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Return To Ommadawn

Release Date: January 20, 2017
Location: The Bahamas

Return To Ommadawn cover

1. Return To Ommadawn, Pt. I 21:06
2. Return To Ommadawn, Pt. II 20:57

SECTIONS
INTRO
Spanish Tune Acoustic
Mandolins 1
Spanish Tune 2
Mandolins 2
High Bridge 1
Spanish Tune 3
High Bridge 2
Bodhrans
Fast Tune 1
Fast Tune Bridge 1
Fast Tune 2
Fast Tune Bridge 2
Fast Tune Boogie 1
Fast Tune Break
Grand Tune 1
Victory V 1
Victory V 2
Victory V 3
Reef Intro
REEF 1
BASS SOLO
HeavyFUZZ
FUZZ TUNE 2
AFRICA 2
Big WhistleTune
BWT END
END TUNE
CLIMAX ENDING
JIG
JIG 2
WhistleInt
Tune 1
EthnicFlute 1
2 Spanish
Glock 1 Riff
GIok 2 Elec
Glok 3 Mandolins
EthnicFlute 2
Tune 1 *2GT
Not Happy
BIG Tune
Soft Tune
Bolero
Bolero Blues
Glock 3 Blues Guitar
WhistIeMIX
Africa 1
CHANT 1
AF PIANO
AF QUIET
AF ACOUSTICS
AF BASS
AF GIBSON SOLO
CODA

Produced and Engineered by Mike Oldfield

INSTRUMENTS USED RETURN TO OMMADAWN

STRINGS.
ACOUSTIC STEEL - ANDY MANSON HERON
FLAMENCO - PACO DE LUCIA
BASS - FENDER ROSCOE BECK
ACOUSTIC BASS - FENDER KINGMAN
GIBSON - SG STANDARD P.90
FENDER - TELECASTER
FENDER - STRATOCASTER
PRS - SIGNATURE
MANDOLINS - OVATION AND WASHBURN
BANJO
UKULELE
CELTIC HARP

KEYBOARDS.
ORGANS - VOX CONTINENTAL, FARFISA AND HAMMOND
MELLOTRON
SOLINA
CLAVIOLINE
GRANDMA'S PUB PIANO

PERCUSSION.
BODHRAN
AFRICAN TABLE DRUMS
GLOCKENSPIEL

WHISTLES.
PENNY WHISTLES IN B♭, C, D, E♭, F AND G

AMPLIFIER.
MESA BOOGIE MARK FIVE


Personnel

The Penrhos Kids (musician)

Jason, Ivan, Abigail and Briony Griffiths. Children of the owners of the Penrhos Court Hotel near Kington, where Mike often played music with Les Penning while he was working on Ommadawn.

The Penrhos Kids appear via a sample of On Horseback from the original Ommadawn, used at the end of Part Two.

Also appears in: Ommadawn


Clodagh Simmonds (musician)

Had previously been a member of Irish progressive folk band 'Mellow Candle' as well as having played Harpsicord and Mellotron on the song 'Sarah' on Thin Lizzy's 'Shades of a blue orphanage' in 1972. The group's drummer was Mike's friend William Murray. She also sang with the group Jade Warrior, alongside Jon Field (flute on Tubular Bells).

Clodagh's vocal chant from the original Ommadawn was digitally manipulated by Mike into a new one, partly using reversed segments. It appears towards the end of Part One.

Also appears in: Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Amarok, Tubular Bells III



