English multi-instrumentalist musician and
composer, working a style that blends progressive
rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical
music, electronic music, New Age and more recently
dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in
nature. He is best known for his hit 1973 album
Tubular Bells, which broke new ground as an
instrumental concept album, and for his 1983 hit
single "Moonlight Shadow". He is also well known
for his hit rendition of the Christmas piece, "In
Dulci Jubilo".
Having recorded a demo version of Tubular Bells
(I belive that he was 17), Oldfield attempted to
convince someone in the music industry to take the
project on, but was told the project was
unmarketable. However, in 1972 he met the young
Richard Branson who was setting up his own record
label, Virgin Records, and after playing the demo
to engineers Tom Newman and Simon Heyworth, he
began recording the 1973 version of the album,
whiich brought to Virgin Records as we know it
today...And the others were biting their
fingernails
P.S The booklet cover is not sloppy scanned, it
is the original cut that is oblique
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