Firstly, Tubular Bells is a decent, and certainly pioneering piece of work.. but it has parts that make me cringe (the grunting stuff particularly), and I do like the first side better.
As for the oldfield vs branson thing, I agree branson made a lot of money out of it, but he also lost most of that money trying to finance new artists. Branson also practically built the studio oldfield used... used for a year+ no less... and bought him all the instruments. If it weren't for branson's faith and marketing on the project we may never have heard Tubular Bells! I applaud them both for risking everything on such a non-commercial recording
Liked the track mrautorock, has great musicality and layers! Certainly does make me think of a 60's - 70s style jam.. very cool!