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Artist: Mike Oldfield Title: Hergest Ridge Label:   Virgin Country: UK Catalogue: V 2013 Date: Aug 1974 Format: LP Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  34 Own, 2 Want Price Guide: $10 » Search on eBay

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	Mike Oldfield	Part One	Mike Oldfield	7.3  Rate
B1	Mike Oldfield	Part Two	Mike Oldfield	7.3  Rate

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Recorded at The Manor,spring 1974.
Follow up to Tubular Bells.
Hergest Ridge was No 1 in the UK for 3 weeks,before being dethroned by Tubular Bells.
Although Hergest Ridge was released over a year after Tubular Bells.it reached No 1 in the UK first.Tubular Bells spent 11 weeks (10 consecutive) at No 2 before it's one week at the top in 1979.

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motley101 13th Jan 2019		Added alternate cover, mine has Mike Oldfield at the top and Hergest Ridge at the bottom

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Tags:  Conductor: David Bedford,  Cover Photography: Trevor ,  Oboes: June Whiting,  Oboes: Lin,  Producer: Mike Oldfield,  Recording Studio: The Manor

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