Exposed (Mike Oldfield album)

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Length 97:31 Artist Mike Oldfield Label Virgin Records		Exposed (1979) Platinum (1979) Release date 17 July 1979

Released 17 July 1979 (1979-07-17) Recorded March – April 1979 (Tour of Europe) Producer Philp R. Newell Mike Oldfield Genres Progressive rock, New-age music, Ambient music Similar Mike Oldfield albums, Progressive rock albums

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Exposed is a live double album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1979.

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

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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.

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.

The album was recorded using The Manor Studio's Mobile unit, and mixed at The Town House, London. Although not marketed as such, 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.