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Ommadawn
''Ommadawn'' is the third studio album by English musician, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 7 November 1975 on Virgin Records. ''Ommadawn'' peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, No. 74 in Canada, and No. 146 on the US Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. The song that concludes "Ommadawn (Part Two)", entitled "In Dulci Jubilo / On Horseback, On Horseback", was released as a single in November 1975 with Oldfield's non-album track "In Dulci Jubilo / On Horseback, In Dulci Jubilo". The album reached gold certification by the British Phonographic Industry within two months, signifying 100,000 copies sold. In 2010, Mercury Records issued a remastered edition containing new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes by Oldfield and extra material. Oldfield had wanted to make ''Amarok (Mike Oldfield album), Amarok'' (1990) a sequel album to ''Ommadawn'', but the idea was not realised until he released ''Return to Ommadawn'' (2017). Background and recording By th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Return To Ommadawn
''Return to Ommadawn'' is the twenty-sixth and final studio album by English musician and songwriter Mike Oldfield. It was released on 20 January 2017 on Virgin EMI Records and is the sequel to his 1975 album ''Ommadawn''. The CD/DVD-Audio set contains a 5.1 surround sound mix of the album. ''Return to Ommadawn'' is the last studio album Oldfield released before the announcement of his retirement in 2023. Background In March 2014, Oldfield released his album ''Man on the Rocks'', which marked a diversion from his traditional long-form, instrumental style of music as it comprised standard rock songs with vocals. When Oldfield started on his next album he took to social media, asking fans what sort of album they would like from him. He found that the majority of people who responded wished for a long-form, acoustic-oriented one similar to that of his first three: ''Tubular Bells'' (1973), ''Hergest Ridge (album), Hergest Ridge'' (1974), and ''Ommadawn'' (1975), and learned that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English retired musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album ''Tubular Bells'' (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a guitarist, Oldfield played a range of instruments, which included keyboards and percussion, as well as vocals. He had adopted a range of musical styles throughout his career, including progressive rock, World music, world, Folk music, folk, Classical music, classical, Electronic music, electronic, Ambient music, ambient and new age music. Oldfield took up the guitar at age ten and left school in his teens to embark on a music career. From 1967 to 1970, he and his sister Sally Oldfield were a folk duo, the Sallyangie, after which he performed with Kevin Ayers. In 1971, Oldfield started work on ''Tubular Bells'' which caught the attention of Richard Branson, who agreed to release it on his new label, Virgin Records. Its opening was used in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Dulci Jubilo / On Horseback
"In Dulci Jubilo"/"On Horseback" is a double A-side single and third overall by English musician Mike Oldfield, released in November 1975 by Virgin Records. It features an instrumental version of the German traditional Christmas carol " In dulci jubilo" and Oldfield's second version of the song following an earlier recording released as the B-side to his previous single, " Don Alfonso". The song "On Horseback" is the final and previously untitled section to "Ommadawn (Part Two)" from his third studio album ''Ommadawn'', released just one month before. The single is certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry for selling 200,000 copies in the UK. Songs "In Dulci Jubilo" This is an instrumental version of the German traditional Christmas carol of the same name, known best in Britain as "Good Christian Men Rejoice". Oldfield had recorded an earlier version with Les Penning as the B-side to his previous single, " Don Alfonso", which did not chart. Oldfield felt a better ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxed (Mike Oldfield Album)
''Boxed'' is a 1976 compilation album of music written and performed by Mike Oldfield. It features four channel quadraphonic (SQ system) remix versions of his first three albums:''Tubular Bells'', '' Hergest Ridge'' and ''Ommadawn''. An additional fourth LP contains new musical collaborations with other artists. Each record is encoded in the SQ Quadraphonic matrix system, which is also compatible with standard two channel stereo playback systems. Background Following the release of Ommadawn in October 1975, Virgin Records released ''Boxed'' to cover both the gap until the release of Oldfield's next album ( Incantations, eventually released in December 1978), and his reluctance to play live. Oldfield later explained that instead of being true 4-channel sound, the initial quad version of ''Tubular Bells'', released a few months after the stereo version, was a "strange fake out-of-phase system". This was because it was too complex to remix without automation. The quad remix of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amarok (Mike Oldfield Album)
''Amarok'' is the thirteenth studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released in May 1990 by Virgin Records. Oldfield originally conceived it as an "angry protest album", showcasing his musical technique. It is presented as a single sixty-minute track of continuous, uninterrupted but constantly changing music. Background In July 1989 Oldfield released '' Earth Moving'', his twelfth album for Virgin Records. By this time, his relationship with the label had become increasingly fraught as a result of disagreements over his contract, royalties, and the lack of effort in promoting his albums. ''Earth Moving'' was an album whereby he "listened to Virgin totally" in regards to its musical direction, which became a success in continental Europe, but received a disappointing reaction in England, for which Oldfield received "some flak" from Virgin over the matter. Oldfield was now required to deliver two more albums as part of his Virgin contract a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hergest Ridge (album)
''Hergest Ridge'' is the second studio album by English musician and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 30 August 1974 by Virgin Records. The unexpected commercial and critical success of his debut album, ''Tubular Bells'' (1973), affected Oldfield, who decided against touring and avoided the press with his newfound fame. Instead, he retreated to Hergest Ridge on the England–Wales border and wrote the follow-up, which he recorded in 1974 at The Manor in Oxfordshire, with Tom Newman returning as co-producer. Similar to Oldfield's first, the album is a single composition split into two parts covering different moods and musical styles. The album was No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart for three consecutive weeks before it was displaced by ''Tubular Bells'', marking one of the few times an artist has overtaken themselves on the chart in this manner. In 2010, the album was reissued with new stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes, bonus material, and new artwork. Background and recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Penning
