The Platinum Collection (Mike Oldfield album)

The Platinum Collection is a 2006 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...

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...

written and mostly performed 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...

. It contains most of Oldfield's best known work, and some rare mixes of songs that had previously only been available as B-sides to singles.

The first two discs are entirely made up from content Oldfield's Virgin albums, whereas some pieces on disc three are under licence from Warner.

Charts

It charted at number 36 in the UK Albums Chart

UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...

Chart (2006)	Position
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	36

Disc one

"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...

" (Part 1, Opening Theme)
"Tubular Bells" (Part 1 Final Excerpt)
"The Sailor's Hornpipe
The Sailor's Hornpipe
The Sailor's Hornpipe is a traditional hornpipe melody.- History :The usual tune for this dance was first printed as the "College Hornpipe" in 1797 or 1798 by J. Dale of London....

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"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...

" (Part 1, Intro Excerpt)
"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 :...

" (Part 1, Intro Excerpt)
"Ommadawn" (Part 1, Final Excerpt)
"In Dulci Jubilo
In Dulci Jubilo (Mike Oldfield)
"In Dulci Jubilo" / "On Horseback" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1975 . The prominently festive single features an instrumental version of a Christmas carol, "In Dulci Jubilo", as well as the finale-song from Oldfield's Ommadawn album, "On Horseback".- Details :Mike Oldfield's...

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"Don Alfonso
Don Alfonso (song)
"Don Alfonso" is the second UK single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1975 . Side 1 has an additional credit: "featuring David Bedford on vocals". This is a comic novelty song from the early 20th century, sung by a boasting, bogus toreador, who seems to know very little about...

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"Portsmouth
Portsmouth (Mike Oldfield single)
"Portsmouth" is a single released by musician Mike Oldfield in 1976 . It is Oldfield's highest charting single in the United Kingdom, charting at number 3.- Details :...

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"William Tell Overture
William Tell Overture (Mike Oldfield single)
"William Tell Overture" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1977. It is a rendition of the William Tell Overture. However this version of the William Tell Overture did not have much of an impact on the UK charts...

"
"Cuckoo Song"
"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...

" (Part 4, Final excerpt)
"Platinum" (Part 4)
"Woodhenge"

Disc two

"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...

" (Extended Version)
"Blue Peter
Blue Peter (Mike Oldfield single)
"Blue Peter" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1979 . It is a rendition of the theme tune for the British children's television show Blue Peter and was used by the show between 1979 and 1989.- Blue Peter :...

"
"Guilty
Guilty (Mike Oldfield song)
"Guilty" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1979 . It reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart. It is notable for being Oldfield's first obvious attempt to capitalise on a current musical trend, in this case disco/dance music...

" (Long Version)
"Arrival
Arrival (song)
"Arrival" is a 1976 song by ABBA featured on their album of the same name. It is an instrumental piece, mainly the brainchild of member Benny Andersson and had the working titles of "Fiol", "Ode to Dalecarlia" & "Arrival in Dalecarlia".- Background :...

"
"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....

"
"Sheba
Sheba (song)
"Sheba" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1980 . It is from the album QE2. In many countries the Shadows cover, "Wonderful Land", was the A-side, while the B-side was "Sheba"....

"
"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...

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"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 :...

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"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...

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"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 :...

" (Extended Version)
"Foreign Affair"
"In High Places
In High Places (song)
"In High Places" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1987 . "In High Places" is from the album Crises, "Poison Arrows" is from Discovery and "Jungle Gardenia" is a non-album track....

"
"Crime of Passion"
"Tricks of the Light
Tricks of the Light
"Tricks of the Light" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984 . It is from the album Discovery. Maggie Reilly and Barry Palmer perform vocals for this song.- Music video :...

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"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...

" (Extended Version)
"Etude"
"Evacuation"

Disc three

"Sentinel
Sentinel (song)
"Sentinel" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1992. The single features a restructured, shorter version of "Sentinel", from the album Tubular Bells II.- Charts :...

" (Single Restructure)
"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....

" (Extended Version)
"Shine
Shine (Mike Oldfield song)
"Shine" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1986 . "Shine" features Jon Anderson on vocals.- Music video :The music video for "Shine" features use of computer graphics, such as a computer generated game of chess. Oldfield plays a Gibson SG guitar in the video. The video is available...

" (Extended Version)
"Islands
Islands (Mike Oldfield song)
"Islands" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1987 . It is from the album of the same name, Islands. "Islands" features Bonnie Tyler on vocals.- Track listing :# "Islands" – 5:35...

" (12" Mix)
"Flying Start
Flying Start
"Flying Start" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1988 . It is from the September 1987 album Islands.Unusually for an Oldfield 12-inch at that time, the extended duration was achieved simply by a short introductory instrumental that bears no musical relation to the rest of the song...

" (12" Version)
"The Time Has Come
The Time Has Come (Mike Oldfield song)
"The Time Has Come" is a single by multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released in 1987 on Virgin Records."The Time Has Come" features Oldfield's then partner and former child singer, Anita Hegerland, on vocals and is from the album Islands...

" (12" Version)
"Innocent
Innocent (Mike Oldfield song)
"Innocent" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1989 . It is from the album Earth Moving. "Innocent" features vocals from Anita Hegerland.- Inspiration :...

" (12" Mix)
"Earth Moving
Earth Moving (song)
"Earth Moving" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1989 . It is from the album of the same name. "Earth Moving" features Nikki "B" Bentley on vocals.- Music video :...

" (Club version)
"Amarok
Amarok (album)
Amarok is the 13th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1990. It is considered by fans to be his most distinctive work: a single sixty-minute track of continuous, uninterrupted but constantly-changing music....

" (Africa I)
"Heaven's Open
Heaven's Open (song)
"Heaven's Open" is a single by musician Michael Oldfield, released in 1991 . It was the lead single from the album of the same name...

" (mistitled as the 12" Version, although it is the album version)
"Hibernaculum
Hibernaculum (song)
"Hibernaculum" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1994. It is from the album The Songs of Distant Earth. "Moonshine" is a remix of the final part of Tubular Bells II.It charted at number 47 in the UK Singles Chart.- UK CD 1 :...

" (Single Edit)
"Women Of Ireland
Women of Ireland (Mike Oldfield single)
"Women of Ireland XXV" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1997. It is from the 1996 Voyager album. It is a version of the traditional folk song, "Women of Ireland"....

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"Far Above The Clouds
Far Above the Clouds
"Far Above the Clouds" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in April 1999 . The single is the final track from the album Tubular Bells III...

" (Single Edit)
"The Millennium Bell
The Millennium Bell
The Millennium Bell is the 20th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1999 . The theme of the album is a reflection of different periods of human history. The album borrows its name from the dawning of the 3rd millennium and Oldfield's Tubular Bells series of albums...

" (Remix)
"To Be Free" (Radio Edit)

External links

Tubular.net - Mike Oldfield discography - The Platinum Collection
The Platinum Collection official website at EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

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