Mike Oldfield - Incantations (1978)
Recorded December 1977 - September 1978 at Througham
Track Listing
1. "Part one" - 19:08
2. "Part two" - 19:36
3. "Part three" - 16:58
4. "Part four" - 17:01
Total Length: 72:44
Miscellanea
-Along with some other pieces of Oldfield's work, a different version of "Part Four" was used for the soundtrack of Tony Palmer's The Space Movie; the lyrics there are from Kathleen Raine's "A Spell for Creation".
-The cover was once again done by Trevor Key. The beach in the cover photograph is Cala Pregonda, in Menorca.
-When the CD version was released, due to the shorter length of the format at the time, many early pressings have "Part Three" shortened from 16:59 down to 13:49 by cutting from the beginning. When 74-minute CDs became the norm and quality control was increased, the full cut of "Part Three" was restored. All modern pressings have the full version of the piece.
-The current CD sleeve has a different typeface than the original album. The LP artwork is shown at the top of the infobox, the CD at the bottom.
-Essentially, the first few minutes of "Part Two" are backward. When this section is played in reverse, music very closely resembling one of the main themes from "Part One" is heard.
-Early copies of the album came with a poster featuring a subtly different photograph from the one used on the cover.
Personnel
-Mike Oldfield - acoustic and electric bass guitars, electric guitars, piano, synthesizers, percussion, electronically processed vocals
-David Bedford - conductor for strings and choir
-Sebastian Bell - flutes
-Jabula - African drums
-Mike Laird - trumpet
-Pierre Moerlen - drums, vibraphones on Part 4 (credited "Pierre Moerlin" with a typo)
-Sally Oldfield - vocals
-Terry Oldfield - flutes
-Maddy Prior - vocals on Song of Hiawatha
-The Queen's College Girls Choir - vocals
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