Elements Box is a 4CD box set by Mike Oldfield

Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age, and more recently, dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature...

 released in 1993 (see 1993 in music

1993 in music

This is a summary of significant events in music in 1993.-January–February:*January 8 – The U.S. Postal Service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. The design was voted on in February 1992....

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Disc artwork

Each CD covers a different period of time in Oldfield's work and has a different cover; disc one's cover is red, depicting fire, disc two's cover is blue, depicting water, disc three's cover is also blue, depicting the sky (i.e. air) and disc four's cover is green depicting a plant and seeds (i.e. earth) - the four elements

Classical element

Many philosophies and worldviews have a set of classical elements believed to reflect the simplest essential parts and principles of which anything consists or upon which the constitution and fundamental powers of anything are based. Most frequently, classical elements refer to ancient beliefs...

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Disc 1

1. "Tubular Bells
   Tubular Bells
   Tubular Bells is the debut record album of English musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1973. It was the first album released by Virgin Records and an early cornerstone of the company's success...
   
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2. "Tubular Bells Part 2"
3. "Hergest Ridge
   Hergest Ridge (album)
   Hergest Ridge is the second record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1974 on Virgin Records.Oldfield was not comfortable with the public attention that had come from the success of Tubular Bells, and retreated to the English countryside to work on the follow-up...
   
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4. "In Dulci Jubilo"
5. "Portsmouth"
6. "Vivaldi Concerto in C"

Disc 2

1. "Ommadawn
   Ommadawn
   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 :...
   
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2. "On Horseback"
3. "William Tell Overture"
4. "Argiers"
5. "First Excursion"
6. "Sailor's Hornpipe"
7. "Incantations" (Part 2) (Excerpt)
8. "I'm Guilty"
9. "The Path"
10. "Blue Peter"
11. "Woodhenge"
12. "Punkadiddle" (Live)
13. "Polka" (Live)

Disc 3

1. "Platinum" (Parts 3 and 4)
2. "Arrival
   Arrival (song)
   "Arrival" is a 1976 song by ABBA featured on their album of the same name. It is an instrumental piece, mainly the brainchild of member Benny Andersson and had the working titles of "Fiol", "Ode to Dalecarlia" & "Arrival in Dalecarlia".- Background :...
   
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3. "Taurus"
4. "QE2
   QE2 (album)
   QE2 is the sixth record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1980 on Virgin Records.The album contained both original Oldfield compositions as well as two cover version of pieces recorded by other bands .- Album analysis :The longest tracks on the album are "Taurus I" and the title track, "QE2",...
   
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5. "Wonderful Land
   Wonderful Land
   "Wonderful Land" is an instrumental piece which was released as a single by The Shadows in 1962. It stayed at #1 in the UK for more weeks than any other single during the whole of the 1960s....
   
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6. "Sheba
   Sheba (song)
   "Sheba" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1980 . It is from the album QE2. In many countries the Shadows cover, "Wonderful Land", was the A-side, while the B-side was "Sheba"....
   
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7. "Five Miles Out
   Five Miles Out (song)
   "Five Miles Out" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1982 . It is from the album Five Miles Out and features vocals by Maggie Reilly.- Song analysis :The song make numerous references to flight...
   
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8. "Taurus II"
9. "Family Man
   Family Man (song)
   "Family Man" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1982 . It was released from the album Five Miles Out, with vocals performed by Maggie Reilly.- Lyrical content :...
   
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10. "Mount Teide"
11. "Waldberg (The Peak)"
12. "Crises"
13. "Moonlight Shadow
    Moonlight Shadow
    "Moonlight Shadow" is a pop song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 and included in the album Crises of the same year. The vocals were performed by Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly, who had joined Mike Oldfield in 1980...
    
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14. "Foreign Affair
    Foreign Affair (Mike Oldfield song)
    "Foreign Affair" is a pop song written by Maggie Reilly and Mike Oldfield, which first appeared on Oldfield's 1983 album Crises.On "Foreign Affair" Oldfield plays a Fairlight CMI and Roland Strings. Maggie Reilly provides vocals, and the co-producer, Simon Phillips plays Tama Drums and a Shaker....
    
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Disc 4

1. "Shadow on the Wall
   Shadow on the Wall
   "Shadow on the Wall" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1983. It is taken from Oldfield's album Crises. English rock singer Roger Chapman performs vocals on "Shadow on the Wall".- B-side :...
   
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2. "Taurus III"
3. "Crime of Passion"
4. "Jungle Gardenia"
5. "To France
   To France
   "To France" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984. It is from the album Discovery and features Maggie Reilly on vocals.It references Mary Stuart in its chorus...
   
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6. "Afghan"
7. "Tricks of the Light
   Tricks of the Light
   "Tricks of the Light" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984 . It is from the album Discovery. Maggie Reilly and Barry Palmer perform vocals for this song.- Music video :...
   
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8. "Étude
   Étude (song)
   "Étude" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1984 . It is from the album The Killing Fields, the soundtrack album for the film of the same name . It was reissued in 1990, when it was used in a commercial for Nurofen...
   
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9. "Evacuation"
10. "Legend"
11. "Islands
    Islands (Mike Oldfield song)
    "Islands" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1987 . It is from the album of the same name, Islands. "Islands" features Bonnie Tyler on vocals.- Track listing :# "Islands" – 5:35...
    
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12. "The Wind Chimes
    The Wind Chimes
    The Wind Chimes is a video album by Mike Oldfield released in 1988 on VHS and Laserdisc by Virgin. It features the full video album for 1987's Islands along with a number of Oldfield's other music videos from the 1980s....
    
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13. "Flying Start
    Flying Start
    "Flying Start" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1988 . It is from the September 1987 album Islands.Unusually for an Oldfield 12-inch at that time, the extended duration was achieved simply by a short introductory instrumental that bears no musical relation to the rest of the song...
    
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14. "Magic Touch
    Magic Touch (song)
    "Magic Touch" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1988 . It is from the album Islands.- Charts :The song charted at number 10 on the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart.- Release details :...
    
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15. "Earth Moving
    Earth Moving (song)
    "Earth Moving" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1989 . It is from the album of the same name. "Earth Moving" features Nikki "B" Bentley on vocals.- Music video :...
    
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16. "Far Country"
17. "(One Glance Is) Holy
    (One Glance Is) Holy
    " Holy" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1989 . It is from the album Earth Moving. Lead vocals are by Adrian Belew of King Crimson...
    
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18. "Amarok
    Amarok (album)
    Amarok is the 13th record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1990. It is considered by fans to be his most distinctive work: a single sixty-minute track of continuous, uninterrupted but constantly-changing music....
    
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19. "Heaven's Open
    Heaven's Open (song)
    "Heaven's Open" is a single by musician Michael Oldfield, released in 1991 . It was the lead single from the album of the same name...
    
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