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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. |
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about Mike Oldfield
Homeless pets grace stamps Date: 30 Dec 2009
Straits Times -
LONDON - CLASSIC album covers including Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and Blur's Parklife alongside adopted pets and the world's oldest scientific society will appear on British postage stamps in 2010. Pink Floyd will also grace the series of 10 classic album cover stamp series. In February, the Royal Mail will celebrate the 100th birthday of Girl Guides and mark the 350th anniversary of the ...
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Classic albums' stamp of approval Date: 29 Dec 2009
Belfast Telegraph -
Blur and Mike Oldfield will have album covers featured on new stamps being released in 2010, the Royal Mail has revealed. Related Stories Blue Peter salutes Take That's Gary Anthea Turner gets extra organised Susan: Botox left me like an ape Lil Wayne says farewell before jail Black Eyed Peas love online fans
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Album covers, homeless pets to grace UK 2010 stamps Date: 29 Dec 2009
Yahoo.com -
Classic album covers including Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and Blur's Parklife alongside adopted pets and the world's oldest scientific society will appear on British postage stamps in 2010.
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Royal Mail special stamps to celebrate classic albums Date: 28 Dec 2009
Times Online -
Classic album covers including Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells and Blur’s Parklife will be featured on stamps released next month. They will be followed in February by stamps to mark the 100th anniversary of Girl Guiding, and the 150th anniversary of Battersea Dogs’ Home will be celebrated in March.
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New Order, Clash, Blur, Bowie Album Covers Immortalized With Stamps Date: 16 Oct 2009
Pitchfork -
As pictured above, they are (clockwise from top left): Pink Floyd's The Division Bell , Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head , Blur's Parklife , New Order's Power, Corruption & Lies , the Rolling Stones' Let It Bleed , David Bowie's The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars , Primal Scream's Screamadelica , Led Zeppelin's IV , Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells , and the Clash's ...
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The IoS Diary Date: 29 Aug 2009
Independent -
The wilfully enigmatic Mike Oldfield has been giving a number of interviews, which in itself is a bit of a surprise given that he hates answering questions that start with a "why". He remembers his first interview to promote his early Seventies mega-success Tubular Bells , when his interlocutor asked him why he'd written it. "I pondered my answer for about 20 minutes and I couldn't come up with ...
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Devil to be Invoked at the O2 Date: 02 Jun 2009
Londonist -
Well, you never know. This isn't quite as exciting as it sounds, so banish images of naked midnight cavortings. At 6pm on the 6th of the 6th (that's this Saturday), bells are to ring out around the world in celebration of a re-working of godfather of electronica Mike Oldfield's classic album Tubular Bells . So one for hippy campanologists rather than devil worshippers, although the timing (apart ...
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The Orb To Perform Tubular Bells Date: 31 May 2009
Undercover -
House pioneers The Orb will pay tribute to Mike Oldfield`s classic `Tubular Bells` with a special performance of the piece called Orbular Bells.
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