Exposed (Mike Oldfield album)

Exposed
Live album by Mike Oldfield
Released 17 July 1979 (1979-07-17)
Recorded March – April 1979 (Tour of Europe)
Genre Progressive rock
Length 97:31
Label Virgin
Producer Philp R. Newell
Mike Oldfield
Mike Oldfield chronology
Incantations
(1978)		 Exposed
(1979)		 Platinum
(1979)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Smash Hits6/10[2]

Exposed is a live double album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1979. Marketed as a limited edition of 100,000 copies, and as "Two live albums for the price of one," it retailed for a suggested £4.99.

The album was a collection of Oldfield's tours in Spain, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and England from March to May 1979. It peaked at number 16 on the UK Album Chart.

Background

A double CD version was later released. A DVD version of the concert, recorded at Wembley Conference Centre, was released in 2005.

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.[3]

The artwork is linked to the title, as it shows a frame of film containing a photo of Oldfield in a concert arena. Among the choir singers were members of the Queen's College, London choir.[4]

The album was recorded using The Manor Studio's Mobile unit, and mixed at The Town House, London. The double vinyl album was recorded in quad using the SQ Quadraphonic System.

Reissues

Exposed has been reissued a number of times including a HDCD reissue by Virgin Records in 2000.

As of November 2016 the album has not been reissued on CD or digitally by Mercury Records, 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 other 1970s albums have been reissued by Mercury Records on CD.

However, a re-issue of Exposed by Universal Music Group on heavyweight vinyl has been announced for release on 2 December 2016 on the same day as a vinyl reissue of the Collaborations disc from Oldfield's Boxed compilation.[5]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Incantations (Parts 1 & 2)" (Mike Oldfield) – 26:30

Side two

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

Side three

  1. "Tubular Bells (Part 1)" (Mike Oldfield) – 28:36

Side four

  1. "Tubular Bells (Part 2)" (Mike Oldfield, except "The Sailor's Hornpipe") – 11:09
  2. "Guilty" (Mike Oldfield) – 6:22

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1979) Position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 43
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 16

References

  1. ↑ Exposed review at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Starr, Red. "Albums". Smash Hits (August 23 – September 5, 1979): 25.
  3. ↑ Oldfield, Mike (2007). Changeling - Autobiography of Mike Oldfield. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-1-85227-381-1.
  4. ↑ "1979 Exposed". Dark Star. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Oldfield Reveals 'Collaborations' And 'Exposed'". udiscovermusic.com. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
  6. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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