Moonlight Shadow: The Collection

Moonlight Shadow: The Collection
Compilation album by
Mike Oldfield
Released22 April 2013 (2013-04-22)
2019 (vinyl)
Recorded1973 – 2008
GenrePop rock, progressive rock
Length75:36
LabelSpectrum Music
ProducerMike Oldfield, Tom Newman, Simon Heyworth, Simon Phillips, Karl Jenkins
Mike Oldfield chronology
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(2012) 		Moonlight Shadow: The Collection
(2013) 		The 1984 Suite
(2016)

Moonlight Shadow: The Collection is a compilation album by British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. It was released on 22 April 2013 in the United Kingdom.[1] The title is from Oldfield and Maggie Reilly's 1983 song "Moonlight Shadow" which topped many European charts.

The album includes selections from Oldfield's recorded output with Mercury Records. Pieces from earlier in Oldfield's career were originally released on Virgin Records but have been subsequently moved to Mercury/Universal Music. It was Universal's third Oldfield compilation album in two years.

In 2019 a vinyl with a different track listing was issued with the same title and artwork.

Track listing

2013 CD release

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Tubular Bells" (Two Sides excerpt)Mike OldfieldTubular Bells, 197313:28
2."Ommadawn" (Excerpt)OldfieldOmmadawn, 19753:37
3."In Dulci Jubilo"Johann Sebastian Bach, Robert Lucas PearsallNon-album single, 19752:50
4."First Excursion"David Bedford, OldfieldB-side to the "William Tell Overture" single, 19775:52
5."Diana" (Excerpt from "Incantations")OldfieldIncantations, 19786:32
6."Platinum" (Part One - Airborn)OldfieldPlatinum, 19795:00
7."Guilty" (7" single version)OldfieldNon-album single, 19794:13
8."Blue Peter"Herbert Ashworth-HopeNon-album single, 19792:05
9."Sheba"OldfieldQE2, 19803:31
10."Mount Teidi"OldfieldFive Miles Out, 19824:10
11."Moonlight Shadow"OldfieldCrises, 19833:37
12."Good News"OldfieldThe Killing Fields, 19841:44
13."Amarok" (Part one) (Two Sides excerpt)OldfieldAmarok, 19905:03
14."Slipstream"OldfieldLight + Shade, 20055:14
15."Sunset"OldfieldLight + Shade4:42
16."Aurora"OldfieldMusic of the Spheres, 20083:43

2019 Vinyl release

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Tubular Bells" (Two Sides excerpt)OldfieldTubular Bells, 1973 
2."Amarok" (Part one) (Two Sides excerpt)OldfieldAmarok, 1990 
3."Mike Oldfield's Stream" (Theme from Return to Ommadawn Part One)OldfieldReturn to Ommadawn, 2017 
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
4."Moonlight Shadow"OldfieldCrises, 1983 
5."Sailing"OldfieldMan on the Rocks, 2014 
6."Slipstream"OldfieldLight + Shade, 2005 
7."Guilty"OldfieldNon-album single, 1979 
8."Good News"OldfieldThe Killing Fields, 1984 
9."In Dulce Jubilo"Bach, PearsallNon-album single, 1975 

References

  1. ^ Lemieux, P. (2018). The Mike Oldfield Chronology (2nd Edition). Across The Board Books. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-926462-13-4.