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}} ''Ommadawn'' is the third record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1975 on Virgin Records. It peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart. The album was reissued by Mercury Records in June 2010 with additional content. == Album history == As with ''Hergest Ridge'' and ''Tubular Bells'', ''Ommadawn'' is another two-movement work. Oldfield sought out the ancient Celtic influence on English music and composed for traditional instruments such as uilleann pipes on the original LP version. A set of Northumbrian smallpipes were also recorded, and credited to "Herbie", but this recording was not used on the album. The album was recorded at Oldfield's home at The Beacon, Hergest Ridge and was the only album to be recorded there (though Oldfield's previous album shares its name with the location). The whole of the first side had to be recorded twice as the original recording was irreparably damaged as the tape shed its oxide layer.〔Sleeve notes. Ommadawn 2010 Mercury re-release〕 The cover photograph was taken by David Bailey. An SQ system quadraphonic remix version of ''Ommadawn'' was released on ''Boxed'' a year later. Oldfield's 1990 album ''Amarok'' was conceived as a sequel to ''Ommadawn'', but turned into something quite different; Virgin had been pushing Oldfield for a sequel to ''Tubular Bells''. Excerpts from ''Ommadawn'' were featured in the 1979 NASA film, ''The Space Movie''. The topic of ''Ommadawn'' is covered in the final episode of the Tony Palmer documentary series ''All You Need is Love''; episode 17 "Imagine (New Directions)".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music'' )〕 It features Oldfield and Richard Branson discussing the album along with studio footage from the time. A small portion of ''Ommadawn'' "Part One" was used as the theme music for the BBC's ''Jackanory'' on occasions when John Grant narrated his ''Littlenose'' stories. In June 2010 the album was reissued by Mercury Records; the release included a demo version of the work. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ommadawn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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