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Steve Hillage: Fish Rising

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On April 11, 1975, “Virgin” label released “Fish Rising”, the debut Steve Hillage solo album. It was recorded at “Manor Studio” in September 1974 and, “Manor Mobile” in January 1975, and was produced by Steve Hillage and Simon Heyworth.

Personnel:

  • Steve Hillage (listed as Steve Hillfish) – lead vocals, electric guitar
  • Miquette Giraudy (listed as Bombaloni Yoni) – keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Dave Stewart– organ, piano
  • Tim Blake (listed as Moonweed) – synthesizers, tamboura
  • Mike Howlett– bass
  • Pierre Moerlen– drums, marimba, darbuka
  • Didier Malherbe (listed as Bloomdido Glid de Breeze) – sax, flute
  • Lindsay Cooper– bassoon

Track listing:

All lyrics by Steve Hillage and Miquette Giraudy, all music by Steve Hillage.

  1. Solar Musick Suite
  2. Sun Song (I Love its Holy Mystery)
  3. Canterbury Sunrise
  4. Hiram Afterglid Meets the Dervish
  5. Sun Song (reprise)
  6. Fish
  7. Meditation of the Snake
  8. The Salmon Song
  9. Salmon Pool
  10. Solomon’s Atlantis Salmon
  11. Swimming with the Salmon
  12. King of the Fishes
  13. Aftaglid
  14. Sun Moon Surfing
  15. The Great Wave and the Boat of Hermes
  16. The Silver Ladder
  17. Astral Meadows
  18. The Lafta Yoga Song
  19. Glidding
  20. The Golden Vibe / Outglid

Mike Oldfield: Hergest Ridge

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On August 28, 1974, “Virgin ” label released “Hergest Ridge”, the second Mike Oldfield album. It was recorded in 1974, at the “The Manor” and was produced by Tom Newman and Mike Oldfield.

Personnel:

  • Mike Oldfield– acoustic, electric and Spanish guitar, bass guitar, Farfisa, Gemini, Lowrey organs, glockenspiel,  gong,  mandolin,  nutcracker, sleigh bells, timpani, tubular bells
  • Sally Oldfield– vocals
  • Clodagh Simonds– vocals
  • Chilli Charles– snare drum
  • Lindsay Cooper– oboe
  • June Whiting– oboe
  • Ted Hobart– trumpet
  • William Murray – cymbal
  • Terry Oldfield– woodwinds
  • London Sinfonietta Voices – choir
  • David Bedford – strings conductor

Track listing:

All tracks by Mike Oldfield.

  1. Hergest Ridge (Part one)
  2. Hergest Ridge (Part two)
  3. In Dulci Jubilo (For Maureen)
  4. Spanish Tune