| Mike Oldfield's Wonderland | ||||
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| Compilation album by Mike Oldfield | ||||
| Released | March 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1972–1979 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 51:52 | |||
| Label | Ariola | |||
| Producer | Mike Oldfield and others | |||
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Mike Oldfield's Wonderland is a compilation album by Mike Oldfield released in 1980 on vinyl in the Netherlands & Germany. The album features a new mix of "Blue Peter" known as the Dutch mix and a shorter version of "Wonderful Land" as found on Elements Box . [1]
A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.
Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit in America after its opening was used as the theme for the film The Exorcist. He recorded the 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow" and a rendition of the Christmas piece "In Dulci Jubilo".
The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Together with three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.
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Another compilation released later that year, Music Wonderland , with a similar title has been reissued on CD worldwide, although it has a different track listing.
Music Wonderland is a compilation album by Mike Oldfield released in 1981 on Virgin Records. The album has since been reissued worldwide on CD.
