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Hello!! Every time I get a new interesting Mike Oldfield item, I will put it first in this page. I hope they will be vinyl becuase it's the material I prefer.

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YEAR 2001

I found a lot of rare items in year 2001: three Don Alfonso vinyl 7'' singles with picture sleeve, Mirage 2lp bootleg or yellow vinyl Guilty from Portugal:

21 December 2001: My 7'' vinyl single number 250. Very rare item: the very first Mike Oldfield single from South Africa !!

SINGLE TUBULAR BELLS SOUTH-AFRICASINGLE TUBULAR BELLS SOUTH-AFRICA

17 December 2001: Canadian LP: Crises. It has an extra song, Mistake !!

LP CRISES CANADALP CRISES CANADA

11 December 2001: New american single: Magic Touch / The Wind Chimes (Part 2) !!

SINGLE MAGIC TOUCH USASINGLE MAGIC TOUCH USA

29 November 2001: A new swedish single: Five Miles Out. Thanks Jens !!

SINGLE FIVE MILES OUT SWEDENSINGLE FIVE MILES OUT SWEDEN

22 November 2001: American single. I paid only $2, very cheap. It's an old single, from 1976, with songs Portsmouth and Argiers !!

SINGLE PORTSMOUTH USASINGLE PORTSMOUTH USA

19 November 2001: A new jewel: my first single from Zimbabwe, Islands !!

SINGLE ISLANDS ZIMBABWESINGLE ISLANDS ZIMBABWE

16 November 2001: This is not one more single, this is THE SINGLE. One of the rarest Mike Oldfield items: german single from 1975, Don Alfonso (deutsche version) / In Dulci Jubilo 13927-AT.  I paid "only" 500 german marks !!

SINGLE DON ALFONSO DEUTSCHE VERSION GERMANYSINGLE DON ALFONSO DEUTSCHE VERSION GERMANY

13 November 2001: Very old single, 1974. Title: L'ESORCISTA !!

SINGLE L'ESORCISTA ITALYSINGLE L'ESORCISTA ITALY

12 November 2001: I received today the last portuguese single that I need: The Time has Come. Thanks Jon !!

SINGLE THE TIME HAS COME PORTUGALSINGLE THE TIME HAS COME PORTUGAL

2 November 2001: Today is Saint Mike Oldfield in Barcelona. It means today there is a very important record fair in Barcelona. I bought some items, but the most important is this beautiful and mega rare yellow vinyl from Portugal. It's the only one Oldfield coloured 7'' vinyl single and one of the rarest Oldfield items !! 

SINGLE GUILTY PORTUGAL YELLOW VINYLSINGLE GUILTY PORTUGAL YELLOW VINYL

15 October 2001: Absolutely rare single. It's the only known single from Turkey: In Dulci Jubilo / On Horseback. Mega rare !!

SINGLE IN DULCI JUBILO TURKEYSINGLE IN DULCI JUBILO TURKEY

21 September 2001: Two days before my wedding I received a very interesting canadian single year 1975: Theme from Ommadawn and On Horseback. Thanks Stephen !!

SINGLE THEME FROM OMMADAWN CANADASINGLE THEME FROM OMMADAWN CANADA

7 September 2001: Very interesting canadian old single: Porstmouth and Argiers, year 1976 !!

SINGLE PORTSMOUTH CANADASINGLE PORTSMOUTH CANADA

3 September 2001: Four new singles: two from New Zealand and two from South Africa. You can see here picture of  Crime of Passion from South Africa and Family Man from New Zealand !!

SINGLE CRIME OF PASSION SOUTH-AFRICASINGLE CRIME OF PASSION SOUTH-AFRICA

SINGLE FAMILY MAN NEW ZEALANDSINGLE FAMILY MAN NEW ZEALAND

27 August 2001: I paid $250 for this single: Don Alfonso french pressing with picture sleeve. Mint condition cover and vinyl. No words...

