Tom Newman (musician)

Not to be confused with Thomas Newman.

Tom Newman
Birth name	Thomas Dennis Newman
Origin	Perivale
Occupation(s)	record producer, musician
Years active	1960s –present

Tom Newman (born Thomas Dennis Newman at Perivale in 1943) is an English record producer and musician (rhythm guitar). In 1968 he played in a band called July whose only album, also called "July" (Major Minor), is one of the most valuable United Kingdom psychedelic albums.

In 1970, he began working with Richard Branson and helped building the The Manor Studio in Oxford. He met there the 18-year old Mike Oldfield, who lent him a rough demo tape of what would become a famous recording of the 1970s, 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)
• 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
• 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

• Tom Newman discography at Discogs
• http://www.student.uni-kl.de/~junglas/tn_main.html