MIKE OLDFIELD VERY RARE WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING The 1984 Suite
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MIKE OLDFIELD VERY RARE WHITE LABEL TEST PRESSING
The 1984 Suite catalogue number 474 779-1.
1 of only 5 copies worldwide!
The album is in excellent condition.
1984 Suite was released in January 2016 as part of the reissue campaign of Mike Oldfield’s back catalogue alongside Killing Fields and Discovery.
The album features two previously unreleased tracks: "The Royal Mile", which is labelled as a newly rediscovered track from the 1984 period, but is in fact a re-worked version of "Afghan", a B-side of "Tricks of the Light"; and "Zombies", a reworking of the song "Poison Arrows" with the original vocals replaced by robotic "Stephen Hawking" style vocals with the lines "Somebody's out to get you" replaced with "Zombies are out to get you". Oldfield said in the deluxe edition liner notes, "My boys were going through a zombie phase ... and I had the idea to remake the song about zombies that are out to get you. It is really for kids and for Halloween. The album also contains a slightly longer version of "The Lake" than the version on Discovery. All tracks were newly re-mixed from the original multitrack tapes.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Mike Oldfield, except "Étude"" by Francisco Tárrega, arranged by Oldfield.
1. "To France" – 4:47
2. "The Lake" – 13:42
3. "The Killing Fields" – 2:44
4. "Étude" – 4:37
5. "The Royal Mile" – 3:36
6. "Zombies" – 3:45
7. "Discovery" – 4:27
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