Mike Oldfield

  • Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn [Virgin Records PZ 33913] (28 October 1975)
  • Mike Oldfield - QE2 [Epic / Virgin Records FE 37358] (31 October 1980)

Biography

Michael Gordon ''Mike'' Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English musician and composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells - which launched Virgin Records and became a hit in America after its opening was used as the theme for the film The Exorcist. He also recorded the 1983 hit single ''Moonlight Shadow'' and a rendition of the Christmas piece ''In Dulci Jubilo''.

Oldfield has released more than 20 albums with the most recent being a sequel to his 1975 album Ommadawn titled Return to Ommadawn. It was released on 20 January 2017. [wikipedia.org]