 SINGLE DON ALFONSO FRANCESINGLE DON ALFONSO FRANCE

20 August 2001: Very beautiful sampler from Japan, Virgin Sound. Songs by Robert Wyatt, Gong, Tangerine Dream, Henry Cow, etc. By Mike Oldfield we can listen three extracts: from Tubular Bells, from Hergest Ridge and from Orchestral Tubular Bells !!

LP VIRGIN SOUND PROMO JAPANLP VIRGIN SOUND PROMO JAPAN

3 August 2001: South african singles are very difficult to find. Today I received one: Arrival / Wonderful Land !!

SINGLE ARRIVAL SOUTH-AFRICASINGLE ARRIVAL SOUTH-AFRICA

30 July 2001: Mega rare and hard to find australian promotional single year 1974 from Hergest Ridge LP. A lot of writting on label, but it's an interesting item !!

SINGLE HERGEST RIDGE PROMO AUSTRALIASINGLE HERGEST RIDGE PROMO AUSTRALIA

23 July 2001: One 3'' cd-single, Amarok X-Track and one very rare quadraphonic and promotional LP, Ommadawn. !!

CD-SINGLE 3'' AMAROKCD-SINGLE 3'' AMAROK

LP OMMADAWN QUADRAPHONIC PROMO ENGLANDLP OMMADAWN QUADRAPHONIC PROMO ENGLAND

9 July 2001: I received today a packet with 5 singles from Sweden. Here you can see pictures of a couple of them. THANKS JENS !!

SINGLE BLUE PETER SWEDENSINGLE BLUE PETER SWEDEN

SINGLE FAMILY MAN SWEDENSINGLE FAMILY MAN SWEDEN

8 July 2001: canadian Moonlight Shadow !!

SINGLE MOONLIGHT SHADOW CANADASINGLE MOONLIGHT SHADOW CANADA

6 July 2001: A new Tubular Bells for my own collection. This is quadraphonic !!

LP TUBULAR BELLS QUADRAPHONIC AUSTRALIALP TUBULAR BELLS QUADRAPHONIC AUSTRALIA

15 June 2001: Interesting big packet from Germany with 1 single, 1  maxi and 6 LP's. Single is australian Take-4, maxi is Woman of Ireland promo from England. LP's are The Killing Fields from Argentina ("Los Gritos del Silencio"), Tubular Bells Half-Speed Mastered and Hergest Ridge american and promotional. Also 3 collaborations: Tom Newman "Faerie Symphony", Lol Coxhill "Ear of Beholder" and Michael Polnareff "Kamasutra".  Here you can see some pictures:

SINGLE TAKE-4 AUSTRALIASINGLE TAKE-4 AUSTRALIA

LP LOS GRITOS DEL SILENCIO ARGENTINALP LOS GRITOS DEL SILENCIO ARGENTINA

LP TUBULAR BELLS HALF-SPEED MASTERED USALP TUBULAR BELLS HALF-SPEED MASTERED USA

14 June 2001: I received today 6 singles from New Zealand. One of them is this Cuckoo Song:

SINGLE CUCKOO SONG NEW ZEALANDSINGLE CUCKOO SONG NEW ZEALAND

13 June 2001: Today I found in Barcelona record shops one very interesting Mike Oldfield item: "V, Las Cosas del Virgin Sound". It's an old sampler, year 1975, and it's the only vinyl which plays Don Alfonso extended version !!

V, LAS COSAS DEL VIRGIN SOUNDV, LAS COSAS DEL VIRGIN SOUND

11 June 2001: Very beautiful single unique cover from Holland: Wonderful Land. Thanks again to Fernando !!

SINGLE WONDERFUL LAND HOLLANDSINGLE WONDERFUL LAND HOLLAND

8 June 2001: Today I have a new single from Ireland, Pictures in the Dark. The seller is in Spain some days on holidays and we met each other in Barcelona city center. This single is a gift to me. THANKS TOM !!

