Guitars (Mike Oldfield album)
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Guitars is a record album written and performed by Mike Oldfield
, released in 1999 (see 1999 in music
). The concept of the album was to only perform it using guitar-like instruments.
MIDI-equipped guitars
, which he uses to trigger drum samples and produce string-like sounds. "Four Winds" is a four-part work, whose sections are musical portraits of the four compass points (North, South, East and West)
.
The Live Then & Now 1999
tour was in promotion of this album, and Tubular Bells III
.
(Spanish acoustic) guitar at the top (and slightly to the right) going clockwise, the guitars are as follows:
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 1999 (see 1999 in music
1999 in music
-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....
). The concept of the album was to only perform it using guitar-like instruments.
Background
Oldfield plays all the music on the album, using only guitars of various types. The most remarkable usage is that of his RolandRoland Corporation
is a Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, electronic equipment and software. It was founded by Ikutaro Kakehashi in Osaka on April 18, 1972, with ¥33 million in capital. In 2005 Roland's headquarters relocated to Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture. Today it has factories in Japan,...
MIDI-equipped guitars
Guitar/synthesizer
A guitar synthesizer is any one of a number of musical instrument systems that allow a guitar player to play synthesizer sound. While the term "MIDI guitar" is often used as a synonym for the field of guitar/synthesis or for a guitar/synthesizer, MIDI is not always used...
, which he uses to trigger drum samples and produce string-like sounds. "Four Winds" is a four-part work, whose sections are musical portraits of the four compass points (North, South, East and West)
Cardinal direction
The four cardinal directions or cardinal points are the directions of north, east, south, and west, commonly denoted by their initials: N, E, S, W. East and west are at right angles to north and south, with east being in the direction of rotation and west being directly opposite. Intermediate...
.
The Live Then & Now 1999
Live Then & Now 1999
The Live Then & Now 1999 was a concert tour by the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield.- Background :Then & Now was Oldfield's second tour of the 1990s, and was Oldfield's last full tour to date. It promoted both the Guitars and Tubular Bells III albums...
tour was in promotion of this album, and Tubular Bells III
Tubular Bells III
Tubular Bells III is the 18th album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1998. A sequel to Oldfield's 1973 Tubular Bells and his 1992 Tubular Bells II albums, it was released on the 25th anniversary of the first Tubular Bells album....
.
Track listing
- "Muse" – 2:12
- "Cochise" – 5:15
- "Embers" – 3:51
- "Summit Day" – 3:46
- "Out of Sight" – 3:48
- "B. Blues" – 4:30
- "Four Winds" – 9:32
- "Enigmatism" – 3:32
- "Out of Mind" – 3:46
- "From the Ashes" – 2:28
Inner cover photo
The liner notes has a photo of Oldfield surrounded by some of his guitars, which he used on the album. From the classicalClassical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
(Spanish acoustic) guitar at the top (and slightly to the right) going clockwise, the guitars are as follows:
- José RamírezJosé RamírezRamírez Guitars is a Spanish manufacturer of high-quality classical and flamenco guitars.-History:Ramírez guitars have now been produced by four generations of the family....
Classical guitar - Fender StratocasterFender StratocasterThe Fender Stratocaster, often referred to as "Strat", is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured continuously by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation to the present. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top...
, salmon pink (1962) - MartinC. F. Martin & CompanyC.F. Martin & Company is a US guitar manufacturer established in 1833 by Christian Frederick Martin. Martin is highly regarded for its steel-string guitars, and is a leading mass manufacturer of flattop acoustics with models that retail for thousands of dollars and vintage instruments that often...
O-45 Parlour Guitar - PRSPRS GuitarsPRS Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland. PRS Guitars was founded by guitarist and luthier Paul Reed Smith in 1985. The company is one of the leading manufacturers of high-end electric guitars.-Materials:...
Custom 24 with Roland synth pickup - Fender Stratocaster, sunburst (1972)
- PRS Custom 24
- José Ramirez Flamenco guitar
- WalWal (bass)Wal is a brand of electric bass manufactured by Electric Wood Ltd. in High Wycombe, England. It was started in 1974 by electronics expert Ian Waller and luthier Pete Stevens...
4 string bass guitar - PRS McCarty Thinline
External links
- Mike Oldfield Discography - Guitars at Tubular.net