Voyager | Mike Oldfield

Vinyl LP pressing of the British guitarist's 1996 album. Since his groundbreaking 1973 debut, Tubular Bells, Oldfield has practically defined his own genre, selling more than 40 million albums worldwide in the process. Celtic themes have bubbled away in Oldfield's work as far back as Hergest Ridge in '74. Voyager expands his love of Celtic music over the course of 10 engaging instrumentals, marking a new stage in Mike's development as an artist. The self-produced set incorporates new versions of traditional songs and original compositions featuring acclaimed Irish musicians. The album had originally been recorded acoustically using only hand-played instruments. Apparently the daughter of an executive of Warner Music expressed her feelings that the album may have been a little boring; thus Oldfield added synthesizers and more instruments to the album.