless 5:43
9. The Great Plain 4:46
10. Sunset Door 2:23
11. Tattoo 4:14
12. Altered State 5:12
13. Maya Gold 4:00
14. Moonshine 2:20

The Best of Mike Oldfield Elements

(September, 1993)

1. Tubular Bells opening theme 4:16
2. Family Man 3:45
3. Moonlight Shadow 3:25
4. Heaven’s Open 4:27
5. Five Miles Out 4:14
6. To France 4:42
7. Foreign Affair 3:53
8. In Dulci Jubilo 2:49

9. Shadow on the Wall 5:07
10. Islands 4:17
11. Etude 3:06
12. Sentinel 3:56
13. Ommadawn excerpt 3:38
14. Incantations part 4 excerpt 4:38
15. Amarok excerpt 4:43
16. Portsmouth 2:00

Remastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road Studios, London

The Songs of Distant Earth

(November 14th, 1994)

(European first version)

0. CD ROM Track
1. In The Beginning 1:24
2. Let There Be Light 4:52
3. Supernova 3:29
4. Magellan 4:41
5. First Landing 1:16
6. Oceania 3:27
7. Only Time Will Tell 4:19
8. Prayer For The Earth 2:10

9. Lament For Atlantis 2:44
10. The Chamber 1:49
11. Hibernaculum 3:32
12. Tubular World 3:23
13. The Shining Ones 2:59
14. Crystal Clear 5:42
15. The Sunken Forest 2:39
16. Ascension 5:48
17. A New Beginning 1:33

(new version)

Extracts from:
Bill Anders quoting from The Book Of Genesis aboard Apollo 8, whilst orbiting the Moon, christmas 1968, with fellow astronauts James Lovell and Frank Borman.

Voyager

(August 26th, 1996)

1. The Song of the Sun 4:32 (Bieito Romero)
2. Celtic Rain 4:40 (Mike Oldfield)
3. The Hero 5:01 (Traditional Arrangement by Mike Oldfield)
4. Women of Ireland 6:27 (Traditional Arrangement by Mike Oldfield)
5. The Voyager 4:23 (Mike Oldfield)

6. She Moves Through the Fair 4:05 (Traditional Arrnagement by Mike Oldfield)
7. Dark Island 5:43 (Traditional Arrnagement by Mike Oldfield)
8. Wild Goose Flaps its Wings 5:03 (Mike Oldfield)
9. Flowers of the Forest 6:01
10. Mont St Michel 12:18 (Mike Oldfield)

XXV – The Essential Mike Oldfield

(November 11th, 1997)

1. Tubular Bells (Excerpt) 4:16
2. Hergest Ridge (Excerpt) 4:54
3. Ommadawn (Excerpt) 6:57
4. Incantations 4:38
5. Moonlight Shadow 3:35
6. Portsmouth 2:00
7. Good News (from ‘The Killing Fields’) 1:44

8. Sentinel (Tubular Bells II)-Remix 3:56
9. The Bell (Remix) 3:06
10. Let There Be Light 4:19
11. Only Time Will Tell 4:25
12. The Voyager 4:22
13. Women Of Ireland 6:27
14. Tubular Bells III (Excerpt) 3:40

Tubular Bells III

(August 28th, 1998)

Terrible, wonderful, crazy, perfect
Mike Oldfield 1998

I. The Source Of Secrets (5:34)
II. The Watchful Eye (2:09)
III. Jewel In The Crown (5:45)
IV. Outcast (3:49)
V. Serpent Dream (2:53)
VI. The Inner Child (4:41)

VII. Man In The Rain (4:01)
VIII. The Top Of The Morning (4:26)
IX. Moonwatch (4:25)
X. Secrets (3:20)
XI. Far Above The Clouds (5:30)

Recorded at Ibiza Studio: December ’96 – March ’98
London Studio: April ’98 – June ’98

Special thanks to the island and people of Ibiza, Miriam Felber, Sally Oldfield, Miguel Garcia and Jeremy Parker

Guitars

(May 24th, 1999)

1. Muse 2:19
2. Cochise 5:25
3. Embers 3:56
4. Summit Day 3:50
5. Out of Sight 3:51

6. B. Blues 4:35
7. Four Winds 9:29
8. Enigmatism 3:31
9. Out of Mind 3:46
10. From the Ashes 2:29

Written by Mike OldfieldAll sounds on this recording, including drum sounds, were generated from live guitars, midi guitar or individual guitar samples

Posted on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2002 in Music.
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