The Essential Mike Oldfield

~ Release by Mike Oldfield (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Tubular Bells (excerpt)
recording of:
Tubular Bells
composer:
Mike Oldfield
quotes music from:
Dies Irae (plainchant)
part of:
Tubular Bells, Part One
4.254:20
2Hergest Ridge (excerpt)
partial recording of:
Hergest Ridge, Part One
composer:
Mike Oldfield
4:58
3Ommadawn (excerpt)
partial recording of:
Ommadawn, Part One
composer:
Mike Oldfield
publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint BMG (2008–present)), Oldfield Music Ltd. and Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
part of:
Ommadawn
7:00
4Incantations (excerpt)
partial recording of:
Incantations, Part Four
composer:
Mike Oldfield
4:41
5Moonlight Shadow
engineer:
Nigel Luby
producer:
Mike Oldfield and Simon Phillips (rock drummer)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar and synthesizer:
Mike Oldfield (from 1982-11 until 1983-04)
bass guitar:
Phil Spalding (from 1982-11 until 1983-04)
drums (drum set):
Simon Phillips (rock drummer) (from 1982-11 until 1983-04)
vocals:
Maggie Reilly (from 1982-11 until 1983-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mike Oldfield (in 2013)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 1983) and Virgin Records Ltd. (not for release label use! for company relationships only) (in 1983)
recorded at:
Denham Studios (from 1982-11 until 1983-04)
recording of:
Moonlight Shadow (from 1982-11 until 1983-04)
lyricist and composer:
Mike Oldfield
publisher:
EMI Virgin Music Publishing Australia P/L, Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Oldfield Music Ltd., Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and Virgin Music Publishing Ltd. (in 1983)
3.93:39
6Portsmouth
engineer:
Paul Lindsay
producer:
Mike Oldfield
accordion, acoustic guitar, bodhrán, mandolin, synthesizer and timpani:
Mike Oldfield
foot stomps [feet], kortholt and recorder:
Les Penning
arranger:
Mike Oldfield
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Mercury Records Ltd. (not for release label use!) (in 2010)
recorded at:
Througham (in 1976-01)
recording of:
Portsmouth
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Mike Oldfield
is based on:
Portsmouth
42:02
7Good News
recorded in:
England, United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland
sound engineer:
Geoff Young (engineer)
engineer and producer:
Mike Oldfield
guitar and synthesizer:
Mike Oldfield
orchestra:
Orchestra Of The Bavarian State Opera (Bavarian State Orchestra, orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Germany)
conductor:
Eberhard Schoener
recording of:
Good News
orchestrator:
David Bedford (composer)
composer:
Mike Oldfield
31:48
8Sentinel (remix)
partial recording of:
Sentinel
composer:
Mike Oldfield
3:57
9The Bell (remix)
remixer:
Mike Oldfield
partial recording of:
The Bell
composer:
Mike Oldfield
3:09
10Let There Be Light
engineer:
Mike Oldfield
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd (not for release label use!) (in 2015)
recording of:
Let There Be Light
composer:
Mike Oldfield
4:21
11Only Time Will Tell
engineer:
Mike Oldfield
recording of:
Only Time Will Tell
composer:
Mike Oldfield
4:36
12The Voyager
additional programming:
Henry Jackman (English score composer)
assistant engineer:
Gregg Jackman and Tom Newman (producer, guitarist)
engineer and producer:
Mike Oldfield
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Warner Music UK Ltd (not for release label use!) (in 2015)
recording of:
The Voyager
composer:
Mike Oldfield
44:27
13Women of Ireland
additional programming:
Henry Jackman (English score composer)
assistant engineer:
Gregg Jackman and Tom Newman (producer, guitarist)
engineer and producer:
Mike Oldfield
arranger:
Mike Oldfield
instrumental recording of:
Mná na hÉireann (Women of Ireland)
lyricist:
Peadar Ó Doirnín
composer:
Seán Ó Riada (birth name John Reidy)
46:30
14Tubular Bells III (excerpt)
engineer:
Mike Oldfield
partial demo recording of:
Far Above the Clouds
lyricist and composer:
Mike Oldfield
3:42