Mike Oldfield Incantations Rar
After a two-year pause following the release of, returned with a new epic project, this one spread over four vinyl sides and devoted to Native American themes rather than hewing once more toward the Celtic end of the spectrum. Included was 's musical adaptation of 'The Song of Hiawatha,' grandiose but empty; there was a nice sense of the dramatic when it came to dynamic range, but no sense of time - the piece ran far too long as searched for enough musical ideas to prop the whole thing up. After this, avoided album-length concepts for quite some time.
Mike Oldfield circa 1980Mercury Records (Universal) are have announced the fifth and sixth releases in Mike Oldfield’s reissue programme. Platinum (1979) and QE2 (1980) will be released on the 23 July 2012Like the previous releases in the series, Oldfield has been closely involved in their assemblage, selecting material, approving masters and adding material from his archive to make the packages definitive editions.Both releases will come as either a single remastered single disc edition or a 2CD Deluxe Edition. The bonus discs feature live material. You can also order limited edition numbered coloured vinyl versions of both albums, available exclusively from the.Pre-order Platinum Deluxe (US) or (UK).Pre-order QE2 Deluxe (US) or (UK).Track listingsPlatinum Deluxe EditionDisc 1. 1. Platinum Part One: Airborne.
2. Platinum Part Two: Platinum. 3. Platinum Part Three: Charleston. 4. Platinum Part Four: North Star / Platinum Finale. 5.
Woodhenge. 6. Into Wonderland. 7.
Punkadiddle. 8. I Got Rhythm. 9. Platinum (live studio session). 10.
North Star (2012 Mike Oldfield remix). 11.
Blue PeterDisc 2: Live at Wembley Arena, May 1980. 1. Punkadiddle.
3. I’ve Got Rhythm. 4. Incantations. 5. Tubular Bells Part Two.
6. Guilty / Tubular Bells Part One Finale. 7. Blue Peter / Portsmouth.
Mike Oldfield Incantations Analysis
8. William TellQE2 Deluxe EditionDisc 1. 1. Wonderful Land. 6.
Wonderful Land (single version). It seems pretty obvious that the 5.1 series has consisted basically of a remix based on the old quadraphonic mixes; those mixes existed for Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn and Incantations, although in the latter case they have been only partially usable. So I am very afraid that we will see no more 5.1 mixes in this campaign.However, the good news is that the live bonus CDs included in Platinum and QE2 are nothing short of fantastic! The QE2 live CD is a (possibly complete) recording of the very concert from where the legendary Live Punkadiddle was taken.
Mike Oldfield Incantations All Parts
So you know what quality to expect. For the serious fan, those two reissues are not to be missed IMHO.