Elements: 1973–1991

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Tubular Bells, Part One
  25:30
  4.2 ★
• 2
  Tubular Bells, Part Two
  23:20
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Hergest Ridge (excerpt)
  9:33
• 4
  In dulci jubilo
  2:51
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Portsmouth
  2:03
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Vivaldi Concerto in C
  3:52
• CD 2
• 1
  Ommadawn, Part One
  19:18
  3.8 ★
• 2
  On Horseback
  3:25
  3.5 ★
• 3
  William Tell Overture
  3:56
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Argiers
  4:00
  4.0 ★
• 5
  First Excursion
  5:57
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Sailor’s Hornpipe
  1:35
• 7
  Incantations, Part Two (excerpt)
  12:20
• 8
  Guilty
  4:03
  2.0 ★
• 9
  The Path
  3:31
• 10
  Blue Peter
  2:08
• 11
  Woodhenge
  4:07
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Punkadiddle (live)
  5:37
• 13
  Polka (live)
  3:34
• CD 3
• 1
  Platinum, Parts 3 & 4
  8:02
• 2
  Arrival
  2:46
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Taurus 1
  10:18
  4.0 ★
• 4
  QE2
  7:38
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Wonderful Land
  2:51
• 6
  Sheba
  3:33
  3.4 ★
• 7
  Five Miles Out
  4:17
  3.6 ★
• 8
  Taurus 2 (excerpt)
  7:59
• 9
  Family Man
  3:46
  2.5 ★
• 10
  Mount Teidi
  4:12
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Waldberg (The Peak)
  3:25
  2.0 ★
• 12
  Crises (excerpt)
  5:25
• 13
  Moonlight Shadow
  3:37
  3.9 ★
• 14
  Foreign Affair
  3:54
  3.1 ★
• CD 4
• 1
  Shadow on the Wall
  5:09
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Taurus 3
  2:26
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Crime of Passion
  3:37
• 4
  Jungle Gardenia
  2:44
• 5
  To France
  4:44
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Afghan
  2:45
• 7
  Tricks of the Light (instrumental)
  3:56
• 8
  Etude
  3:07
  3.5 ★
• 9
  Evacuation
  5:13
  1.5 ★
• 10
  Legend
  2:24
• 11
  Islands
  4:19
  4.0 ★
• 12
  The Wind Chimes, Part One
  2:29
• 13
  Flying Start
  3:36
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Magic Touch
  4:14
  3.0 ★
• 15
  Earth Moving
  3:59
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Far Country
  4:25
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Holy
  3:45
• 18
  Amarok (excerpt)
  6:18
• 19
  Heaven’s Open
  4:27
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Adrian Belew
  guest [16], guitar [16]
• Alan Shacklock
  producer [11]
• Barry Palmer
  guest [3], lead vocals [3]
• Bayerisches Staatsorchester
  performing orchestra [8-9]
• Bonnie Tyler
  performer [11], vocal [11]
• Carl Palmer
  guest [10], percussion [10]
• Carl Wayne
  background vocals [15], guest [15]
• David Bedford
  grand piano [5], strings [2], synthesizer [5]
• David Hentschel
  audio [11], brass [4], drums (drum set) [2], guest [2, 2-4], membranophone [4], producer [2, 5-6, 11], synthesizer [2-4]
• Eberhard Schoener
  conductor [8-9]
• Geoff Downes
  producer [14]
• Geoff Young
  sound [8-9]
• Graham Broad
  drums (drum set) [7], guest [7]
• Guy Barker
  guest [4], trumpet [4]
• Jackie Challenor
  background vocals [15], guest [15]
• Jim Price
  guest [14]
• Jon Field
  flute [1], guest [1]
• Keith Murrell
  background vocals [15], guest [15]