SINGLE PICTURES IN THE DARK IRELANDSINGLE PICTURES IN THE DARK IRELAND

30 May 2001: Mega rare double LP bootleg Mirage. A jewel. Only 500 copies in the world of this Viena show on 20/7/1981. Very rare !!

MIRAGEMIRAGE

29 May 2001: Big packet with seven south african Mike Oldfield vinyl 7'' singles. Here you can see some of them:

SINGLE ON HORSEBACK SOUTH-AFRICASINGLE ON HORSEBACK SOUTH-AFRICA

SINGLE PORTSMOUTH SOUTH-AFRICASINGLE PORTSMOUTH SOUTH-AFRICA

SINGLE SHINE SOUTH-AFRICASINGLE SHINE SOUTH-AFRICA

SINGLE ISLANDS SOUTH-AFRICASINGLE ISLANDS SOUTH-AFRICA

SINGLE MAGIC TOUCH SOUTH-AFRICASINGLE MAGIC TOUCH SOUTH-AFRICA

28 May 2001: An incredible rare item for my own collection. Nobody heard before about this single and nowadays I don't meet any collector who has this item. It's a very rare promotional mexican single with the same song on side A and B. The song is "CENTINELA" (Sentinel) !!

SINGLE CENTINELA MEXICOSINGLE CENTINELA MEXICO

23 May 2001: Two japanese LP's: Tubular Bells and The Complete. Thanks Masaharu !!

TUBULAR BELLS JAPANTUBULAR BELLS JAPAN

THE COMPLETE JAPANTHE COMPLETE JAPAN

22 May 2001: Two more singles: Take-4 from New Zealand and Family Man from Australia. A gift from one of the biggest collectors, Fernando. Thanks a lot !! 

SINGLE TAKE FOUR NEW ZEALANDSINGLE TAKE FOUR NEW ZEALAND

SINGLE FAMILY MAN AUSTRALIASINGLE FAMILY MAN AUSTRALIA

18 May 2001: Australian single (On Horseback / In Dulci Jubilo) and one 3'' CD (Earth Moving) !!

SINGLE ON HORSEBACK AUSTRALIASINGLE ON HORSEBACK AUSTRALIA

CD-SINGLE 3'' EARTH MOVINGCD-SINGLE 3'' EARTH MOVING

8 May 2001: One portuguese single, Guilty (not yellow vinyl) and the mega rare Take-4 from Germany. ¿Why mega rare? In Germany appeared only a few copies of Take-4, but all them with a big mistake: Take-4 picture cover with Guilty german vinyl inside !!

SINGLE GUILTY PORTUGALSINGLE GUILTY PORTUGAL

SINGLE TAKE FOUR GERMANY MISPRESSINGSINGLE TAKE FOUR GERMANY MISPRESSING

27 April 2001: I hate CDs. I only like vinyl. But these 3'' CD are beautiful, so I bought them: Moonlight Shadow and Innocent !!

CD-SINGLE 3'' MOONLIGHT SHADOW EXTENDED VERSIONCD-SINGLE 3'' MOONLIGHT SHADOW EXTENDED VERSION

CD-SINGLE 3'' INNOCENTCD-SINGLE 3'' INNOCENT

26 April 2001: This vinyl was made this year, in 2001. It's Ommadawn limited edition in vinyl 180 gr. The original Ommadawn was recorded 25 years ago !!

