Mike Oldfield - The Platinum Collection 3CD set
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Product details
2006 South African issue
Fatbox with 3 cds and a 12page booklet detailing a discography and tracklisting. Front cover that is cracked will be replaces prior to shippping.
All discs excellent condition
40 tracks across 3 discs featuring the best of Mike Oldfield's output with Virgin records, and features guest vocals from a number of artists over the years although not one of them is mentioned on the tracklisting or booklet.
What makes this release collectable is the number of 12" versions that are not found elsewhere.
Extended versions featured are
* Moonlight Shadow (vocals Maggie Reilly)
* Guilty
* Shadow on the Wall (vocals Roger Chapman)
* To France (vocals Maggie Reilly)
* Shine (vocals Jon Anderson)
* Islands (vocals Bonnie Tyler)
* Flying Start (vocals Kevin Ayers)
* The Time Has Come (vocals Anita Hegerland)
* Innocent (vocals Anita Hegerland)
* Earth Moving (Nikki B Bentley)
* Heaven's Open
Other highlights are the unforgettable Tubular Bells piece, Arrival (cover of ABBA's instrumental title track from their 1976 album), Family Man, Five Miles Out, Shadow on the Wall, Pictures in the dark, Women of Ireland and Etude (from The Killing Fields)