The Oboe solo is very beautiful and it's been compared to Vaughan Williams pastoral music. Does side one on this version fade in, or does it start cold? Remixed version included in this particular reissue. Data Correct Oldfield settled into his new home but soon felt unsure with his next career move. Limited edition available through mikeoldfieldofficial.com, which contains the deluxe edition the vinyl edition and a numbered framed print of the cover artwork, signed by Mike Oldfield. It's a relaxing, beautifully composed, melodic piece, until halfway through side two that is! The Oboe solo is very beautiful and it's been compared to Vaughan Williams pastoral music. I don't really like Back To Black, I think their vinyl is poor quality and I usually avoid it. The Oboe solo is very beautiful and it's been compared to Vaughan Williams pastoral music. This is understandable as Mike suffered from anxiety during this time, lived in a reclusive fashion, and you can hear the anger breaking out of his music. Unlike it's predecessor Tubular Bells which has two equally great parts, Hergest part two is good until the big fat, loud multilayered guitar and organ section, goes on and on and on and ruins the tranquility and beauty of the album as a whole. Part one is superb as it gently whistles in and builds up very subtly. Its highest point, which is in England, is 426 metres high. Side two is where it fails though. Hergest Ridge is different from any other album Mike did. Also includes The revised aerial photograph artwork. I bought the 2010 LP when it was released (the new artwork looks great) as I always had the boxed mix on CD and I have Boxed itself on vinyl. Part one is superb as it gently whistles in and builds up very subtly. The Deluxe Edition is shown. Part one is superb as it gently whistles in and builds up very subtly.
Not refered here at DiscoGS. Hergest Ridge is a large elongated hill which traverses the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom, between the town of Kington in Herefordshire and the village of Gladestry in Powys. Hergest Ridge è un album di Mike Oldfield pubblicato nel 1974 dalla Virgin Records in formato LP, musicassetta e Stereo8. Hergest Ridge is different from any other album Mike did. Because of the time of its release, Hergest Ridge was overshadowed by the effects of Oldfield 's first album for Virgin, but even so he manages to invoke some interesting patches of music by using instruments like the glockenspiel, sleigh bells, the Lowrey organ, oboes, and a variety of mandolins and guitars to maintain the same type of diversity as Tubular Bells. Mine has runout stamped side A: V 2013 A, side B: V 2013 B (nothing more) "I have to listen really hard to pick out something that I know that I'm proud that I did".Although the album was written at The Beacon, it was again recorded at In 2000 Virgin re-released all of Oldfield's back catalogue, remastered in There "lyrics" in Part 2, are more easily heard in the remix, although attempts to deciphering them have failed. There were copies made in Argentina with serial number 6044 and green label with twins on labels, issued in 1979. It is moderately demanding in that there is quite a lot of uphill walking but it is nothing like on the same level as, say, the Brecon Beacon is. His finest album in my humble opinion, but I must agree with the comments regarding the 2010 remix - it really does spoil the piece.
Hergest Ridge is a piece of Upland about 3 miles x 2 miles. I usually only listen to part one. Nel corso del 1973, Oldfield era a disagio con l'attenzione del pubblico di aver ricevuto dal successo di Tubular Bells, e si ritirò in campagna inglese a lavorare sul suo follow-up.
He lacked any solid ideas for new music and chose to perform "simple undemanding Medieval tunes" with folk musician Oldfield felt that half of the good sections on the album were so detailed and buried in the mix, it called for listeners to play the album on a high quality record player. 1974 studio album by Mike Oldfield Hergest Ridge Studio album by Mike Oldfield Released28 August 1974 RecordedSpring 1974 StudioThe Manor, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire GenreProgressive rock Length40:14 LabelVirgin Producer Mike Oldfield Tom Newman Mike Oldfield chronology Tubular Bells Hergest Ridge The Orchestral Tubular Bells Mercury Records 2010 reissue The revised aerial photograph artwork. Also, it's slight different to this other reissue, because of tape serigraphy: Side two is where it fails though. Hergest Ridge Side two is where it fails though. Different to this other French release: (CD, Album, RM + CD, Album, RE, RM + DVD-V, Album, )(CD, Album, RM, SHM + CD, Album, RE, RM, SHM + DVD-)(2xCD, Album, RE, RM + DVD-V, Album, RE, Multichann)
Stick with the 1974 or 1976 versions to hear it st it's best .