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Moonlight Shadows is the seventeenth album by British instrumental group The Shadows, released in 1986 through Polydor Records. The album reached number 6 in a 16-week run on the UK Album Charts . [ 2 ]
Moonlight Shadow: The Collection is a compilation album by British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. It was released on 22 April 2013 in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ] The title is from Oldfield and Maggie Reilly 's 1983 song " Moonlight Shadow " which topped many European charts.
The album contains a number of pop songs, which Oldfield had been encouraged by Virgin Records to write, following the success of "Moonlight Shadow" from his previous album, Crises. The first track of the album, "To France", with Maggie Reilly on vocals, seamlessly continues into the second track, "Poison Arrows", sung by Barry Palmer.
Other related releases include a 4-CD box set and a video album. This compilation was released by Virgin after Oldfield had left the label, but includes "Sentinel" from Tubular Bells II courtesy of the Warner label. Two of Oldfield's previous hits, "In Dulci Jubilo" and "Moonlight Shadow", were reissued alongside the album.
"Moonlight Shadow" is a song written and performed by English multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, released as a single in May 1983 by Virgin Records, and included on his eighth album, Crises, of the same year. [5]
The "Moonlight Shadow" single from this album includes the rare track "Rite of Man". The album was recorded from November 1982 to April 1983 at Tilehouse Studios in Denham , Buckinghamshire, using an Ampex ATR 124 tape recorder, a Neve 8108 with Necam console and Westlake Monitors.
Mike Oldfield – "Moonlight Shadow" Orange Juice – "Rip It Up" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – "Genetic Engineering" Ryan Paris – "Dolce Vita" The Police – "Every Breath You Take", "Wrapped Around Your Finger" Sharon Redd – "In the Name of Love" Shakin' Stevens – "Cry Just a Little Bit", "It's Late"
Shadows in the Moonlight" was Murray's third No. 1 single on the country chart and fourth overall (counting "You Needed Me," which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978). "Shadows in the Moonlight" was released during Murray's peak as a crossover artist, and the song was one of several that also charted on the Hot 100.