Mike Oldfield: A Man and His Music (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (October 18, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419649264
• ISBN-13: 978-1419649264
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,415,328 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Quite Disappointing, September 8, 2008

By	J. ROBERTS (Greenburgh, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I tend to be more curious about the music and how it was created than about the personal life of the man himself. In both categories, though, this book disappoints. I have no idea what qualifies Moraghan to write about music -- literally: there is no "about the author" information included. In terms of musical insight: let's just say he gets the time signature of the opening of "Tubular Bells" wrong and leave it at that.

There are internal contradictions in the book: he describes the album "Discovery" as a "return to form" then writes that only one song works.

Moreover, despite being published in 2006, it stops with "Tubular Bells II" -- which came out in 1992.

Add to this the unpleasant design of the book and poor proofreading ... it's just not worth your time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I am torn, March 18, 2008

By	R. Seale "Oldfield & Blue Heelers Life is good!" (Taos N.M.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a must have for any Oldfield fan. Good info but YIKES! Did anyone proof this thing? Man, chock full of misspellings, typos, wrong titles/wprds and bad kerning. Keep it away from your English teacher & you'll enjoy it.