Boxed (Mike Oldfield album)

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Boxed
Box set by Mike Oldfield
Released	October 29, 1976 (1976-10-29)
Recorded	1972 - August 1976
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Virgin
Producer	Mike Oldfield Peter Jenner David Bedford Tom Newman
Mike Oldfield chronology
Ommadawn (1975) Boxed (1976) Incantations (1978)

Boxed is a compilation album written and mostly performed by Mike Oldfield, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It features quadraphonic remixed versions of his first three albums (Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn) and some collaborations.

Oldfield later explained that instead of being true 4 channel sound, the remix of Tubular Bells was a "strange fake out-of-phase system", because it was so complex a mix without automation^[1]. The CD version contains the quad mixes downmixed back to 2 channels. The downmixed remix Hergest Ridge is the only version of the album available on CD, as Oldfield disliked the original vinyl mix.

"The Sailor's Hornpipe" finale from Tubular Bells has an extended speech from Viv Stanshall, which is from the recording sessions at The Manor Studio (see Tubular Bells original ending).

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Vinyl

[edit] LP one - Tubular Bells

1. "Tubular Bells" Part One (Mike Oldfield)
2. "Tubular Bells" Part Two (Oldfield except Sailor's Hornpipe (Traditional))

[edit] LP two - Hergest Ridge

1. "Hergest Ridge" Part One (Oldfield)
2. "Hergest Ridge" Part Two (Oldfield)

[edit] LP three - Ommadawn

1. "Ommadawn" Part One (Oldfield)
2. "Ommadawn" Part Two (Oldfield)

[edit] LP four - Collaborations

1. "Phaeacian Games" (David Bedford)
2. "Extract from Star's End" (Featuring David Bedford, Chris Cutler and The Royal Philharmoic Orchestra) (Bedford)
3. "The Rio Grande" (Bedford)
4. "First Excursion" (Oldfield, Bedford)
5. "Argiers" (Traditional, arrangement Oldfield)
6. "Portsmouth"(Featuring Leslie Penning) (Traditional, arrangement Oldfield)
7. "In Dulci Jubilo" (Featuring Leslie Penning and William Murray) (Traditional, arrangement Oldfield)
8. "Speak Tho' You Only Say Farewell" (Featuring Bedford) (Ray Morello, Horatio Nicholls)

[edit] CD

[edit] Disc 1

1. "Tubular Bells" Part One (Mike Oldfield)
2. "Tubular Bells" Part Two (Oldfield except Sailor's Hornpipe (Traditional))
3. "The Rio Grande" (Bedford)
4. "Portsmouth"(Featuring Leslie Penning) (Traditional, arrangement Oldfield)
5. "In Dulci Jubilo" (Featuring Leslie Penning and William Murray) (Traditional, arrangement Oldfield)

[edit] Disc 2

1. "Hergest Ridge" Part One (Oldfield)
2. "Hergest Ridge" Part Two (Oldfield)
3. "Extract from Star's End" (Featuring David Bedford, Chris Cutler and The Royal Philharmoic Orchestra) (Bedford)
4. "Argiers" (Traditional, arrangement Oldfield)
5. "Speak Tho' You Only Say Farewell" (Featuring Bedford) (Ray Morello, Horatio Nicholls)

[edit] Disc 3

1. "Ommadawn" Part One (Oldfield)
2. "Ommadawn" Part Two (Oldfield)
3. "Phaeacian Games" (David Bedford)
4. "First Excursion" (Oldfield, Bedford)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Mike Oldfield Discography - Boxed at Tubular.net