Description
Mike Oldfield – The Platinum Collection / Virgin 3x Audio CD 2006 / MIKECDX17
UPC 094635493627
The Platinum Collection is a 2006 Virgin Records compilation album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield. It contains most of Oldfield's best known work, and some rare mixes of songs that had previously only been available as B-sides to singles.
The first two discs are entirely made up of content from Oldfield's Virgin albums, whereas some pieces on disc three are under licence from Warner.
| Label: | Virgin – MIKECDX17 |
|---|---|
| Series: | The Platinum Collection |
| Format: |
3 x CD, Compilation
|
| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
Mar 2006 |
| Genre: | Electronic, Rock |
| Style: | Pop Rock, Symphonic Rock |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Tubular Bells (Opening Theme) | 4:18 | |
| 1-2 | Tubular Bells (Excerpt) | 8:00 | |
| 1-3 | Sailor's Hornpipe |
|
1:36 |
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| 1-4 | Hergest Ridge (Excerpt) | 9:32 | |
| 1-5 | Ommadawn (Excerpt) | 3:41 | |
| 1-6 | Ommadawn (Excerpt) | 6:58 | |
| 1-7 | In Dulci Jubilo | 2:51 | |
| 1-8 | Don Alfonso |
|
4:22 |
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| 1-9 | Portsmouth | 2:03 | |
| 1-10 | William Tell Overture |
|
3:55 |
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| 1-11 | Cuckoo Song |
|
3:14 |
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| 1-12 | Incantations Part 4 (Excerpt) | 4:40 | |
| 1-13 | Platinum Part 4 | 4:46 | |
| 1-14 | Woodhenge | 4:09 | |
| 2-1 | Moonlight Shadow (Extended Version) | 5:18 | |
| 2-2 | Blue Peter | 2:08 | |
| 2-3 | Guilty (Long Version) | 6:45 | |
| 2-4 | Arrival |
|
2:47 |
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| 2-5 | Wonderful Land |
|
3:40 |
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| 2-6 | Sheba | 3:34 | |
| 2-7 | Five Miles Out | 4:19 | |
| 2-8 | Family Man |
|
3:47 |
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| 2-9 | Mistake | 2:56 | |
| 2-10 | Shadow On The Wall (Extended Version) | 5:09 | |
| 2-11 | Foreign Affair |
|
3:56 |
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| 2-12 | In High Places |
|
3:31 |
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| 2-13 | Crime Of Passion | 3:39 | |
| 2-14 | Tricks Of The Light | 3:55 | |
| 2-15 | To France (Extended Version) | 5:35 | |
| 2-16 | Etude |
|
4:39 |
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| 2-17a | Evacuation | 5:20 | |
| 2-17b | Legend | 2:10 | |
| 3-1 | Sentinel (Single Restructure) | 3:58 | |
| 3-2 | Pictures In The Dark (Extended Version) | 5:59 | |
| 3-3 | Shine (Extended Version) |
|
5:12 |
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| 3-4 | Islands (12" Mix) | 5:36 | |
| 3-5 | Flying Start (12" Version) | 4:52 | |
| 3-6 | The Time Has Come (12" Version) |
4:26 | |
| 3-7 | Innocent (12" Mix) | 5:33 | |
| 3-8 | Earth Moving (Disco Version) | 4:01 | |
| 3-9 | Amarok (Excerpt) | 6:18 | |
| 3-10 | Heaven's Open | 4:28 | |
| 3-11 | Hibernaculum | 3:37 | |
| 3-12 | Women Of Ireland |
|
6:30 |
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| 3-13 | Far Above The Clouds | 4:49 | |
| 3-14 | The Millennium Bell | 3:44 | |
| 3-15 | To Be Free (Radio Edit) |
3:58 |
- Design – Scott Minshall
- Liner Notes – Joel McIver
- Photography By [Mike Oldfield Photos] – Redferns
- Written-By – Mike Oldfield
