''Exposed'' is the first live album by English musician

Mike Oldfield Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English retired musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album ''Tubular Bells'' (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success. Though primarily a gu ...

, released as a double album on 27 July 1979 by

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in the UK. It was recorded at various locations across Europe during Oldfield's debut concert tour as a solo artist, following the release of his fourth studio album '' Incantations'' (1978). The album features ''Incantations'' and his debut album ''

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'' (1973) performed in their entirety, plus Oldfield's 1979 non-album single " Guilty" as the encore. ''Exposed'' was initially marketed as a restricted release with just 100,000 copies produced, but strong sales prompted Virgin Records to give the album a full release. It peaked at No. 16 on the

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and earned a silver certification from the

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for selling 60,000 copies. A concert film of the shows at the Wembley Conference Centre during the 1979 tour were released on DVD in October 2005, also entitled ''

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''.

Background and recording

After undergoing

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in 1978, the formerly reclusive Mike Oldfield launched a Europe-wide tour with instrumental and choral ensemble to promote his fourth solo album, '' Incantations''. Initially during the tour the concerts were being recorded without the knowledge of the musicians, so that they could be paid less money, for just a performance and not a recording. The musicians found out, but the recordings went ahead and the album was produced. The artwork is linked to the title, as it shows a frame of

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containing a photo of Oldfield in a concert arena. Among the choir singers were members of the

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choir. The all-female choir singers were selected strictly based on their looks. Due primarily to costs associated with the numerous support singers and musicians, the tour made a net loss of half a million pounds. The album was recorded using The Manor Studio's Mobile unit, and mixed at The Town House,

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. The double vinyl album was released in 4 channel

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using the SQ Quadraphonic encoding system. This was one of the last quadraphonic albums released.

Reissues

''Exposed'' has been reissued a number of times including a

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reissue by Virgin Records in 2000.A double CD version was later released. A DVD version of the concert, recorded at Wembley Conference Centre, was released in 2005. the album has not been reissued on CD or digitally by

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. However, other reissued albums include different live recordings from the same period as ''Exposed''. This comes as part of a deal in which Oldfield's Virgin albums were transferred to Universal's label. With the exception of this record and '' The Orchestral Tubular Bells'', all Oldfield's 1970s albums have been reissued by Mercury Records on CD. A reissue of ''Exposed'' by Universal Music Group on heavyweight vinyl was announced for release on 2 December 2016 on the same day as a vinyl reissue of the ''Collaborations'' disc from Oldfield's ''Boxed'' compilation.

Track listing

Side one

# " Incantations (Parts 1 & 2)" (

) – 26:30

Side two

# "Incantations (Parts 3 & 4)" (Mike Oldfield) – 20:50

Side three

# "

(Part 1)" (Mike Oldfield) – 28:36

Side four

# "Tubular Bells (Part 2)" (Mike Oldfield, except "

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") – 11:09 # " Guilty" (Mike Oldfield) – 6:22

Personnel

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s, producer * Nico Ramsden – guitars * Phil Beer – guitar,

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* Pekka Pohjola –

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* Pierre Moerlen –

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* Mike Frye – percussion * Benoit Moerlen – percussion *

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– percussion,

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s * Ringo McDonough –

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* Pete Lemer – keyboards * Tim Cross – keyboards *

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– vocals * Ray Gay –

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s * Ralph Izen – trumpets * Simo Salminen – trumpets * Colin Moore – trumpets * Sebastian Bell –

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s * Chris Nicholls – flutes * Orchestral Leader - Richard Studt - violin * Benedict Cruft - violin * Elizabeth Edwards - violin * Jane Price - violin * Nichola Hurton - violin * Jonathan Kahan - violin * Donald McVay – viola * Pauline Mack – viola * Danny Daggers – viola * Melinda Daggers – viola * Liz Butler – viola * Ross Cohen – violins * Nigel Warren-Green –

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* Vanessa Park – cello * David Bucknall – cello * Jessica Ford – cello * Nick Worters –

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* Joe Kirby – bass * Debra Bronstein –

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* Marigo Acheson – choir * Emma Freud – choir * Diana Coulson – choir * Mary Elliott – choir * Mary Creed – choir * Cecily Hazell – choir * Wendy Lampitt – choir * Clara Harris – choir * Emma Smith – choir * Catherine Loewe – choir * Philp R. Newell – executive recording supervisor, producer * Alan Perkins – recording

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* Greg Shriver – recording engineer * Kurt Munkacsi – recording engineer * Ken Capper – assistant * Chris Blake – assistant * Sally Arnold – tour co-ordinator

Charts

References

External links

Mike Oldfield discography - ''Exposed''
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