Mike Oldfield 69th Birthday Special 05-15-22

This is a special four hour radio show celebrating the birthday of English composer Mike Oldfield. Host Jake Longwell explores much of Mike's music from Tubular Bells through Return to Ommadawn. Nearly 50 years of music jam packed in this four hour tribute. This is a follow up to a similar tribute/special which was broadcast on May 15th, 2016, which can be found here. Enjoy!

Listen Hour 1
Listen Hour 2
Listen Hour 3
Listen Hour 4

Hour One Segment One

Tubular Bells Opening Theme "From the Exorcist"/Mike Oldfield's Single
Digital Album: Tubular Bells Digital Deluxe Edition (Mercury)

Hour One Segment Two

Hergest Ridge, Part Two (Excerpt)
CD: Hergest Ridge (Virgin)

Hour One Segment Three

Theme From Ommadawn
Single: Theme From Ommadawn (Virgin)

On Horseback
CD Box Set: Elements: The Best of Mike Oldfield (Virgin)

Hour One Segment Four

David Bedford: Star's End, Part 1 (Excerpt)
CD: Star's End (Virgin)

David Bedford: Instructions for Angels
CD: Instructions for Angels (Virgin)

David Bedford: The Phaeacian Games
CD: The Odyssey (Virgin)

Hour One Segment Five

Incantations, Part Two (Excerpt)
CD: Incantations (Virgin)

Hour Two Segment One

Guilty/Woodhenge/Blue Peter
CD Box: Elements (Virgin)

Celt
CD: QE2 (Virgin)

Mount Teidi
CD: Five Miles Out (Virgin)

Hour Two Segment Two

Crime of Passion/Jungle Gardenia/To France
CD Box: Elements (Virgin)

In the Pool
Double CD: Discovery Deluxe Edition (Mercury)

Shine
Single: Shine (Virgin)

The Path
CD Box: Elements (Virgin)

Flying Start
CD: Islands (Virgin)

Innocent
CD: Earth Moving (Virgin)

Amarok (Excerpt)
CD Box: Elements (Virgin)

Hour Three Segment One

Music From the Balcony
CD: Heaven's Open (Virgin)

HOur Three Segment Two

Tattoo
CD: Tubular Bells II (Warner)

Moonwatch
CD: Tubular Bells III (Warner)

Harmonics
CD: Tubular Bells 2003 (Warner)

Hour Three Segment Two

Indian Lake
Single: Let There Be Light (Warner)

Song of the Boat Men
CD Single: Hibernaculum (Warner)

Voyager
CD: Voyager (Warner)

Out of Sight
CD: Guitars (Warner)

Peace On Earth
CD: The Millennium Bell (Warner)

Hour Four Segment One

Misty
CD: Tr3s Lunas (Warner)

Sunset/Nightshade
Double CD: Light + Shade (Mercury)

Hour Four Segment Two

The Tempest/Musica Universalis
CD: Music of the Spheres (Mercury)

Chariots
Double CD: Man on the Rocks (Virgin/EMI)

Hour Four Segment Three

Return to Ommadawn, Part One
CD: Return to Ommadawn (Virgin/EMI)