OMMADAWN 180 GROMMADAWN 180 GR 

12 April 2001: Promotional australian single: Etude / Evacuation !!

SINGLE ETUDE PROMO AUSTRALIASINGLE ETUDE PROMO AUSTRALIA

7 April 2001: Big an very interesting packet with some rare items: australian maxi limited edition Guilty,  Mike Oldfield's single from Canada, single Wonderful Land from Portugal, rare Etude from Argentina and one very rare flexi disc: The Wind Chimes. Some images:

SINGLE ETUDE PROMO ARGENTINASINGLE ETUDE PROMO ARGENTINA

SINGLE TUBULAR BELLS CANADASINGLE TUBULAR BELLS CANADA

FLEXI DISC THE WIND CHIMES USAFLEXI DISC THE WIND CHIMES USA

MAXI GUILTY LIMITED EDITION AUSTRALIAMAXI GUILTY LIMITED EDITION AUSTRALIA

23 March 2001: Very rare argentine single and very hard to find: ASUNTO EXTRANJERO / CRISIS. And the price was incredible: I only paid $1 for it + $5 postage =  $6 !!

SINGLE ASUNTO EXTRANJERO PROMO ARGENTINASINGLE ASUNTO EXTRANJERO PROMO ARGENTINA

22 March 2001: I'm only interested in some rare CD's, only a few. Today I received a rare promotional CD from USA: A Virgin Compilation !!

CD A VIRGIN COMPILATION PROMO USACD A VIRGIN COMPILATION PROMO USA

28 February 2001: Very rare promotional german single from 1981: Arrival / Wonderful Land. It comes with a rare promo sheet !!

SINGLE ARRIVAL PROMO GERMANYSINGLE ARRIVAL PROMO GERMANY

19 February 2001: Six new singles, one from Holland, one from England, two american promos and two from  Canada. Here you can see the rarest: Holand and american promos:

SINGLE TUBULAR BELLS HOLLANDSINGLE TUBULAR BELLS HOLLAND

SINGLE THEME FROM OMMADAWN PROMO USASINGLE THEME FROM OMMADAWN PROMO USA

SINGLE PORTSMOUTH PROMO USASINGLE PORTSMOUTH PROMO USA

25 January 2001: Arrival / Polka from Germany and Family Man / Family Man promo from USA !!

SINGLE ARRIVAL GERMANYSINGLE ARRIVAL GERMANY

SINGLE FAMILY MAN PROMO USASINGLE FAMILY MAN PROMO USA

19 January 2001: I have 10 copies of this single from different countries: Moonlight Shadow / Rite of Man from Holland. I also have the same single from Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, England, Yugoslavia and Mexico !!

SINGLE MOONLIGHT SHADOW HOLLANDSINGLE MOONLIGHT SHADOW HOLLAND

17 January 2001: Old LP with Mike and Sally Oldfield: Children of the Sun. I have this LP three times, with different covers !!

LP CHILDREN OF THE SUN GERMANYLP CHILDREN OF THE SUN GERMANY

3 January 2001: Probably the best packet in my life: 7 vinyl singles, 3 maxis and 1 LP. Some very rare singles: promotional english single from The Orchestral Tubular Bells, german Mike Oldfield's single, german Don Alfonso english version with picture sleeve, spanish In Dulci Jubilo, unique cover Guilty from Holland, promotional Hergest Ridge from USA, etc. Also the very rare Gimme Back maxi and mega rare LP promo LP Collaborations from 4LP box Boxed. The most interesting pictures are:

SINGLE THE ORCHESTRAL TUBULAR BELLS PROMO ENGLANDSINGLE THE ORCHESTRAL TUBULAR BELLS PROMO ENGLAND

MIKE OLDFIELD'S SINGLE GERMANYMIKE OLDFIELD'S SINGLE GERMANY

SINGLE DON ALFONSO GERMANYSINGLE DON ALFONSO GERMANY

SINGLE IN DULCI JUBILO SPAINSINGLE IN DULCI JUBILO SPAIN

SINGLE GUILTY HOLLANDSINGLE GUILTY HOLLAND

SINGLE HERGEST RIDGE PROMO USASINGLE HERGEST RIDGE PROMO USA

MAXI GIMME BACK GERMANYMAXI GIMME BACK GERMANY

LP COLLABORATIONS PROMO ENGLANDLP COLLABORATIONS PROMO ENGLAND

 

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