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2 unusual facts about Mike Oldfield's Single


Mike Oldfield's Single

No list of musicians appears on the cover, but the song is believed to have been played by Mike Oldfield on vocals, guitars, mandolin, probably bass guitar, and possibly piano (or the latter may have been played by David Bedford), Vanessa Branson on vocals, Lol Coxhill on saxophone, and an unknown drummer.

"Mike Oldfield's Single" is the debut authorised single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1974 (See 1974 in music).


5656 Oldfield

It has been named after the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, creator of the famed Tubular Bells albums.

Anita Hegerland

Anita Hegerland (born 3 March 1961 in Sandefjord), is a Norwegian singer famous for her childhood career in Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg and subsequent vocal contributions to Mike Oldfield's work, among others.

Aselin Debison

Debison's version of Mike Oldfield's "Moonlight Shadow" entered the pop music top 20 in many parts of Japan.

Bald on the Inside

The making of Bald on the Inside was very much a solo affair with Tim taking on the writing, playing, recording and producing of the entire album at Acer Studios, his self built recording facility in much the same way as Mike Oldfield's – Tubular Bells and Jean Michel Jarre's - Oxygène.

Bird Studios

Music Videos: Iron Maiden "Wildest Dreams", "Different World", Robert Post 'Got None', Pet Shop Boys 'Liberation', 'Yesterday, When I was mad', 'Single Bi-lingual', A-Ha 'Analogue', Soundgarden 'Black Hole Sun', Mike Oldfield 'Let there be light', Meat Loaf "I'd Lie for You (and That's the Truth)".

Björn J:son Lindh

He performed with musicians from other countries, for example on the album Islands by Mike Oldfield.

Christopher von Deylen

Notable performers outside the electronica genre which von Deylen has performed with include Lang Lang, Colbie Caillat, Gregorian, Klaus Schulze, Mike Oldfield, Peter Heppner, Moya Brennan, Ana Torroja, Tarja Turunen, September, Sarah Brightman, and Sarah Howells .

Five Miles Out World Tour 1982

The Five Miles Out World Tour 1982 was a concert tour by the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield.

Gladbeck hostage crisis

The song Hostage on Mike Oldfield's album Earth Moving includes an authentic sample of a news broadcast on German radio referring to the event.

Horror film score

For The Exorcist, William Friedkin rejected a score by Lalo Schiffrin and used the temp track featuring assorted pieces of music including part of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.

In Concert 1980

In Concert 1980 was a concert tour by the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield.

Introduction 2003

"Introduction 2003" is a promotional single by Mike Oldfield from Tubular Bells 2003 album, released in Spain on 24 April 2003.

Janet Brown

In 1990, she recorded a spoken word sequence in her Margaret Thatcher voice for Mike Oldfield's album Amarok.

Jill Furmanovsky

She has photographed many of the biggest names in rock music, including: Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Mike Oldfield, The Ramones, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Blondie, The Police, The Plea, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Pretenders and Oasis.

Julius Dobos

The young Dobos was greatly influenced by the sounds and musical worlds created by electronic music pioneers like Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Vangelis, Rick Wakeman and the visual nature of Isao Tomita's Pictures at an Exhibition.

Lindsay L. Cooper

He spent four years working as a ship's musician and had performed and recorded with a number of other musicians and bands, including Michael Jackson, Boy George, Derek Bailey and Mike Oldfield.

Mike Oldfield - A Life Dedicated To Music

Mike Oldfield - A Life Dedicated To Music (ISBN 978-1-906385-35-4) is a biography of Mike Oldfield published in May 2013 by Brimstone Press.

Nils-Aslak Valkeapää

A recording of Nils-Aslak Valkeapää performing his joik, forms the centrepiece of "Prayer For The Earth", a track on The Songs of Distant Earth, the 1994 album by British musician Mike Oldfield.

Pictures in the Dark

"Pictures in the Dark" is a song by Mike Oldfield released as a single mainly in Europe in 1985 (see 1985 in music).

Portsmouth FC Basketball Club

At regular intervals the tunes of the 'Pompey Chimes' and Mike Oldfield's 'Portsmouth' were played on a drum and an amplified glockenspiel.

Quantel Mirage

One famous Mirage user was Mike Oldfield, who purchased one for his extensive home music studio and video production facility.

Sound recording and reproduction

Following the release of the first consumer 4-channel hi-fi systems, a number of popular albums were released in one of the competing four-channel formats; among the best known are Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells and Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Still Life with Guitar

Ayers produced the album, with his then manager Dave Vatch in England and was accompanied by an impressive cast of musicians, including Mike Oldfield, Ollie Halsall, Danny Thompson, BJ Cole, Mark E. Nevin and other members of Fairground Attraction.

Sunjammer

Mike Oldfield used the title "Sunjammer" for the fifth movement of his Tubular Bells II album.

The Songs of Distant Earth

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Mike Oldfield wrote an entire album based on – and entitled – The Songs of Distant Earth, which was released in 1994.

Tour of Europe

Tour of Europe 1979 was a concert tour by the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield.

Tubular Bells II 20th Anniversary Tour

The Tubular Bells II 20th Anniversary Tour 1992/93 was a concert tour by the British multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield.

Young and Innocent

On the Mike Oldfield album Five Miles Out, on the track "Orabidoo", at 9'12" there can be heard a sample of the conductor criticising the drummer: "Don't come in again like that.


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