Mike Oldfield – QE2 / Mercury LP 2012 / 370 883-4

Name: Mike Oldfield – QE2 / Mercury LP 2012 / 370 883-4
SKU: 0602537088348
Price: 79.91 USD
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UPC 0602537088348

QE2 is the sixth studio album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1980 on Virgin Records. The album was named after the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2.

The album contained both original Oldfield compositions as well as two cover version of pieces recorded by other bands ("Arrival" by ABBA and "Wonderful Land" by The Shadows).

Though only reaching number twelve on the German album charts, the album became the best-selling album of 1981 in Germany.

Label:	Mercury – 370 883-4
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	Jul 27, 2012
Genre:	Rock, Pop
Style:	Art Rock, Prog Rock, Pop Rock

Tracklist:

Taurus 1

Drums – Phil Collins

Featuring – Maggie Reilly

Instrumentation By – Mike Oldfield

Percussion – Mike Frye

10:16
A2		Sheba Drums – Phil Collins Vocals – Maggie Reilly Vocoder – Mike Oldfield

3:32
A3	Conflict	2:48
A4	Arrival Conductor [Orchestra] – David Bedford Featuring – English Chorale Written-By – Benny Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus

2:45
B1		Wonderful Land Written-By – Jerry Lordan

3:37
B2		Mirage Arranged By [Horns], Written-By [Horns] – David Hentschel

4:39
B3		QE2 Written-By, Co-producer – David Hentschel

7:37
B4		Celt Percussion [African] – Mike Frye Vocals [Vocalist] – Maggie Reilly Written-By – Tim Cross

3:03
B5		Molly Vocoder, Guitar, Bass – Mike Oldfield

1:16

Coordinator [Mastering, Mixing], Research [Master Tapes], Compiled By, Sleeve Notes – Mark Powell
Coordinator [R2] – Ed Carruthers
Design [Package Design], Artwork – Phil Smee
Directed By [QE2 2012 Project Directors] – Adam Barker (2), Daryl Easlea, Mike Oldfield
Engineer [Assistant] – Peter Greenslade*, Simon Johnston
Other [Licensing] – Emine Rifat
Producer, Engineer – David Hentschel, Mike Oldfield
Product Manager – Daryl Easlea
Remastered By – Paschal Byrne
Technician [Technical Advice] – Richard Barrie
Transferred By [Analog To Digital] – Ben Wiseman
Written-By – Mike Oldfield (tracks: A1 to A3, B2 to B5)