• Kevin Ayers
  vocal [13]
• Lance Ellington
  background vocals [15], guest [15]
• Les Penning
  foot stomps [5], kortholt [5], recorder [1.5, 2.4]
• Lindsay L. Cooper
  double bass [1], guest [1]
• Maggie Reilly
  guest [4.5, 3.2-3, 3.6-7, 3.9], lead vocals [7, 9], vocal [13-14]
• Maggie Ryder
  background vocals [15], guest [15]
• Manor Choir
  choir vocals [2], guest [2]
• Mark Willliamson
  guest [16], lead vocals [16]
• Martyn Ford
  additional [7]
• Mike Frye
  guest [3-4], membranophone [3-4], tambourine [4], timpani [4]
• Mike Oldfield
  Hammond organ [2], Northumbrian pipes [4], accordion [5], acoustic bass guitar [2], acoustic guitar [3.13, 4.3, 2.3-4, 1.1-2, 1.4-5], arranger [4.8, 2.4, 2.6, 2.10, 1.4-5], audio [11], banjo [3], bass guitar [1.1-2, 3.2-4, 3.6, 4.3], bell [2], bodhrán [1.5, 2.3], bouzouki [3], classical guitar [1.2, 3.2], conductor [2], drum machine [3, 6], drums (drum set) [2, 6], electric guitar [1.1-2, 1.2, 1.4, 3.2-4, 3.6, 3.13, 4.3, 2.3], electronic organ [1-2], engineer [2.1, 1.4, 3.7, 3.9-10, 4.3-5, 4.8-9], farfisa [1-2], flageolet [1], glockenspiel [1], gong [4], grand piano [1], guitar [1.1, 1.1-2, 4.2, 4.8-9, 4.16, 2.5], guitar family [15], harp [2-3], keyboard [15-16], mandoguitar [1], mandolin [4.2, 1.5, 3.2-4], membranophone [4], organ [3], other instruments [3, 6], other vocals [2], percussion [3.2-3, 3.6, 1.1], performer [5, 11], phonographic copyright [4.1-2, 4.4, 3.13-14], piano [3.3, 1.2], producer [4.2-5, 4.8-9, 4.11, 4.13-14, 2.1-2, 2.4-6, 2.8-9, 1.1-2, 1.4-5, 3.2, 3.5-7, 3.9-11, 3.13-14], shaken idiophone [3], shakers [2], synthesizer [4.3, 4.8-9, 2.4, 3.2-4, 3.6, 3.13-14, 1.4-5], tack piano [1], tambourine [4.2, 3.4], tape [1], timpani [1.2, 1.5, 3.3-4], tubular bells [1], vocal [2], vocoder [2-3, 6], xylophone [3]
• Morris Pert
  strings [7]
• Mundy Ellis
  choir vocals [1-2], guest [1-2]
• Nasal Choir
  choir vocals [1], guest [1]
• Nigel Luby
  drums (drum set) [3], engineer [3.13-14, 4.2]
• Nikki Lamborn
  guest [15], lead vocals [15]
• Paul Lindsay
  engineer [1.5, 2.4]
• Paul Nieman
  guest [4], trombone [4]
• Phil Collins
  drums (drum set) [3, 6], guest [3, 6]
• Phil Newell
  engineer [2.5, 1.4]
• Phil Spalding
  bass [15], bass guitar [13]
• Philip Todd
  guest [4], tenor saxophone [4]
• Raphael Ravenscroft
  guest [15], saxophone [15]
• Raul D'Oliveira
  guest [4], trumpet [4]
• Richard Barrie
  engineer [11]
• Richard Mainwaring
  engineer [10]
• Richard Studt
  guest [2], strings [2]
• Roger Chapman
  guest [1], lead vocals [1], performer [1]
• Sally Oldfield
  choir vocals [1-2], guest [1-2]
• Simon Heyworth
  producer [1.1-2, 2.6]
• Simon Phillips
  bell [2], drums (drum set) [4.2-3, 4.5, 3.13-14], engineer [5], percussion [2, 5], producer [3.13-14, 4.2, 4.5], shakers [3.14, 4.2], tambourine [2]
• Sonia Jones Morgan
  background vocals [15], guest [15]
• Steve Broughton
  drums (drum set) [2], guest [2]
• The English Chorale
  choir vocals [2], guest [2]
• The Penrhos Kids
  guest [2]
• Tom Newman
  engineer [7], producer [1.1-2, 2.6, 3.7, 4.11]
• Vivian Stanshall
  guest [1], other vocals [1]
• William Murray
  snare drum [4]
• Show all credits (56)

Issues

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  E
  Elements: 1973–1991

  4x CD
  10 November 1993