Over the last year New Earth Records has released eight titles from Terry Oldfield’s back catalogue, published under the Terry Oldfield Classic Collection name.

There is no doubt in my mind; these titles are some of the finest new age music ever released, and Terry is most probably the best flutist in the business.

In connection with the Classic Collection New Earth has a small biography and interview with Terry.

New Earth: You talk quite openly on your website about yourself and your life and you seem very clear about what is important to you. Do you think that music has helped you to find this clarity and a connection to spirit? Or has it been the other way round?

Terry: My own personal dissatisfaction with the more acceptable viewpoints of reality has enabled me to write music that other people in like position can relate to. By going into this malaise I discover a longing that expresses itself beautifully through music because it cuts through the very thing that creates the problem – the process of thinking.

And, as always, when talking about either Terry or Sally their little brother Mike has to be mentioned. Here from Terry’s biography:

Terry: There was a fun period when my brother Mike and myself started a band called Barefoot. I enjoyed the atmosphere of that a lot. We played quite heavy stuff in various clubs but I couldn’t play the guitar for toffee! Mike later went on to become a megastar.

Well, around here Terry and Sally are megastars too

Read the biography and interview here – and here are the eight albums.