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Mike Oldfield (born Michael Gordon Oldfield, 15 May 1953, Reading, Berkshire, England) is largely known for Tubular Bells, his groundbreaking album from 1973, the success of which also bankrolled Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Records, for which Tubular Bells was the inaugural release. However, his musical career has continued for over three decades encompassing a range of styles, with varying amounts of success. According to the Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock, his style is labeled as Oldfield Progressive.
Before Oldfield started his solo career, he formed a band with his sister Sally Oldfield called The Sallyangie and later played bass with Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, alongside Ayers, David Bedford and saxophonist Lol Coxhill. At this time Kevin Ayers lent Oldfield a multitrack tape recorder, and it was on this that Oldfield began to put together what would become Tubular Bells, although Branson at one point suggested “Breakfast In Bed” as a title.
Tubular Bells is considered to be the first rock album to incorporate elements of classical composition, particularly the use of repetition with subtle variations in the minimalist style as pioneered by composers such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich and LaMonte Young, although these influences were ...
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Top 10 Mike Oldfield Songs
Moonlight Shadow
Shadow on the Wall
Sentinel
Portsmouth
Foreign Affair
Let There Be Light
Harbinger
Man in the Rain
To France
Family Man
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Top 10 Mike Oldfield Albums
Elements (Mike Oldfield 1973-1991)
Music of the Spheres
The Songs of Distant Earth
Tubular Bells III
Tubular Bells II
Voyager
Tubular Bells
Tubular Bells 2003
Crises
Guitars
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