Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge 50th Anniversary?

[M-K]

This somehow underrated fantastic album was released at 28th August 1974.

Wouldn't it be great to have another Atmos release like Tubular Bells last year? I enjoy the David Kosten mix.
So this would be another SDE Blu-Ray candidate for sure. It could contain:

• Original stereo mix
• New stereo mix
• The old quad mix, discrete 4.0 and lossless
• Oldfields 5.1 in uncrippled lossless format
• New Atmos Mix, done by David Kosten as example?

There are some month left...

Don't forget: Ommadawn was released at 21. October 1975...

What do you think?

 

[Simon A]

Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn are my favourites of his and I'd buy them instantly.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

This post has reminded me that I have the DVD-Video disc of this album somewhere...

 

[PurpleMoustache]

I would love if SDE kept these rolling. As someone without any of the old quad/5.1 mixes I’d love to fill in my collection along with new Atmos mixes

 

[izgoblin]

It certainly would be nice to have a definitive release of this title. It's the only one of the three that I don't have a copy that I'm totally satisfied with. My old vinyl copies have groove wear, and even though I don't dislike the 5.1 mix, I think the original stereo is my favorite. I haven't heard the quad mix presented in quad though, so that would certainly be nice.

 

[Owen Smith]

The old quad mix, discrete 4.0 and lossless

And hopefully transferred correctly this time, unlike Tubular Bells quad where side 2 has incorrect channel levels and a delay on one channel.

 

[barfle]

I haven’t heard of that one - my bad! I have Music of the Spheres and, of course, several Tubular Bells, but any Mike Oldfield is a winner by me.

 

[James Hoffmann]

Yes! Hopefully a reissue campaign will ensure! They did it with several deluxe versions a while back (the aforementioned DVD-Videos with surround mixes). Those are quite valuable now; I have a few of the titles.

 

[dobyblue]

Desperately need an upgrade on those DVD-Vs for Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn, both of which offered only paltry, lossy Dolby Digital 448 Kbps 5.1

I would buy them on Blu-ray in a heartbeat even if it was just an upgrade to lossless 5.1, but new Atmos mixes would definitely sweeten the deal and increase the excitement.