Get Ready to ROCK! » Mike Oldfield https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:16:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: ROBERT REED – Sanctuary IV https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-robert-reed-sanctuary-iv/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-robert-reed-sanctuary-iv/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:07:41 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=106918 ROBERT REED - Sanctuary IVTigermoth Records [Release date 16.04.25] I can’t quite understand Robert Reed’s obsession with Mike Oldfield. ‘Tubular Bells’ was a landmark album but in some respects very much of its time. Yes, it made greater impact in 1973 because of Oldfield’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2026/01/album-review-robert-reed-sanctuary-iv/feed/ 0 Album review: GABRIELLE DE VAL – Kiss In A Dragon Night https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/album-review-gabrielle-de-val-kiss-in-a-dragon-night/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/album-review-gabrielle-de-val-kiss-in-a-dragon-night/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:48:42 +0000 jason https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=86392 GABRIELLE DE VAL - Kiss In A Dragon NightEscape Music [Release date 17.02.23] Gabrielle de Val has been involved in the rock scene since 1987 when she created the band Yin-Yang, which would later be called D’Val. They never recorded a full album, however, fast forward to 2010 … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/02/album-review-gabrielle-de-val-kiss-in-a-dragon-night/feed/ 0 Album review: THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA – Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary Celebration https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-the-royal-philharmonic-orchestra-tubular-bells-50th-anniversary-celebration/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-the-royal-philharmonic-orchestra-tubular-bells-50th-anniversary-celebration/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2022 21:14:06 +0000 GRTR! HQ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=83787 THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - Tubular Bells 50th Anniversary CelebrationCleopatra Records [Release date 28.10.22] The question has to be asked.  Do we really need another take on the classic ‘Tubular Bells’?  It has to be one of the most re-worked pieces  not least by Mike Oldfield himself. Well, it … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/10/album-review-the-royal-philharmonic-orchestra-tubular-bells-50th-anniversary-celebration/feed/ 0 Quick plays: TUBULAR WORLD, ROBERT REED https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/quick-plays-tubular-world-robert-reed/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/quick-plays-tubular-world-robert-reed/#comments Tue, 04 May 2021 18:43:24 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=72662 TUBULAR WORLD Tubular BellsTUBULAR WORLD Tubular Bells Tigermoth Records [Release date 14.12.20] You wonder.  Is there any need for yet another version of ‘Tubular Bells’?  I mean, the masterwork’s creator has fine dined off the back of it for nearly 50 years now, … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/05/quick-plays-tubular-world-robert-reed/feed/ 0 Book review: On track…MIKE OLDFIELD (Every album, every song) – Ryan Yard https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/09/book-review-on-track-mike-oldfield-ryan-yard/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/09/book-review-on-track-mike-oldfield-ryan-yard/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2020 23:54:39 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=68448 On track…MIKE OLDFIELD (Every album, every song) – Ryan YardSonicbond Publishing [Publication date 18.09.20] As Ryan Ward suggests in this survey of Mike Oldfield’s music, his calling card Tubular Bells – in 1973 – defined him and was never surpassed.  He was only 20.  Those of a certain age … Continue reading →

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