(Progressive rock) [LP] [24/96] Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn - 1975, FLAC (tracks+.cue) Japan LP 1st Pressing

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Ommadawn is the third record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1975 on Virgin Records. The cover photograph was by David Bailey. It peaked at #4 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was reissued in June 2010 with additional content.

Album history

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 Hergest Ridge, The Beacon, and was the only album to be recorded there (though Oldfield's previous album shares its name with the location).

A quadrophonic 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)".

In June 2010 the album was reissued by Mercury Records.

Personnel

Mike Oldfield – acoustic bass, acoustic guitar, banjo, bouzouki, bodhrán, classical guitar, electric bass, electric guitars, electronic organs, glockenspiel, harp, mandolin, percussion, piano, spinet, steel guitar, synthesizers, twelve-string guitar and vocals.
Herbie – Northumbrian bagpipes
Don Blakeson – trumpet
The Hereford City Band conducted by Leslie Penning – brass
Jabula (Julian Bahula, Ernest Mothle, Lucky Ranku, Eddie Tatane) – African drums
Pierre Moerlen – timpani
Paddy Moloney – uilleann pipes
William Murray – percussion
Sally Oldfield – vocals
Terry Oldfield – Panpipes
Leslie Penning – recorders
"The Penrhos Kids" (Abigail, Briony, Ivan and Jason Griffiths) – vocals on "On Horseback"
Clodagh Simonds – vocals
Bridget St John – vocals
David Strange – cello

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foobar2000 1.1.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2012-04-24 17:09:31

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Analyzed: Mike Oldfield / Ommadawn
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -0.65 dB -19.43 dB 19:25 01-Ommadawn, Part One
DR14 -0.34 dB -18.64 dB 14:06 02-Ommadawn, Part Two
DR11 -4.50 dB -19.42 dB 3:29 03-On Horseback
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Number of tracks: 3
Official DR value: DR13

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2554 kbps
Codec: FLAC

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Rip info:

Hannl "limited" Record Cleaning Machine with Rotating Brush
TT: Bergmann Audio "Magne" (with air-bearing platter)
Tonearm: Bergmann Magne (tangential/linear air-bearing tonearm)
Cartridge: Ortofon MC A 90
Phono Amp: Nagra BPS (battery driven pre amp; 100 Ohm load)
Interconnects by Silent Wire (NF-7)
Benchmark ADC 1 USB
Interconnects by ViaBlue
AC connects by Goldkabel
Wavelab 6.1 recording software (recording & manual click removal)
iZotope RX Advanced 2.0 (resampling & audio restoration)
Traders Little Helper (SBE fix on 16/44.1)

Vacuum Cleaning > Bergmann Magne > Nagra BPS > Laptop > Wavelab 6.1 (24/192) > manual click removal
analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) > resample to 24/96 (16/44.1) > split into individual Tracks > FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

No silence been removed, please burn gapless to match original tracklayout.

Ripping Note

This recorcd is courtesy of Crimson King, tx for sharing... This original japanese 1st press was very noisy on the first listening.
After a long-term washing on my RCM it plays near mint.