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Biografía

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 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. Before Oldfield started his solo career, he formed a band with his sister Sally Oldfield called The Sallyangie and later played bass with Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, alongside Ayers, David Bedford and saxophonist Lol Coxhill. At this time Kevin Ayers lent Oldfield a multitrack tape recorder, and it was on this that Oldfield began to put together what would become Tubular Bells, though one possible title proposed by Branson was "Breakfast In Bed". Tubular Bells is considered to be the first rock album to incorporate elements of classical composition, particularly the use of repetition with subtle variations those of minimalist composers such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich and LaMonte Young, although these influences were filtered through rock sensibilities. Oldfield also claimed to have been inspired by Kevin Ayers' observation that there was nothing wrong with repetition so long as it was something worth repeating. Mike Oldfield had trouble finding a label for this music, early on he encountered Richard Branson who was in the early stages of setting up Virgin Records on top of his existing chain of record shops, but after many rejections over the next year, Oldfield returned to Branson, who a

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Crises

Earth Moving

Five Miles Out

Heaven's Open

Ommadawn

The Exorcist Theme

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