What was the musical work by Mike Oldfield released as an album, containing only one track on each side, in 1973?
Amarok (Mike Oldfield album) Amarok (Mike Oldfield album) Amarok is Mike Oldfield's 13th album, and was released in 1990. Oldfield originally conceived it as an "angry, protest album", showcasing his musical technique. It is presented as a single sixty-minute track of continuous, uninterrupted but constantly changing music. Oldfield's relationship with Virgin Records had become increasingly fraught. As a result of ongoing arguments about his contract terms, royalties and advances he decided to create an album designed to both please his fans, and annoy executives at Virgin. Virgin had been trying to convince Oldfield to release a sequel to "Tubular Bells", possibly because of the
Guitars (Mike Oldfield album) Guitars (Mike Oldfield album) Guitars is the 19th record album written and performed by Mike Oldfield, released in 1999. The concept of the album was to only perform it using guitar-like instruments. Oldfield plays all the music on the album, using only guitars of various types. The most remarkable usage is that of his Roland MIDI-equipped guitars, which he uses to trigger drum samples and produce string-like sounds. "Four Winds" is a four-part work, whose sections are musical portraits of the four compass points (North, South, East and West). The Live Then & Now 1999 tour was in promotion of