Classic Album Selection (Six Albums 1973–1980)

Compilation by Mike Oldfield

Released 30 July 2012

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Tubular Bells
  • 1
    Tubular Bells, Part One
    26:01
    3.5 ★
  • 2
    Tubular Bells, Part Two
    23:17
    2.0 ★
  • 3
    Mike Oldfield’s Single
    3:56
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Sailor’s Hornpipe (original version with Viv Stanshall)
    2:48
    1.0 ★
  • CD 2: Hergest Ridge
  • 1
    Hergest Ridge, Part One
    19:21
  • 2
    Hergest Ridge, Part Two
    18:50
  • 3
    In Dulci Jubilo (For Maureen)
    2:47
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    Spanish Tune
    3:11
  • CD 3: Ommadawn
  • 1
    Ommadawn, Part One
    19:06
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Ommadawn, Part Two / On Horseback
    17:25
    4.0 ★
  • 3
    In Dulce Jubilo
    2:52
    4.0 ★
  • 4
    First Excursion
    5:54
    3.0 ★
  • 5
    Argiers
    3:59
    4.0 ★
  • 6
    Portsmouth
    2:01
    4.0 ★
  • CD 4: Incantations
  • 1
    Incantations, Part One
    19:09
    3.6 ★
  • 2
    Incantations, Part Two
    19:35
    3.6 ★
  • 3
    Incantations, Part Three
    17:00
    3.6 ★
  • 4
    Incantations, Part Four
    17:03
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Guilty
    4:13
    2.0 ★
  • CD 5: Platinum
  • 1
    Platinum, Part 1: Airborne
    5:06
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Platinum, Part 2: Platinum
    6:05
    3.6 ★
  • 3
    Platinum, Part 3: Charleston
    3:16
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    Platinum, Part 4: North Star / Platinum Finale
    4:44
    4.6 ★
  • 5
    Woodhenge
    4:05
    3.0 ★
  • 6
    Into Wonderland
    3:46
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    Punkadiddle
    5:46
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    I Got Rhythm
    4:48
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    Platinum (live studio session)
    5:11
  • 10
    North Star (2012 Mike Oldfield remix)
    8:09
  • 11
    Blue Peter
    2:08
  • CD 6: QE2
  • 1
    Taurus 1
    10:16
    4.0 ★
  • 2
    Sheba
    3:33
    3.4 ★
  • 3
    Conflict
    2:51
    3.0 ★
  • 4
    Arrival
    2:50
    4.0 ★
  • 5
    Wonderful Land
    3:38
    5.0 ★
  • 6
    Mirage
    4:40
    4.0 ★
  • 7
    QE2 / QE2 Finale
    7:37
    4.0 ★
  • 8
    Celt
    3:05
    4.0 ★
  • 9
    Molly
    1:20
    4.0 ★
  • 10
    Polka
    3:39
  • 11
    Wonderful Land (single version)
    2:53
  • 12
    Shiva
    3:34

More by Mike Oldfield

Release credits

  • additional [5], chorus master [1-4], conductor [1-4], grand piano [4], strings [4], synthesizer [4]
  • brass [6-7], drum machine [5], drums (drum set) [4], guest [1, 4, 4-5, 7], membranophone [7], producer [2, 4, 11], synthesizer [1, 4-5, 7]
  • guest [6-7], trumpet [6-7]
  • membranophone [1-4]
  • foot stomps [6], kortholt [6], recorder [5-6]
  • guest [3], oboe [3]
  • vocal [1-4]
  • guest [1-2, 4, 8]
  • guest [1, 3, 6-8], membranophone [1, 3, 6-8], percussion [8], tambourine [7], timpani [3, 7-8], vocoder [6]
  • trumpet [1-4]
  • Northumbrian pipes [7], accordion [6], acoustic guitar [6.6, 2.3, 3.3, 3.5-6], arranger [2.3, 3.3, 3.5-6, 5.4, 5.11], banjo [1], bass guitar [1-9], bodhrán [6], classical guitar [4-5], drum machine [1-2], drums (drum set) [2, 4-5], electric guitar [6.1-9, 3.3, 2.3], engineer [2.3, 3.3], gong [7], guitar [4], harp [1, 4], mandolin [3.6, 6.1, 6.4-5, 6.7], marimba [5], membranophone [7], mix [3.1-2, 6.12], other instruments [1-2], percussion [1-2, 4], piano [1], producer [2.3, 3.3-6, 4.5, 6.2, 6.4, 6.11], remixer [1-4], synthesizer [3.3, 3.5-6, 6.1-2, 6.4-8, 2.3], tambourine [7], timpani [6.1, 6.6-7, 3.6], vibraphone [5-6], vocal [4, 12], vocoder [1-2, 4, 6, 9]
  • guest [3], membranophone [3]
  • engineer [5-6]
  • guest [6-7], trombone [6-7]
  • drums (drum set) [1-2], guest [1-2]
  • engineer [2.3, 3.3-4], producer [8]
  • guest [6-7], tenor saxophone [6-7]
  • guest [4], membranophone [4], vibraphone [4]
  • guest [6-7], trumpet [6-7]
  • guest [4-5], strings [4-5]
  • vocal [1-4]
  • flute [1-4]
  • engineer [1-4]
  • flute [1-4]
  • choir vocals [4], guest [4]
  • vocal [1-4]
  • guest [3, 8], piano [3, 8], synthesizer [3, 8]
  • producer [1-3], recording [1-4]
  • guest [4], spoken vocals [4]
  • guest [6, 8], lead vocals [8]
  • snare drum [2.3, 3.3]

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