Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge (2010 Deluxe) (1974) [FLAC + MKV]

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Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge (2010 Deluxe Edition) (1974)
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Technical Information
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Artist...............: Mike Oldfield
Album................: Hergest Ridge (2010 Deluxe Edition)
Year.................: 1974/2010
Genre................: Progressive Rock/Folk
Type.................: Lossless
Duration.............: 2:03:04 (Audio) 38:08 (Video)
Number of Songs......: 10
Art..................: Included (Own scans, except booklet)

Audio Format.........: Lossless
Ripper...............: dBpowerAMP 15.1
Encoder..............: FLAC 1.3.0 (Level 5)
Hz...................: 44,100
Channels.............: Stereo/5.1
Reader...............: LiteOn iHAS524
Source...............: CD/DVD (Own Rip)

Video Container......: Matroska (MKV)
Video Stream.........: mpeg2 main, yuv420p, 720x480
Audio Stream.........: 5.1 Surround (AC3 48000Hz, 448kbps)
Bitstream............: 6400/7400kbps, approx.
Aspect Ratio.........: 16:9
Software.............: MakeMKV 1.9 Beta

*NOTE*

I used MakeMKV to rip the video content to MKV in 1 file, without intros or menus but with the two chapters present.

I left the single video tracks out.


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General Information (courtesy of Wikipedia)
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Hergest Ridge is the second record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1974 on Virgin Records. The album was reissued with bonus material and new artwork in June 2010.

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. The result was Hergest Ridge, named after the hill near Kington, Herefordshire on the border between England and Wales, and near where he was living at the time.

Hergest Ridge entered the UK album charts at number one, only to be displaced by its predecessor, Tubular Bells. Oldfield is thus one of only a few artists (among whom are The Beatles and Bob Dylan) to have defeated themselves in this manner.

On 7 June 2010 the album was re-released by Mercury Records. This came as part of a deal in which Oldfield's Virgin albums were transferred to Universal's label. Bonus features for the release include a 2010 remix of the album and the original vinyl mix of the album. There is a single disc edition[4] as well as a Deluxe Edition. Bonus tracks include "In Dulci Jubilo (For Maureen)" and "Spanish Tune". A 180 gram vinyl version was released as part of the Back to Black range.

The reissue features radically different artwork, which features a model glider and aerial photography based on Google Earth and Bluesky. According to the new liner notes, Oldfield was never entirely happy with the original album artwork and took this opportunity to commission a new cover.




Tracklists:

CD1

01) "Hergest Ridge {Part One}" (2010 stereo mix) – 19:21
02) "Hergest Ridge {Part Two}" (2010 stereo mix) – 18:50
03) "In Dulci Jubilo (For Maureen)" – 2:47
04) "Spanish Tune" – 3:11

Total Time: 44:10

CD2

01) "Hergest Ridge {Part One}" (1974 stereo mix) – 21:33
02) "Hergest Ridge {Part Two}" (1974 stereo mix) – 18:45
03) "Hergest Ridge {Part One}" (1974 demo recordings) – 20:22
04) "Hergest Ridge {Part Two}" (1974 demo recordings) – 18:13

Total Time: 1:18:54

DVD

01) "Hergest Ridge 1 & 2 2010 Surround Mix by Mike Oldfield"

Total Time: 38:08