Mike Oldfield - Sailing

The upcoming 25th album "Man on the Rocks" with Mike Oldfield was produced by Stephen Lipson together with Oldfield. The album features bassist Leland Sklar, drummer John Robinson, keyboardist Matt Rollings, guitarist Michael Thompson and singer Luke Spiller together with Oldfield himself on guitar. The backing tracks were recorded during June 2013 in Studio D of Village Studios, Los Angeles with producer Steve Lipson; Oldfield participated in these sessions via Skype. Oldfield has also recorded part of the album in his home studio in the Bahamas.

The working title for the album had been Rock. The piece "Irene" is inspired by Hurricane Irene which hit the Bahamas in 2011. The final track is a cover of William McDowell's gospel piece "I Give Myself Away". Luke Spiller is the singer of another of Virgin EMI's British artists, The Struts.

The album marks a return of Oldfield to a Virgin branded label since leaving Virgin Records in the 1990s, through the merger of Mercury Records UK and Virgin Records after Universal Music's purchase of EMI.

Man on the Rocks is due to be released on 3 March 2014, after initially being announced that it would have been released on 27 January. The album is to be released on single CD, double CD, coloured double vinyl, digital download and a box set.

The two CD Deluxe Edition contains the album and a second instrumental disc. In the UK the boxed set will be available exclusively through mikeoldfieldofficial.com - this includes the content from the Deluxe Edition as well as Oldfield's demos of the songs and 4 alternate mixes of songs. The boxed set will also include a 16-page CD size booklet, four art cards and a certificate of authenticity.

Michael Gordon "Mike" Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English musician and composer whose work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, New Age and, more recently, dance music. It is often elaborate and complex in nature. He is best known for his 1973 album Tubular Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit after its opening was used as the theme for the film The Exorcist – and for his 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow". He is also known for his hit rendition of the Christmas piece "In Dulci Jubilo". 

Todays tune "Sailing" is the first single taken from the upcoming twenty-fifth studio album "Man On The Rocks", due to be released on 3 March 2014. "Sailing" was a record of the week on BBC Radio 2 during the first week of February. The music video for "Sailing" was released on YouTube on 8 February. The video features Oldfield and Spiller in The Bahamas on a beach, a boat and in Oldfield's studio there.



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Yusuf Islam - My People

Yusuf Islam, formerly know as Cat Stevens, makes another visit on Tune Of The Day. Forgive me the repetition but I could just not tell you guys everything yesterday, and if i would have done it, then yesterday's post had been the longest ever.

On March 2, 2011, Yusuf released his latest song, "My People", as a free download available through his official website.

My People was recorded in Berlin (Said to have been recorded at a studio located within a hundred yards of the site of the Berlin Wall) the song is inspired by a series of popular uprisings in the Arab world with voices from around the world, filmed in Dubai, edited in Kuala Lumpur the film mimics the colorful spirit of the 70s yet reflects the powerful march of people today hopefully heading towards a new dawn of freedom.

He told TT (Swedish Radio)
"It's my wish to join with the people's call for freedom, to lend my voice to others who are fighting for basic rights,”

Besides some numerous guest during the show, the Swedish Crown Princess and her husband did a visit.

Behind all this, it is actually a bunch of very skilled workers, The Dutchman Mark, the tour leader, a very nice guy who, after this tour, get on the Roger Waters tour. And by the way, he loved Thetanias homemade meatballs :) When we refer qualified and experienced people, I must mention Roger Searle, I only can say Holy Moses, what a guy and what stories he could tell. The guy have been around 45 years in this business. Started already back in 1967 as Road Manager for The Who. His resume is amazing, I just skimmed through the list and there is bands such as Marsha Hunt, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Humble Pie, Supertramp, Whitesnake, Judas Priest, Roger Daltrey, Level 42, Paul McCartney, Mike Oldfield, Loreena McKennitt, Jimmy Barnes, Vanessa-Mae, Cliff Richard, Dina Carroll, Santana, Julio Iglesias, The Shadows, David Gilmour among others ... feels like i can continue this forever. Under the Swedish flag as a local promoter, we find the experienced Nicklas Eliasson who really made ​​sure everything flowed as smooth as possible to make everyone happy. He did a terrific work.

Here is some real photos from the Official Photographer Aminah Yusuf taken from Hovet, Stockholm.

Download My People for free here!

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