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Hergest Ridge: The 1974 Demo - RSD 2024 - Sealed

MIKE OLDFIELD Hergest Ridge: The 1974 Demo (Record Store Day 2024 UK/EU limited edition vinyl LP. The original album was released in 1974, with the demo only available on the 2010 2-CD set, now available onvinyl for the first time, mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road. With new artwork overseen by Mike Oldfield, including photographs taken on the Ridge in 2023, The 1974 Demo offers a chance to re-evaluate this breathtaking English pastoral music of two suites performed and played by a 21-year old musician running from fame. Single pocket picture sleeve, hype sticker & factory sealed)

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Release Date 20th Apr 2023
Release Year 2024
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label EMI Mercury
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Product Catalogue No V2013-50RSD
Music Genre Male Solo
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
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By 1974, Mike Oldfield was coming to terms with the enormous success of his debut album, Tubular Bells, that has been released the previous year. Its success continued to grow stealthily, bolstered by the inclusion of the opening theme in the cinema sensation The Exorcist. The album became a phenomenon, topping the UK charts, winning a Grammy; giving a green light to Mike Oldfield’s career.

Oldfield could have at this point done anything he wanted, and he did. He disappeared. He drove west from London and settled on Kington, a beautiful market town in Herefordshire. The town is dominated by Hergest Ridge, the long, high common land with breathtaking views that stretches from the town to Gladestry in Wales. Combining flying his gliders on the Ridge and playing in the local inn, Penrhos Court, Oldfield came up with Hergest Ridge, the successor to Tubular Bells, written at The Beacon, his home there on the borders.

Mike’s demo of the album – that was ultimately released in August 1974, topping the UK chart – was first released on the 2-CD set of Hergest Ridge in 2010. Now, for Record Store Day 2024, it makes its debut on vinyl, mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road. With new artwork overseen by Mike Oldfield (including photographs taken on the Ridge in 2023), The 1974 Demo offers a chance to revaluate this breathtaking English pastoral music, two suites performed and played by a 21-year old musician running from fame.

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Recording Artist Mike Oldfield
Product Title Hergest Ridge: The 1974 Demo - RSD 2024 - Sealed
Product Information Mike Oldfield Hergest Ridge: The 1974 Demo - RSD 2024 - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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