Tom Newman (musician)

Thomas Dennis Newman (born 7 May 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.

[1] In 1970, Newman began working with Richard Branson and helped build The Manor Studio in Oxford.

While there he met the 18-year-old Mike Oldfield who lent him a rough demo tape of what would become Tubular Bells.

Analogies: Dave Edmunds (studiomania and general non-esoteric musical orientation, although Newman isn't interested in overpowering anyone), Ray Davies (vaguely but persistently, for both eccentricity and vocal approach), Eno (more precisely, not only for eccentricity and vocal approach but also for style of smarts, although Newman isn't so blatantly avant-garde).