Instruments

Headphones
AKG K702-65 A special edition of the AKG K702 open backed headphones, produced to celebrate AKG's 65th anniversary. Shown prominently in the CD booklet.
Miscellaneous stringed instruments
Banjo
Kala KA-SSLNG ukulele Long-necked ukulele consisting of a soprano ukulele body with a concert ukulele scale length. Solid spruce top, laminated mahogany back and sides.
Celtic Harp Compact (29 string?) folk harp, decorated with Celtic patterns. Carved rosewood body, likely made in Pakistan.
Ovation MCS148 Mandolin
Washburn M1S Mandolin
Percussion instruments
African Table Drums
Bodhrán 18" bodhrán decorated with a St John Eagle from the Book of Kells. The bodhrán (pronounced as bough-rahn or bow-rahn) is an Irish frame drum made from goatskin, played with a beater called a tipper or cípín. A bodhrán was also used on Return To Ommadawn in 2016. Also used in Ommadawn, Incantations, Five Miles Out, Amarok, Voyager
2.5 octave glockenspiel in case Possibly a Yamaha YG-1210
Wind instruments
Penny Whistles By Generation and Waltons, in B♭, C, D, E♭, F and G. Used on Return To Ommadawn.
Electric guitars
White Telecaster with maple fretboard Presumably by Fender Shown in one of Mike's collage photos.
Fender Mark Knopfler signature Stratocaster Used in the Bahamas era. Also used in Tubular Beats, Man on the Rocks
2013 (?) Fender Classic Player Telecaster Deluxe with Tremolo – 2-Colour Sunburst Used by Mike in the Bahamas era.
Photo
Also used in Tubular Beats, Man on the Rocks
2015 Gibson SG Standard P-90 T – Heritage Cherry Photo
1989 PRS Signature, Vintage Yellow A particularly high grade, limited edition, version of the Custom 24. In Vintage Yellow.
Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo Photo
Also used in Earth Moving, Amarok, Tubular Bells II, The Songs of Distant Earth, Voyager, Tubular Bells III, Tubular Bells 2003, Light + Shade
Steel-string acoustic guitars
2013 Andy Manson Heron Acoustic guitar
Photo
Bass guitars
Fender Kingman Acoustic bass
2007 Fender Roscoe Beck Bass® IV – 3-Colour Sunburst Used in the Bahamas era
Photo Photo Photo
Also used in Man on the Rocks
Amps
2015 MESA/Boogie® MARK FIVE: 35™ Photo
Fender Twin Reverb Also used in Ommadawn, Incantations, Exposed, Discovery, Tubular Bells 2003
Pianos
Grandma's pub piano Sampled (?) piano used on Return To Ommadawn.
Organs
Farfisa Professional Organ Return To Ommadawn used a Farfisa sotware emulation.
Photo
Also used in Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge, Ommadawn, Incantations, Crises, Amarok, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells 2003
1970 Hammond L.122 Organ Return To Ommadawn used an Hammond software simulation. Also used in Amarok, Heaven's Open, Tubular Bells II, Tubular Bells 2003
Vox Continental Organ Return To Ommadawn used a Vox software emulation. Also used in Amarok
Synthesisers
Clavioline Clavioline software emulation used on Return To Ommadawn.
Solina string ensemble String synthesiser produced by the Dutch organ company Eminent and later rebadged by ARP. It owed much of its sound to its ensemble effect, created by running the sound through three LFO-modulated delay lines. Mike used a software emulation of a Solina rather than the real thing on this album.

Also used in Ommadawn, Incantations, Platinum, QE2, Five Miles Out, Crises
Other keyboards
IK Multimedia iRig Keys 37 key mini keyboard controller
Mellotron Sold 16/10/1980 at Jackson's music auction at EMI's Abbey Road recording studios; Lot 59; $160 - $1000. Return To Ommadawn used a Mellotron software emulation.
Microphones
Apogee MiC USB microphone Shown in one picture in Mike's photo-collage on the album sleeve.
Neumann U87 Large diaphragm condenser microphone with selectable polar patterns. Can be seen in Mike's photo collage on the album sleeve; it looks new, and a Neumann box can be seen in another photo.

Also used in Ommadawn, Incantations
Loudspeakers
Bang & Olufsen BeoLab 4 computer speakers Small pyramid-shaped active speakers, which Mike keeps on top of his Yamaha HS50M monitoring speakers. The BeoLabs are presumably for checking what his mixes are like on consumer-grade equipment. Also used in Man on the Rocks
Yamaha HS50M 5" active studio monitors. Used in the smaller recording setup in Mike's Bahamas home. Also used in Man on the Rocks
Yamaha HS80M 8" active studio monitors. Also used in Music of the Spheres, Tubular Beats, Man on the Rocks


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