History
By 1991 and the release of Heaven's Open, Oldfield was happy to leave Virgin Records. The final goodbye to Virgin appears at the very end of "Music from the Balcony", where we can hear quiet laughter and Oldfield's voice saying "Fuck off!".
This is the only album where Mike Oldfield performs the lead vocals himself, and was pleased to discover that he was not as bad a singer as he thought he was. Probably because of his bad feelings towards Virgin, his name is spelled out in full - Michael Oldfield - on this album. The producer of the album, Tom Newman's name was also spelt out in a similar manner, as Thom Newman.
After leaving Virgin, Oldfield released the anticipated Tubular Bells II in 1992 with Warner Brothers.
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