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Music : Hergest Ridge

by: Mike Oldfield


Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724384936822 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Virgin Manufacturer: Virgin Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Virgin Release Date: May 29, 2000 Sales Rank: 36068 Studio: Virgin	Average Rating: List Price: £8.99 Price: £6.35 You Save: £2.64 (29%) Prices subject to change.
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- music for the soul
Hearing this composition is only part of the experience as it is a musical adventure that can be felt it in the very soul of anyone who is appreciative and persevering enough to listen. Each time you play it, it becomes more profound... OLDFIELD'S music is addictive. Hergest Ridge is a real place, a wild desolate spot on the Welsh border that is the epitome of everything English. MIKE OLDFIELD, having lived there whilst composing the album, has succeeded in capturing the very essence of the place ... Read More

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- Close but no cigar
I have the original album and it remains my favorite Oldfield album along side Ommadawn. This mix has the essence of the original but none of the delicacy found on the vinyl version. Where is the guitar work after the intro, the brass and woodwind during the centre sections. Why was it felt nescessary to bring forward the voices at the end instead of leaving a haunting timbre to the finale.It feels harsher and at some points flat and devoid of emotion. I have deep associations linked to my past with ... Read More

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- Rubbish.
I used to love this album, but hearing the CD it sounds to me like someone forgot to plug in one of the stereo channels when mixing it. Half of the instruments seem to be missing, all the clarity is gone.
Mike, if you're reading this, you or your engineer has ruined a perfectly wonderful album and made it sound very poor indeed.

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- great! thts all there is to say!
having not been around when the lp or remixed version was released i can not comment on the production of the 'remastered version'. however on the music side it is simply stunning! there is so much depth and meaningfulness in the music. hergest ridge defenantly has a haunting and eerie feel to it, especially the opening few minutes when it sounds so odd and eerie with mainly only a continues drone in the background being heard, however it builds up to a climax on pt 1 with mike doing wht he does best ... Read More

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- Missing Tracks
I originally bought Hergest Ridge in the Virgin 3CDS boxset, which also included Ommadawn. That version had 5 tracks on it, though it only lists Hergest Ridge Parts 1 and 2.

The three extra tracks were:
3. An extract from Star's End (7:33)
4. Argiers (3:59)
5. Speak (tho you only say farewell) (2:54)

I have been 'upgrading' my cd collection with remasters over the last couple of years, and recently acquired several of the Oldfield remasters.
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