English composer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield began writing Tubular Bells 50 years ago, at the age of 17. The record, released two years later, was the first on Richard Branson’s newly ...

In 1973, an album was released that against all odds and expectations went to the top of the UK charts. The fact the album launched a record label that became one of the most recognisable brand names ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, the groundbreaking instrumental rock work he began writing at just 17, remains a lasting ...

Oldfield once described himself as a ‘sonic mood translator’ because of the way he is able to transfer the essence of a feeling or an emotion and express it in music. Perhaps a key to the popularity ...