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David Bedford's album Stars End featuring Mike on guitar and bass has been remastered and reissued by Esoteric Recordings. The piece was recorded in Barking Town Hall (for its acoustic properties) in 1974 and an excerpt of it featured on the collaborations section of Mike's Boxed album. Thanks VickyWednesday, 16 May 2012  3 commentsAnother 365-day journey around the sun. Happy 59th birthday, Mike! Monday, 14 May 2012 22 commentsThe io9.com daily web publication covering science, science fiction, and the future has published a list of 100 Albums Every Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Should Listen To with The Songs of Distance Earth coming at at No. 43. Click here for more information. 43. Mike Oldfield - Songs of Distant Earth (1994). "It's tempting to include Oldfield's landmark Tubular Bells, from the Exorcist soundtrack, instead. But this later album is based on the Arthur C. Clarke book of the same name, and it's even more atmospheric — and much more emotional and multi-layered. You need to listen to this electronic soundscape many times to get all the cosmic stuff that's going on. As MrMilano writes over at Discogs.com, "You truly travel to another dimension when listening to [it]. I only play it on special occasions, such as on an expedition to the Teotihuacan Pyramids outside Mexico City, and this is a CD I always give new friends as a gift." - CJA" Thanks, Elf!Tuesday, 1 May 2012 6 commentsMike has recently made a few comments to speaker supplier Quested after purchasing some studio monitors from them. The comments can be found in the news section of their website. Not many comments to go on and what is said is open to interpretation - is "the project of a lifetime" his work on remastering his back catalogue of work or something new entirely? However Mike certainly seems to be working on *something*. Thanks to Blue Dolphin for spotting this and letting us know!Friday, 27 April 2012 28 commentsJust a quick note to remind our audience this is a serious website and we are not into the whole April fool's business. We are too busy anyway booking our Virgin Volcanic trips and pre-ordering the YouTube Collection. Sunday, 1 April 2012 Post a comment!Mike's brother Terry Oldfield has announced on his facebook page that he has a new album titled Journey into Space due for release July 2012. The album cover states that the album features Mike Oldfield. Thanks jjmillenium!Friday, 9 March 2012 48 commentsBASCA, PRS and others have been reported that David Bedford passed away aged 74 on Saturday 1st October 2011 following a short illness. A prolific composer and musician, David is well known to the Mike Oldfield community for his involvement in a number of Mikes works including orchestrating and arranging the Orchestral Tubular Bells and Orchestral Hergest Ridge. He arranged and conducted orchestrations on a number of Mikes albums including Hergest Ridge, Incantations and The Killing Fields. David also played and provided vocals for a couple of Mikes singles - Don Alfonso and Speak (Tho' You Only Say Farewell). This news passed to us by Tati and ChrisTuesday, 4 October 2011 34 comments In the late '60s Mike recorded a number of tracks with his sister Sally as folk duo The Sallyangie. Their album Children Of The Sun is being reissued by Esoteric Records on 26th September 2011. Track listings and preorder information are available online for instance at amazon.co.uk. The reissue includes two tracks not previously available on CD - Child of Allah and Lady go Lightly. Thanks VojtechWednesday, 21 September 2011 11 commentsMichael Stanton transcribed the Incantations Part 3 solo starting at 3:30 and made it available as a PDF. He also posted a video of him playing it. Thanks for sharing, Michael!Friday, 19 August 2011 20 comments
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Mike has an interview with website The Quietus as part of the promotion of the Incantations reissue. Thanks OlafTuesday, 2 August 2011 Post a comment!Mike has been interviewed by online music site Drowned in Sound. A wide range of topics on Mikes musical career are covered including discussions of the recent and future remixes. Tuesday, 2 August 2011 10 commentsIn an interview with Music Week, republished by the California Chronicle, lyricist Don Black has hinted at new songs to come from Mike. He says "I've just written with Mike Oldfield and he sent me Tubular Bells and I thought, "What goes with that." I've got books of ideas and odd lines and I go back, "Is there anything that would fit that, maybe?" It's very helpful." Friday, 15 October 2010 31 commentsGavin Fuller, a former winner of the BBC's Mastermind show, will be appearing on Mastermind Champion of Champions with the life and music of Mike Oldfield as his specialist subject. The programme will be broadcast in most parts of the UK on BBC 2 at 19:30 on Tuesday 3rd August. Wednesday, 28 July 2010 40 comments |
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Ommadawn Deluxe
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Music of the Spheres
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Live In Montreux DVD
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Ommadawn Deluxe
Hergest Ridge Deluxe
Tubular Bells Ultimate
Tubular Bells Deluxe
Music of the Spheres
Tubular Bells 4 pianos
Changeling
Live In Montreux DVD
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 Moonlight Shadow and To France covers in Nolwenn Leroy's Bretonne album. (Thanks, Yvan Doyeux)
 Czech TV station Prima often uses a sample of Mike Oldfield's version of Abba's Arrival, as well the original Abba's piece as a TV trailer or intermezzo. (Thanks, Ondrej Misak)
The new TV channel Direct uses Moonlight Shadow as its main jingle. (Thanks, Vinz)
Reference to Mike Oldfield in Bernard Werber's besteller Nous les Dieux. The author confesses having listened to Mike's music and be inspired by it while writing his book. (Thanks, Aurélien Duvallet)
Moonlight Shadow cover in Frérérique's Irish Ties album. (Thanks, Olier)
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