Mike Oldfield

Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is a retired English musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a guitarist, Oldfield played a range of instruments, which included keyboards and percussion, as well as vocals. He had adopted a range of musical styles throughout his career, including progressive rock, world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient and new age music. His discography includes 25 studio albums, nine of which have reached the UK top ten. Oldfield took up the guitar at age ten and left school in his teens to embark on a music career. From 1967 to 1970, he and his sister Sally Oldfield were a folk duo, the Sallyangie, after which he performed with Kevin Ayers before starting work on Tubular Bells in 1971. The album caught the attention of Richard Branson, who agreed to make it the first-ever release on his new label Virgin Records. Its opening was used in the horror film The Exorcist, and the album went on to sell over 2.7 million copies in the UK. Oldfield followed it with Hergest Ridge (1974), Ommadawn (1975) and Incantations (1978). Like Tubular Bells, these albums consist of longform, mostly instrumental pieces. In the late 1970s, Oldfield began to tour and release more commercial and song-based music, beginning with Platinum (1979), QE2 (1980) and Five Miles Out (1982). His most successful album of this period was Crises (1983), which features the worldwide hit single "Moonlight Shadow," with the vocalist Maggie Reilly. After leaving Virgin and signing with WEA, the 1990s saw him release Tubular Bells II (1992) and Tubular Bells III (1998) among other albums, and he experimented with virtual reality and gaming content with his MusicVR project. In 2012, Oldfield performed at the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympic Games held in London, while 2017 saw the release of his final album, Return to Ommadawn. Oldfield's label announced his retirement in 2023.

Opus Revisited (Live 1973) - 2024-01-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Bells (50th Anniversary) - 2023-05-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Bells - 50th Anniversary Celebration - 2022-10-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Discovery (Deluxe / Remastered 2015) - 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Discovery (Remastered 2015) - 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

The Killing Fields (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Remastered 2015) - 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000000Z

The Studio Albums: 1992-2003 - 2014-10-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Man On The Rocks - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Man On The Rocks (Deluxe Edition) - 2014-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Crises - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Crises (Deluxe Edition) - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Crises (Super Deluxe Edition) - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Five Miles Out - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Five Miles Out (Deluxe Edition) - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Beats - 2013-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Platinum (Deluxe Edition) - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

QE2 (Deluxe Edition) - 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Ommadawn (Deluxe Edition) - 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Bells - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Bells Digital Box Set - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Mike Oldfield Collection - 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Music Of The Spheres - 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Light And Shade - 2005-09-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Light and Shade (German E Release) - 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tubular Bells 2003 - 2004-11-09T00:00:00.000000Z