Exposed (Mike Oldfield video)

Exposed is a live concert video by Mike Oldfield recorded in 1979 at Wembley Conference Centre. The live album of the same name was released in 1979; it also had the same artwork. A DVD version of the concert was released in 2005 (see 2005 in music). It was part of the Tour of Europe 1979.

Exposed
Video by Mike Oldfield
Released	October 24, 2005
Recorded	April 1979 Wembley Conference Centre
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Virgin
Mike Oldfield chronology
The Space Movie (1979) Exposed (2005) The Essential Live (1980)

The DVD release is split into two discs, like the CD, but this time because the viewer can choose their own viewing angles.

Track listing

Disc one

1. Intro
2. "Incantations (Parts 1 & 2)"
3. "Incantations (Parts 3 & 4)"
4. Intermission

Disc two

1. "Tubular Bells (Part 1)"
2. "Guilty"
3. "Tubular Bells (Part 2)"
4. Encore

Recording

Initially during the tour, the concerts were being recorded without the knowledge of the musicians, so that they could be paid just for the performance and not for the recording. The musicians found out about the practice, but the video was produced regardless.[1]

Personnel

Guitars: Mike Oldfield, Nico Ramsden.

Guitar, Vocals: Phil Beer

Bass Guitar: Mike Oldfield, Nico Ramsden, Pekka Pohjola

Drums, Percussion: Pierre Moerlen

Percussion: Mike Frye, Benoit Moerlein, David Bedford

Bodhran: Ringo McDonough

Keyboards: Pete Lemer, Tim Cross

Vocals: Maddy Prior

Trumpets: Ray Gay, Ralph Izen, Simo Salminen, Colin Moore

Flutes: Sebastian Bell, Chris Nicholls

Violins: Dick Studt, Ben Cruft, Jane Price, Liz Edwards, Nicola Hurton, Jonathan Kahan

Violas: Don McVay, Pauline Mack, Danny Daggers, Melinda Daggers, Liz Butler, Ross Cohen

Celli: Nigel Warren Green, Vanessa Park, David Bucknall, Jessica Ford

Basses: Nick Worters, Joe Kirby

Choir: Debra Bronstein, Marigo Acheson, Emma Freud, Diana Coulson, Mary Elliot, Mary Creed, Cecily Hazell, Wendy Lampitt, Clara Harris, Emma Smith, Catherine Loewe

String arrangements: David Bedford

Extract from 'Hiawatha' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tour Co-ordinator: Sally Arnold

Original Sleeve concept & design: Pearce Marchbank.

Original photography: Chalkie Davies, Carol Starr, Sheila Rock, Tom Sheehan, Murray Close.

Executive recording supervisor: Phillip R. Newell

Recording Engineers: Alan Perkins, Greg Sriver, Kurt Munkacsi

Assistants: Ken Capper, Chris Blake

Recording unit: The Manor Studio's Mobile

Remixing studio: The Town House, London

Produced by Phillip R Newell and Mike Oldfield.

Project A&R: Jason Day

Project co-ordinator: Tom Wegg-Prosser

Reissue layout: Scott Minshall @ The Red Room

References

1. Oldfield, Mike (2007). Changeling - Autobiography of Mike Oldfield. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-1-85227-381-1.