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Michael Gordon Oldfield was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 15 May 1953, to Raymond Henry Oldfield (1923–2016), [2] an English general practitioner, and Maureen (née Liston), an Irish nurse from Charleville, County Cork, who emigrated to England to pursue career in nursing.
It is available from retailers such as iTunes, [2] Play.com [3] and Amazon.co.uk. [4] Every track on the album is exclusive, and was written especially for the project. Around £45,000 has been raised for Survival International through album purchases. The album was put together by Molly Oldfield, daughter of musician Mike Oldfield. [5]
The Songs of Distant Earth is the sixteenth studio album by English musician, songwriter and producer Mike Oldfield, released on 21 November 1994 by WEA.It is a concept album [2] based on the 1986 science fiction novel The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke. [3]
Man on the Rocks is the twenty-fifth studio album by British musician Mike Oldfield, released on 3 March 2014 on the Virgin EMI label. [3] The album is Oldfield's second full album of exclusively songs with no long or instrumental pieces, the first being 1989's Earth Moving.
There is only one officially released Oldfield live audio album, Exposed, although others have been released on video: Warner's Sight&Sound edition of The Art in Heaven Concert includes a CD of Oldfield's new millennium live performance in Berlin; and the special edition of Music of the Spheres also contains the only live performance of the piece by Oldfield (Bilbao 2008).
Ommadawn is the third studio album by English musician, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released in November 1975 on Virgin Records. [3]Ommadawn peaked at No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart, No. 74 in Canada, [4] and No. 146 on the US Billboard 200.
Hergest Ridge is the second studio album by English musician and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 30 August 1974 by Virgin Records.The unexpected commercial and critical success of his debut album, Tubular Bells (1973), affected Oldfield, who decided against touring and avoided the press with his newfound fame.
Earth Moving is the first album on which Oldfield used PRS guitars, having previously used Gibson guitars.Synthesizers on the album include a Fairlight Series III and various instruments made by Roland and Korg (including an M1).