„Ommadawn also sounds different, although not so much as Hergest Ridge as all the sounds and instruments are still here. At the very end you can also hear some vocal-harmonies that was drowned in the original-mix.“ lt. Vintage Progressive Rock Website, gesichtet 29. Januar 2007
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David Bedford: „It was one of these Virgin things to get more mileage out of Mike's music when he wasn't producing anything.“, lt. David Porter/Dave Walker, David Bedford Interview (Memento vom 28. Juni 2001 im Internet Archive) aus dem Magazin Airborne von 1989, Online-Version gesichtet 29. Januar 2007
„The original mix of Hergest Ridge could therefore, up until 2010, only be heard on LP and cassette (and even then, only the LPs and cassettes produced before 1976). All CD releases on Virgin Records therefore used the Boxed mix“; mikeoldfield.org: Dark Star – Hergest Ridge (Memento vom 1. November 2016 im Internet Archive)
David Bedford: „… and they felt, for once, Richard Branson that is, that he couldn't short change the public. There had to be some new material […] so we did it for the album.“, lt. David Porter/Dave Walker, David Bedford Interview (Memento vom 28. Juni 2001 im Internet Archive) aus dem Magazin Airborne von 1989, Online-Version gesichtet 29. Januar 2007
