The Complete Mike Oldfield is a compilation album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Mike Oldfield

Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...

, released on Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 on 1 October 1985. The double album is subdivided into four sections, with The instrumental section and The Vocal section containing shorter pieces, and The Complex section and The Live section containing excerpts from Oldfield's longer pieces.

Some versions of the vinyl have fewer or different tracks, with "The Instrumental Section" missing "In Dulci Jubilo" and "Portsmouth", while other versions replaced "Mistake

Mistake (Mike Oldfield song)

"Mistake" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1982 .- Release :It was not included on any Oldfield album in Europe until the compilation The Complete Mike Oldfield in 1985; however, it was included as an extra track on the North American release of the album Crises in 1983. Maggie...

" with "Pictures in the Dark

Pictures in the Dark

"Pictures in the Dark" is a song by Mike Oldfield released as a single mainly in Europe in 1985 . Singers on this single includes his girlfriend at the time, Anita Hegerland, Barry Palmer and well-known Welsh choirboy Aled Jones....

".

Side 1 - The Instrumental Section

1. "Arrival" – 2:47
2. "William Tell Overture" – 3:55
3. "Cuckoo Song" – 3:13
4. "In Dulci Jubilo" – 2:50
5. "Portsmouth" – 2:02
6. "Jungle Gardenia" – 2:37
7. "Guilty" – 4:04
8. "Blue Peter" – 2:07
9. "Waldberg" (The Peak) – 3:24
10. "Wonderful Land
    Wonderful Land
    "Wonderful Land" is an instrumental piece which was released as a single by The Shadows in 1962. It stayed at #1 in the UK for more weeks than any other single during the whole of the 1960s....
    
    " – 3:39
11. "Etude" (Theme from The Killing Fields
    The Killing Fields (album)
    The Killing Fields is the 10th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It was the soundtrack album for the film of the same name and it is the only full score written by Oldfield...
    
    ) – 3:07

Side 2 - The Vocal Section

1. "Moonlight Shadow
   Moonlight Shadow
   "Moonlight Shadow" is a pop song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 and included in the album Crises of the same year. The vocals were performed by Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had joined Mike Oldfield in 1980...
   
   " – 3:36
2. "Family Man
   Family Man (song)
   "Family Man" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1982 . It was released from the album Five Miles Out, with vocals performed by Maggie Reilly.- Lyrical content :...
   
   " – 3:47
3. "Mistake
   Mistake (Mike Oldfield song)
   "Mistake" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1982 .- Release :It was not included on any Oldfield album in Europe until the compilation The Complete Mike Oldfield in 1985; however, it was included as an extra track on the North American release of the album Crises in 1983. Maggie...
   
   " – 2:55
4. "Five Miles Out
   Five Miles Out (song)
   "Five Miles Out" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1982 . It is from the album Five Miles Out and features vocals by Maggie Reilly.- Song analysis :The song make numerous references to flight...
   
   " – 4:19
5. "Crime of Passion" – 3:37
6. "To France
   To France
   "To France" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It is from the album Discovery and features Maggie Reilly on vocals.It references Mary Stuart in its chorus...
   
   " – 4:33
7. "Shadow on the Wall
   Shadow on the Wall
   "Shadow on the Wall" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1983. It is taken from Oldfield's album Crises. English rock singer Roger Chapman performs vocals on "Shadow on the Wall".- B-side :...
   
   " (12" Version) – 5:08

Side 3 - The Complex Section

1. "Excerpt from Ommadawn
   Ommadawn
   Ommadawn is the third record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1975 on Virgin Records. The cover photograph was by David Bailey. It peaked at #4 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was reissued in June 2010 with additional content.- Album history :...
   
   " – 6:59
2. "Excerpt from Tubular Bells
   Tubular Bells
   Tubular Bells is the debut record album of English musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1973. It was the first album released by Virgin Records and an early cornerstone of the company's success...
   
   " – 7:59
3. "Excerpt from Hergest Ridge
   Hergest Ridge (album)
   Hergest Ridge is the second record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1974 on Virgin Records.Oldfield was not comfortable with the public attention that had come from the success of Tubular Bells, and retreated to the English countryside to work on the follow-up...
   
   " – 4:20
4. "Excerpt from Incantations
   Incantations (album)
   Incantations is the fourth record album by Mike Oldfield, released in late 1978 on Virgin Records.The first Oldfield to be divided into more than two movements, it is the second longest work Oldfield has ever released...
   
   " – 4:41
5. "Evacuation" (Excerpt from The Killing Fields
   The Killing Fields (album)
   The Killing Fields is the 10th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It was the soundtrack album for the film of the same name and it is the only full score written by Oldfield...
   
   ) – 4:11

Side 4 - The Live Section

1. "Sheba" (Live) – 3:30
2. "Mirage" (Live) – 5:12
3. "Platinum" (Live) – 14:28
4. "Mount Teide" (Live) – 4:34

External links

• Mike Oldfield discography - The Complete Mike Oldfield at Tubular.net