Product Overview
Mike Oldfield – Hergest Ridge / Virgin Audio CD 2000
UPC 724384936822
Hergest Ridge is the second studio album by English musician and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 28 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.
| Label: | Virgin – 724384936822 |
|---|---|
| Series: | Mike Oldfield Remastered HDCD |
| Format: |
CD, HDCD, Album
|
| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2000 |
| Genre: | Rock, Folk, World, & Country |
| Style: | Modern Classical, Experimental, Ambient |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Hergest Ridge (Part One) |
21:40 | |
| 2 | Hergest Ridge (Part Two) | 18:51 |
- Artwork [Reissue Artwork], Design [Reissue Design] – Rina Cheung
- Composed By – Mike Oldfield
- Conductor [Choirs & Strings Conducted By] – David Bedford
- Coordinator [Remastered Series Co-ordinator] – Jason Day
- Electric Guitar [Electric Guitars], Glockenspiel, Bells [Sleigh Bells], Mandolin, Percussion [Nutcracker], Timpani, Gong, Acoustic Guitar, Classical Guitar [Spanish Guitar], Organ [Farfisa, Lowrey & Gemini Organs] – Mike Oldfield
- Oboe – June Whiting, Lindsay Cooper
- Producer [Assisted By], Engineer [Assisted By] – Tom Newman (2)
- Producer, Engineer – Mike Oldfield
- Remastered By – Simon Heyworth
- Sleeve Notes – David Laing
- Snare [Snare Drums] – Chili Charles
- Trumpet – Ted Hobart
- Voice – Clodagh Simmonds, Sally Oldfield
