Michael Gordon Oldfield is an English musician,songwriter,and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973),which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a guitarist,Oldfield plays a range of instruments,which includes keyboards and percussion,as well as vocals. He has adopted a range of musical styles throughout his career,including progressive rock,world,folk,classical,electronic,ambient,and new age music.
Sally Patricia Oldfield is an Irish singer-songwriter. She is the sister of composers Mike and Terry Oldfield.
Crises is the eighth studio album by English musician and songwriter Mike Oldfield,released on 27 May 1983 on Virgin Records. Oldfield started recording the album towards the end of his 1982 tour supporting his previous record,Five Miles Out. It marked a continuation of Oldfield's experimentation with more accessible music which began in the late 1970s;side one contains the 20-minute "Crises" and side two contains a collection of shorter songs which feature vocalists Maggie Reilly,Jon Anderson,and Roger Chapman. Oldfield produced Crises with drummer Simon Phillips,who also plays on the album.
Listen Here! is a sampler album released by Transatlantic Records in 1968. It was the second significant UK contemporary music sampler release in the period.
Exposed is the first live album by English musician Mike Oldfield,released as a double album on 27 July 1979 by Virgin Records in the UK. It was recorded at various locations across Europe during Oldfield's debut concert tour as a solo artist,following the release of his fourth studio album Incantations (1978). The album features Incantations and his debut album Tubular Bells (1973) performed in their entirety,plus Oldfield's 1979 non-album single "Guilty" as the encore.
Ommadawn is the third studio album by English musician,multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield,released on 3 November 1975 on Virgin Records.
Platinum is the fifth studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield,released on 23 November 1979 on Virgin Records. It was Oldfield's first album to include shorter songs and music written by others. A modified version of the album was released in the United States and Canada and titled Airborn.
QE2 is the sixth studio album by Mike Oldfield,released in 1980 on Virgin Records. The album was named after the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2.
Strangers Almanac is the second studio album by American alternative country band Whiskeytown,released on July 29,1997,on Geffen and Outpost Records. The album was reissued as a deluxe edition with bonus tracks and an additional disc of previously unreleased material on March 4,2008.
"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. The vocals were performed by Scottish vocalist Maggie Reilly,who had collaborated with Mike Oldfield since 1980. It is Oldfield's most successful single,reaching number one on numerous charts around Europe.
Discovery is the ninth studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield,released on 25 June 1984 on Virgin Records. It comprises a number of pop songs,most notably the single "To France",as well as the instrumental "The Lake".
Fairytale is the second album from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It was first released in the UK on 22 October 1965 through Pye Records. The US version of Fairytale was released by Hickory Records in November 1965 with a slightly different set of songs. Peter Eden,Geoff Stephens and Terry Kennedy produced the original album.
Pied Piper is the twentieth studio album,by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It marks the third album of his children's music,after the For Little Ones portion of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden and H.M.S. Donovan. Pied Piper was released in both the UK and US on 19 March 2002.
Live at the London Palladium is a live double album by soul musician Marvin Gaye,released March 15,1977,on Tamla Records. Recording sessions took place live at several concerts at the London Palladium in London,England,in October 1976,with the exception of the hit single "Got to Give It Up",which was recorded at Gaye's Los Angeles studio Marvin's Room on January 31,1977. Live at the London Palladium features intimate performances by Gaye of many of his career highlights,including early hits for Motown and recent material from his previous three studio albums. As with his previous live album,Marvin Gaye Live!,production of the record was handled entirely by Gaye,except for the studio portion,"Got to Give It Up",which was managed by Art Stewart.
The Sallyangie were a 1960s folk duo consisting of siblings Mike and Sally Oldfield. In 1968 they released their first and only album Children of the Sun. The duo split in late 1969 after limited success and a national tour. Both members have released albums since to greater success.
McGear is the second and final solo album by English singer Mike McGear,released in 1974. The album is a collaboration between McGear and his brother Paul McCartney,who co-wrote and produced the record. All backing tracks on the album are performed by McCartney and his band Wings,occasionally accompanied by guest artists. Lead vocals are sung by McGear.
"Mike Oldfield's Single" is the debut single by the English musician Mike Oldfield,released in 1974.
Exposed is a live concert video by Mike Oldfield recorded in 1979 at Wembley Conference Centre. The live album of the same name was released in 1979;it also had the same artwork. A DVD version of the concert was released in 2005. It was part of the Tour of Europe 1979.
The Mathematician's Air Display is the third album by Pekka Pohjola,released in 1977 by Virgin Records. Esoteric Recordings is reissuing the album on 25 January 2010.
Ear of Beholder is the debut double LP by British saxophonist Lol Coxhill,released in 1971 by John Peel's Dandelion Records in the UK,Ampex Records in the U.S. and Canada,and reissued at different times by various labels around the world,in different formats.