Les Penning is a British folk musician and composer, best known for his work with Mike Oldfield on the album ''Ommadawn'' and several of Oldfield's singles. He is credited with introducing Oldfield to medieval music through their time playing together at Penrhos Court. He has worked with many other artists, playing woodwind, as producer or as recording engineer, and has created radio drama for BBC Hereford and Worcester and music for two S4C television series: ''Gwydion'' and an adaption by Gareth Miles of the William John Griffith novel '' Storïau'r Henllys Fawr''. In 1978 he was a musician and performer on the BBC adaptation of ‘Kilvert’s Diary’. He has appeared at Leominster Festival playing medieval music as "Leslie Penning and Company" In 1977 he was given the title of Sir Les Penning, Master of the King's music, by Richard Booth, the King of Hay. He has recently worked on several projects in collaboration with Robert Reed including "Doctor Who Theme" and "San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clodagh Simonds
Clodagh Simonds ( ; born 16 May 1953) is an Irish musician, songwriter and singer. She was born in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland and raised and educated in Killiney, County Dublin. Career At the age of eleven, in 1964 Simonds formed her first band, Mellow Candle, with two schoolfriends, Alison Bools (later Williams, later O'Donnell) and Maria White. They released their first single, "Feelin' High", on SNB Records in 1968, when she was fifteen. Three years later, initially under the management of Thin Lizzy manager Ted Carroll, and with an expanded line-up, Mellow Candle released their only album, '' Swaddling Songs'', which made little or no impact beyond Ireland until around twenty-five years later. The group disbanded in 1973. Between 1972 and 1975, she guested on Thin Lizzy's second album, '' Shades of a Blue Orphanage'', and sang on the Mike Oldfield albums'' Hergest Ridge'', ''Ommadawn'' (also helping Oldfield to coin the album title). In 1976 Simonds and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incantations (album)
''Incantations'' is the fourth studio album by English musician, songwriter, and producer Mike Oldfield, released on 1 December 1978 by Virgin Records. Following the release of his previous album ''Ommadawn'' (1975), Oldfield moved into a new home in Bisley, Gloucestershire, where he set up a new recording studio. He started on a follow-up in 1977 which took form as a double album with one, side-long track on each side of the LP record. Oldfield wished to use real incantations in the music, but ended up using folklore as a loose running theme, such as Diana the Huntress. Though primarily instrumental, lyrical sections are adapted from works by poets Henry Longfellow and Ben Jonson. Oldfield completed the self-awareness seminar Exegesis while recording ''Incantations''. ''Incantations'' peaked at No. 14 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Oldfield's first album not to reach the UK top-five. It was supported by Oldfield's first concert tour as a solo artist, which featured all fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Murray (musician)
William A. Murray (2 August 1950 – 30 August 1998) was a Scottish drummer and photographer. Career As a drummer in the early 1970s Murray played with acts including Richard and Linda Thompson's Sour Grapes band and Irish progressive folk band Mellow Candle. In the 1970s Murray played on Kevin Ayers's album '' Whatevershebringswesing,'' and later worked with Paul Kossoff. Murray also worked with the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, who bought Murray a camera. Murray worked with Oldfield on albums including ''Ommadawn'', writing the lyrics for " On Horseback". As a photographer he took the cover photo for Kate and Anna McGarrigle’s 1978 album '' Pronto Monto.'' He also worked for '' Time Out''. Murray subsequently became a fashion photographer and moved to Dallas, Texas. In America he formed a band called The Same with Clodagh Simonds, Carter Burwell, Stephen Bray and Chip Johanessen. Murray took the photograph of Mike Oldfield that appears on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kington, Herefordshire
Kington is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The parish had a population of 3,240. Geography Kington is from the border with Wales, and lies on the western side of Offa's Dyke. The town is in the shadow of Hergest Ridge, and on the River Arrow, where it is crossed by the A44 road. It is northwest of Hereford, the county town. Nearby towns include Presteigne, Builth Wells, Knighton and Leominster. The centre of the town is situated at above sea level. The civil parish covers an area of . History The name ''Kington'' is derived from 'King's-ton', being Anglo-Saxon for "King's Town", similar to other nearby towns such as ''Presteigne'' meaning "Priest's Town" and Knighton being "Knight's Town". The land on which Kington is sited was held by Anglo-Saxons in 1066, but devastated. After the Norman Conquest Kington then passed to the Crown on the downfall in 1075 of Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford. Before 1121, King Henry I gave Kington to Adam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Manor Studio
The Manor Studio (a.k.a. the Manor) was a recording studio in the manor house in the village of Shipton-on-Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England, north of the city of Oxford. Overview The Manor Studio was housed in a manor house which had been established in the 16th century and rebuilt in the 17th century. Around 1830 the house was remodelled and extended to left c.1830 for William Turner, a painter. The Manor and its outbuildings are listed as Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. The Manor was the third residential recording studio in the United Kingdom. The first being Ascot Sound Studios built between 1970 and 1971 by John Lennon in an addition to his Tittenhurst Park mansion, where he recorded his '' Imagine'' album. The second being Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire, Wales. The concept was pioneered in 1969 by French musician Michel Magne in the Château d'Hérouville in Hérouville-en-Vexin. The manor house was owned by Richard Branson and used as a rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
