THE PLATINUM COLLECTION

Mike Oldfield

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Crossover Prog

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Boxset/Compilation, released in 2006

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD1:
1. Tubular Bells - Opening Theme 1973
2. Tubular Bells - Excerpt 1973
3. Sailor's Hornpipe 1973
4. Hergest Ridge - Excerpt 1974
5. Ommadawn - Excerpt 1975
6. Ommadawn - Excerpt 1975
7. In Dulci Jubilo 1975
8. Don Alfonso 1975
9. Portsmouth 1976
10. William Tell Overture 1976
11. Cuckoo Song 1977
12. Incantations - Part 4 Excerpt 1978
13. Platinum - Part 4 1979
14. Woodhenge 1979

CD2:
1. Moonlight Shadow (Extended Version) 1983
2. Blue Peter 1979
3. Guilty - Long Version 1979
4. Arrival 1980
5. Wonderful Land 1980
6. Sheba 1980
7. Five Miles Out 1982
8. Family Man 1982
9. Mistake 1982
10. Shadow On The Wall (Extended Version) 1983
11. Foreign Affair 1983
12. In High Places 1983
13. Crime Of Passion 1983
14. Tricks Of The Light 1984
15. To France (Extended Version) 1984
16. Etude 1984
17. Evacuation 1984

CD3:
1. Sentinel 1992
2. Pictures In The Dark 1985
3. Shine (Extended Version) 1986
4. Islands (12" Mix) 1987
5. Flying Start (12" Version) 1987
6. The Time Has Come (12" Version) 1987
7. Innocent (12" Mix) 1989
8. Earth Moving (Club Version) 1989
9. Amarok (Excerpt) 1990
10. Heaven's Open (12" Version) 1991
11. Hibernaculum 1994
12. Women Of Ireland 1996
13. Far Above The Clouds 1998
14. The Millennium Bell 1999
15. To Be Free 2002

1 Tubular Bells - Opening Theme 4:18
2 Tubular Bells - Excerpt 8:01
3 Sailor S Hornpipe 1:36
4 Hergest Ridge - Excerpt 9:32
5 Ommadawn - Excerpt 3:41 5
6 Ommadawn - Excerpt - 2 6:59
7 In Dulci Jubilo 2:52
8 Don Alfonso 4:22
9 Portsmouth 2:04
10 William Tell Overture 3:56
11 Cuckoo Song 3:14
12 Incantations - Part 4 Excerpt 4:40
13 Platinum - Part 4 4:47
14 Woodhenge 4:09
15 Moonlight Shadow (Extended Version) 5:18
16 Blue Peter 2:08
17 Guilty (Long Version) 6:46
18 Arrival 2:47
19 Wonderful Land 3:41
20 Sheba 3:34
21 Five Miles Out 4:19
22 Family Man 3:47
23 Mistake 2:56
24 Shadow On The Wall (Extended Version) 5:10
25 Foreign Affair 3:56
26 In High Places 3:32
27 Crime Of Passion 3:39
28 Tricks Of The Light 3:55
29 To France (Extended Version) 5:36
30 Etude 4:39
31 Evacuation 7:38
32 Sentinel 3:58
33 Pictures In The Dark 5:59
34 Shine (Extended Version) 5:12
35 Islands (12 Mix) 5:36
36 Flying Start (12 Version) 4:52
37 The Time Has Come (12 Version) 4:27
38 Innocent (12 Mix) 5:33
39 Earth Moving (Club Version) 4:01
40 Amarok (Excerpt) 6:19
41 Heaven S Open (12 Version) 4:29
42 Hibernaculum 3:37
43 Women Of Ireland 6:30
44 Far Above The Clouds 4:49
45 The Millennium Bell 3:45
46 To Be Free 3:58
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Line-up / Musicians

- Mike Oldfield and collaborators

Releases information

Released by Virgin UK (EMI).

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MIKE OLDFIELD The Platinum Collection ratings distribution

2.61
(17 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(12%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(41%)
Good, but non-essential (29%)
Collectors/fans only (6%)
Poor. Only for completionists (12%)

MIKE OLDFIELD The Platinum Collection reviews

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Review by Alucard
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator

I can't say that I am a big fan of Mike Oldfield, but his early records were a soundtrack of my youth. The smell of patchuli, incens and other forms of smoke mixed with 'Tubular Bells','Hergest Ridge' and 'Ommadawn'. The records were just going on forever and forever unless everybody was too stoned to turn around the record. I bought his first three records as LP's later on for the car as tapes, then as CD's but I never checked out his later catalogue until I found the other day the 'Platinum Collection' in a sales bin and it was so shamlessly cheap, that I just had to buy it. And I must say, that I was nicely surprised. In somma the record presents Oldfield as the writer of catchy pop tunes with occasioinal instrumental parts ,based mainly on either Celtic or African folk music, including variations of the poppy melodies with repetitive patterns. (BTW I always found his mega tracks way too long and prefer rather to hear them now in the shorter edited form) While I listened to the the 3 CD's I noted also to which extent his music is deeply relaxing. His music foreshadowed a lot of the world music and in a positive way the flowing, repetitive character of New Age, always with a nice melody on top and an excellent production. So if you are looking for the author of the record-long opus you will be disappointed and better buy his original records. If you want an excellent overview of Mike Oldlield as author of catchy ethnic pop tunes and a nicely writtten introduction to Oldfield's music and bio, you want to get this one.

Latest members reviews

1 stars 1.5 Stars A new re-hash of the various other compilations, this one isn't so great. Disc One features extracts of the 70's epics, taken out of context so much that the enjoyment is naturally degraded. I don't see the purpose of these cuts! What real fan would want to experience just sections ... (read more)

Report this review (#101517) | Posted by OGTL | Sunday, December 3, 2006 | Review Permanlink

2 stars If you're hoping to find an easy way out when exploring the progressive world of Mike Oldfield, I must disappoint you. There isn't! You just have to go out and buy the studio albums (I think the reviews on this site will give a good clue about which to buy and which to avoid). However, learnin ... (read more)

Report this review (#77419) | Posted by 1971 | Sunday, May 7, 2006 | Review Permanlink

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