Hergest Ridge is a hill in Herefordshire on the Welsh border near the town of Kingston. Overlooking the landscape is a house called 'The Beacon'.
It's also the name of Mike Oldfield's second album.
Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone featured it. There was a vinyl shortage in mid 1970s, so the original release had a poor sound quality. A 50th anniversary 2025 stereo-mix by Mike himself was released back then.
Hergest Ridge composed at leisure.
The town was where Oldfield retreated to, after finding the success and attention of Tubular Bells too much to bear.
He flew model planes (he would later get his own pilot's license) and played for beer in Penrhos Court (which sadly was closed recently - it would have been nice to revisit again and sit by the fire as Mike did).
Also released in the same year - a busy year for music.
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