Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge 50th Anniversary?

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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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Where it is? Robert Reed & the Tubular World do a release soon (CD, no surround), just got an email from jfk:
https://justforkicks.de/en/detail/index/sArticle/18546

But I'm still missing the 50th anniversary Atmos, 5.1, Quad and Stereo Blu-Ray of Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge. So where it is?
A tribute is very nice, but a reissue with the full slate of surround mixes would be GREAT!
 
Of course anything by Oldfield in Atmos would be solid gold... Apart from the things that have already been released in 5.1 I really wished on an Amarok remix... So much going on on that record and Atmos would really explode it in he room... My wish... 😉
 
I was pleasantly surprised to find Flowers of the Forest in Atmos on Tidal, such a beautiful track - I’ve told my wife a number of times it might be the song I have played at my funeral.
 
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