Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (2010 Deluxe Edition) (1975) [FLAC + MKV]

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Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn (2010 Deluxe Edition) (1975)
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Technical Information
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Artist...............: Mike Oldfield
Album................: Ommadawn (2010 Deluxe Edition)
Year.................: 1975/2010
Genre................: Progressive Roc/Folk
Type.................: Lossless
Duration.............: 1:44:56 (Audio) 41:36 (Video)
Number of Songs......:

Audio Format.........: Lossless
Ripper...............: dBpowerAMP 15.1
Encoder..............: FLAC 1.3.0 (Level 5)
Hz...................: 44,100
Channels.............: Stereo/5.1
Reader...............: LiteOn iHAS524
Source...............: CD/DVD (Own Rip)
Art....................: Included (own scans, except booklet: too lazy)

Video Container......: Matroska (MKV)
Video Stream.........: mpeg2 main, yuv420p, 720x480
Audio Stream.........: 5.1 Surround (AC3 48000Hz, 448kbps)
Bitstream............: 6400/7400kbps, approx.
Aspect Ratio.........: 16:9 (5.1 surround content) 4:3 (Original video clips)
Software.............: MakeMKV 1.9 Beta

*NOTE*

Used MakeMKV to rip the video content to MKV in 4 separate video files, without intros or menus.

There are actually 6 video tracks on the DVD, but two of them are combined editions of both Ommadawn tracks and the other both videoclips, so I left those out.


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General Information (courtesy of Wikipedia)
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As with Hergest Ridge and Tubular Bells, Ommadawn is another two-movement work. Oldfield sought out the ancient Celtic influence on English music and composed for traditional instruments such as uilleann pipes on the original LP version. A set of Northumbrian smallpipes were also recorded, and credited to "Herbie", but this recording was not used on the album.

The album was recorded at Oldfield's home at The Beacon, Hergest Ridge and was the only album to be recorded there (though Oldfield's previous album shares its name with the location). The whole of the first side had to be recorded twice as the original recording was irreparably damaged as the tape shed its oxide layer. The cover photograph was taken by David Bailey.

An SQ system quadraphonic remix version of Ommadawn was released on Boxed a year later. Oldfield's 1990 album Amarok was conceived as a sequel to Ommadawn, but turned into something quite different; Virgin had been pushing Oldfield for a sequel to Tubular Bells. Excerpts from Ommadawn were featured in the 1979 NASA film, The Space Movie.

The topic of Ommadawn is covered in the final episode of the Tony Palmer documentary series All You Need is Love; episode 17 "Imagine (New Directions)". It features Oldfield and Richard Branson discussing the album along with studio footage from the time.

A small portion of Ommadawn "Part One" was used as the theme music for the BBC's Jackanory on occasions when John Grant narrated his Littlenose stories.

On 7 June 2010 the album was re-released by Mercury Records. This came part of a deal in which Oldfield's Virgin albums were transferred to the label. Bonus features for the album include a 2010 5.1 mix of the album and a track titled the 'lost version'.[10] The album includes "In Dulci Jubilo", "First Excursion", "Argiers" and "Portsmouth".

The original LP artwork was restored; in previous CD issues the text had been centralised and increased in size. A 180 gram vinyl was released as a part of the Back to Black series. The digital edition contains the content from the two CDs of the Deluxe Edition. The Japanese release uses the SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) manufacturing process.

There is also a limited edition box set of the album, comprising a deluxe edition, an LP and a framed, numbered and signed print of the album artwork. Only 250 copies were produced which were sold through mikeoldfieldofficial.com and released on 14 June. There are no un-signed variants.

In his autobiography, Changeling, Oldfield states that he just wanted "sounds" not "sensible" lyrics. He asked Clodagh Simonds, one of the musicians with whom he was working, to write down the first words that came into her head. This resulted in the following in English:

Daddy's in bed, The cat's drinking milk, I'm an idiot, And I'm laughing.

The "lyrics" sung at the end of "Ommadawn (Part 1)" are:

Ab yul ann idyad awt
En yab na log a toc na awd
Taw may on omma dawn ekyowl
Omma dawn ekyowl

Oldfield states that Simonds had telephoned a relative or friend to translate into Irish for the song. The word "idiot" translated into amadán which he Anglicised into "Ommadawn" for the title of the album. Oldfield had previously denied this meaning of ommadawn, calling it a nonsense word, apparently as a ruse to enhance the mystery of his music.




Tracklists:

CD1

01) "Ommadawn Part One" (2010 stereo mix) 19:06
02) "Ommadawn Part Two" / "On Horseback" (2010 stereo mix) 17:25
03) "In Dulci Jubilo" 2:52
04) "First Excursion" 5:54
05) "Argiers" 3:59
06) "Portsmouth" 2:01

Total Time: 51:17

CD2

01) "Ommadawn Part One" (1975 stereo mix) 19:12
02) "Ommadawn Part Two" / "On Horseback" (1975 stereo mix) 17:16
03) "Ommadawn (Lost Version)" (1975 demo) 17:10

Total Time: 53:38

DVD

01) "Ommadawn Part One" (2010 5.1 surround mix) 19:07
02) "Ommadawn Part Two" / "On Horseback" (2010 5.1 surround mix) 17:22
03) "In Dulci Jubilo" 3:04
04) "Portsmouth" 2:03

Total Time: 41:36