Tom Newman (musician)

Not to be confused with Thomas Newman.

Tom Newman
Birth name	Thomas Dennis Newman
Born	1943 (age 80–81) Perivale, England
Occupation(s)	record producer, musician
Years active	1960s –present
Associated acts	Mike Oldfield

Tom Newman (born Thomas Dennis Newman at Perivale in 1943) is an English record producer and musician (rhythm guitar). In 1970 he began working with Richard Branson and helped to found The Manor Studio in Oxford for the nascent Virgin Records. There, he produced the recording of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells.

Career

In 1968 he played in a band called July whose only album was the eponymous "July" on UK Major Minor and US Epic. Prior to that, he was in a British band called "The Tomcats" who were based in Spain. In 1966, they recorded at least three EP's on Spanish Philips (436387, 436388 and 436826).

In 1970, Newman began working with Richard Branson and helped build the The Manor Studio in Oxford. It was there he met the 18-year-old Mike Oldfield who lent him a rough demo tape of what would become Tubular Bells.

In November 1973, Newman participated in a live-in-the-studio performance of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells for the BBC. It is available on Oldfield's Elements DVD.

Newman released some albums as a solo musician and produced several albums for other artists, most notably with Mike Oldfield (Tubular Bells, Tubular Bells II, Heaven's Open).

Discography

Solo albums

• Fine Old Tom (1975)
• Live at the Argonaut (1975) – Never released by Virgin, except test-pressings. Only released under Voiceprint label in 1995
• Faerie Symphony (1977)
• Bayou Moon (1986)
• Aspects (1986)
• Ozymandias (1988)
• Hotel Splendide [Live] (1997)
• Snow Blind (1997)
• Faerie Symphony and Other Stories (1999)
• Tall Scary Things (1999)
• The Hound Of Ulster (1999)

As producer

Not a complete list

• Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield (1973)
• Froggy Went A-Courting – Mike Oldfield (1974)
• Hatfield and the North – Hatfield and the North (1973)
• Hergest Ridge – Mike Oldfield (1974)
• Platinum – Mike Oldfield (1979)
• All Right Now (single) – Mike Oldfield (1980)
• 101 Live Letters (1981)
• Doll By Doll – Doll By Doll (1981)
• Grand Passion – Doll By Doll (1982) Co-producer with Jackie Leven
• Five Miles Out – Mike Oldfield (1982) Co-producer
• Captured – Natasha (1982)
• Islands – Mike Oldfield (1987)
• Amarok – Mike Oldfield (1990)
• Heaven's Open – Mike Oldfield (1991)
• Tubular Bells II – Mike Oldfield (1992)
• Six Elementary Songs – Clodagh Simonds (1996)
• Neon Emptiness EP – Cyan2 (1999)

External links

• Newman Music: Tom Newman official site, and also of his son Jim Newman - link dead 12.1.2016
• Tom Newman discography at Discogs
• http://www.student.uni-kl.de/~junglas/tn_main.html