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Date: Mon, 16-Apr-84 10:49:00 EST
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uokvax!emjej    Apr 16 09:49:00 1984

Re the contents of *Mike Oldfield Boxed*: they are *Tubular Bells*,
*Hergest Ridge*, *Ommadawn*, and a record of various collaborations with
other folks, most frequently David Bedford (but then, if you listen to
BBC World Service, you've probably heard Oldfield with Leslie Penning
on recorder playing "Portsmouth"; that and other Oldfield/Penning
material is to be found here, too).  The collaborations include one
wonderfully hideous rendering (rending?) of "Speak, Though You Only Say
Farewell," a ghastly Victorian song.

There's also the *original* "Sailor's Hornpipe" ending to *Tubular
Bells*, concocted by Oldfield and a fellow whose name I forget one
night after a long day's work and a long night at the local pub, in
which Vivian Stanshall (the announcer of the instruments on side one)
wanders about discussing the Manor studio (or maybe not--would anyone
*really* design a house that way?!) while Oldfield and friend clomp
about the building flailing away (nonetheless most expertly) at the
"Sailor's Hornpipe."

"...and in layman's language--is blinking well baffling."

The *Boxed* pieces are remixed (Piltdown Man is rather less prominent,
and the snare drum on *Hergest Ridge* is deleted), and in quad. The
enclosed booklet, I believe, mentions that Sally Oldfield is Mike's
sister.

						James Jones