QE2 (deluxe edition)

~ Release by Mike Oldfield (see all versions of this release, 16 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD: The Remastered Album
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Taurus 1 banjo, bass guitar, drum machine, electric guitar, harp, mandolin, other instruments, percussion, piano, synthesizer, timpani and vocoder: Mike Oldfield guest drums (drum set) [Drums]: Phil Collins (of Genesis) guest membranophone: Mike Frye guest synthesizer: David Hentschel guest vocals: Maggie Reilly recording of: Taurus 1 composer: Mike Oldfield	4	10:16
2	Sheba producer: David Hentschel and Mike Oldfield bass guitar, drum machine, drums (drum set), electric guitar, other instruments [chair], percussion, synthesizer and vocoder: Mike Oldfield guest drums (drum set) [Drums]: Phil Collins (of Genesis) guest vocals: Maggie Reilly recording of: Sheba composer: Mike Oldfield	3.35	3:33
3	Conflict bass guitar and electric guitar: Mike Oldfield guest membranophone: Morris Pert guest membranophone and timpani: Mike Frye guest piano and synthesizer: Tim Cross (UK keyboardist and producer) recording of: Conflict composer: Mike Oldfield	3	2:52
4	Arrival producer: David Hentschel and Mike Oldfield bass guitar, classical guitar [Spanish guitar], drums (drum set), electric guitar, harp, mandolin, percussion, synthesizer and vocoder: Mike Oldfield drums (drum set) [drums] and guest drums (drum set) and synthesizer: David Hentschel guest strings: Richard Studt (violinist, conductor) guest choir vocals: English Chorale Choir guest vocals: David Hentschel and Maggie Reilly vocals: Mike Oldfield strings arranger: David Bedford (composer) cover recording of: Arrival composer: Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus	4	2:50
5	Wonderful Land bass guitar, classical guitar [Spanish guitar], drums (drum set), electric guitar, mandolin, marimba, synthesizer and vibraphone: Mike Oldfield guest drum machine and synthesizer: David Hentschel guest strings [leader of strings]: Dick Studt (violinist, conductor) additional arranger: David Bedford (composer) cover recording of: Wonderful Land composer: Jerry Lordan publisher: Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.	5	3:38
6	Mirage acoustic guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, timpani, vibraphone and vocoder: Mike Oldfield guest membranophone and vocoder: Mike Frye guest tenor saxophone: Philip Todd (brass player) guest trombone: Paul Nieman guest trumpet: Guy Barker and Raul D'Oliveira brass [horns] arranger: David Hentschel recording of: Mirage composer: Mike Oldfield	4	4:41
7	QE2 guest membranophone and synthesizer: David Hentschel guest membranophone, tambourine and timpani: Mike Frye guest tenor saxophone: Philip Todd (brass player) guest trombone: Paul Nieman guest trumpet: Guy Barker and Raul D'Oliveira Northumbrian pipes, bass guitar, electric guitar, gong, mandolin, membranophone, synthesizer, tambourine and timpani: Mike Oldfield brass [horns] arranger: David Hentschel recording of: QE2 composer: David Hentschel and Mike Oldfield	4	7:38
8	Celt bass guitar, electric guitar and synthesizer: Mike Oldfield guest membranophone, percussion and timpani: Mike Frye guest piano and synthesizer: Tim Cross (UK keyboardist and producer) guest vocals: Maggie Reilly recording of: Celt lyricist: Tim Cross (UK keyboardist and producer) composer: Mike Oldfield	4	3:05
9	Molly bass guitar, electric guitar and vocoder: Mike Oldfield recording of: Molly composer: Mike Oldfield	4	1:20
10	Polka live recording of: Polka composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Mike Oldfield		3:39
11	Wonderful Land (single version) producer: David Hentschel and Mike Oldfield edit of: Wonderful Land (album version) by Mike Oldfield cover recording of: Wonderful Land composer: Jerry Lordan publisher: Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.		2:54
12	Shiva mixer: Mike Oldfield vocals: Mike Oldfield recording of: Shiva (Mike Oldfield) version of: Sheba		3:35

2▼CD: Live from The European Adventure Tour
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Taurus 1 recorded at: Grugahalle in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1981-04-01) live recording of: Taurus 1 (on 1981-04-01) composer: Mike Oldfield		11:17
2	Sheba recorded at: Grugahalle in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1981-04-01) live recording of: Sheba (on 1981-04-01) composer: Mike Oldfield		3:28
3	Mirage recorded at: Grugahalle in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1981-04-01) live recording of: Mirage (on 1981-04-01) composer: Mike Oldfield recording of: Mirage composer: Mike Oldfield		5:15
4	Conflict recorded at: Grugahalle in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1981-04-01) live recording of: Conflict (on 1981-04-01) composer: Mike Oldfield		5:19
5	Ommadawn recorded at: Grugahalle in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1981-04-01) live recording of: Ommadawn, Part One (on 1981-04-01) 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		21:58
6	Punkadiddle recorded at: Grugahalle in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1981-04-01) live recording of: Punkadiddle (on 1981-04-01) composer: Mike Oldfield publisher: Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (in 1982)		5:45
7	Tubular Bells, Part One recorded at: Grugahalle in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1981-04-01) live recording of: Tubular Bells, Part One (on 1981-04-01) composer: Mike Oldfield		18:59
8	QE2 recorded at: Grugahalle in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1981-04-01) live recording of: QE2 (on 1981-04-01) composer: David Hentschel and Mike Oldfield		4:55
9	Portsmouth recorded at: Grugahalle in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (on 1981-04-01) live recording of: Portsmouth (on 1981-04-01) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Mike Oldfield is based on: Portsmouth		2:28

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/3770964 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B0087ZFHBM [info]
stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/album/5hjVBhp4lvefsbY9kk61uf [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Arrival Sheba / Wonderful Land
included in:	Classic Album Selection (Six Albums 1973–1980) Collector's Edition: Platinum / QE2 / Five Miles Out Ommadawn & QE2

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/18031 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Mike-oldfield/Qe2 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mike_oldfield/qe2/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/13047/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000191286 [info]
Wikidata:	Q538705 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 0600753394182
Format:: 2×CD
Length:: 2:09:26

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Digipak
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Mercury Records
533 941-8
Universal UMC
533 941-8

Release events

Europe
2012-07-23

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