MIKE OLDFIELD, EXPOSED 1979 UK 2 X VINYL QUAD 1ST PRESS NEAR MINT ARCHIVE COPY
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TIME TO LIST SOME MORE OF MY VINYL RECORDS AS I'M UNFORTUNATELY RUNNING OUT OF SPACE IN THE HOUSE.
I HAVE BEEN COLLECTING VINYL RECORDS SINCE 1970 AND HAVE OVER 3,000 LP'S AND SINGLES. ALL HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY PLAYED ON A HIGH END SYSTEM, MOST HAVE BEEN STORED IN PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVES IN RECORD BOXES/MDF ICUBES AWAY FROM ANY HEAT AND IN A SMOKE FREE HOUSE. (NOT IN THE LOFT)
EVERY NOW AND THEN I LIST SOME RECORDS WHICH I HAVE DUPLICATES OF OR RARELY PLAY TO FUND MY BUYING OF OTHER RECORDS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I FULLY PLAY GRADE ALL MY LISTINGS THROUGH HEADPHONES AND GIVE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VINYL, COVER AND PLAYBACK USING THE RECORD COLLECTORS GUIDE 2014. I NEVER USE MINT CONDITION EXCEPT FOR ON A SEALED BRAND NEW RECORD.
PLEASE BID WITH CONFIDENCE, I HAVE BEEN BUYING AND SELLING RECORDS ON EBAY SINCE 2006 AND HAVE 100% FEEDBACK.
IF BY ANY CHANCE YOU ARE NOT HAPPY WITH MY SERVICE PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUE AS I DO OFFER A FULL REFUND ONCE THE RECORD IS RETURNED TO ME SAFELY IF YOU ARE NOT HAPPY.
ANYWAY, HERE WE HAVE A SUPERB NEAR MINT TOP ARCHIVE COPY OF MIKE OLDFIELD'S 'EXPOSED' A 1979 UK FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL LIVE LP IN QUADROPHONIC. CAREFULLY PLAYED JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES THEN STORED TILL NOW.
MIKE OLDFIELD, EXPOSED 1979 UK FIRST PRESSING DOUBLE VINYL LIVE QUADROPHONIC LP ON THE ATLANTIC RECORDS LABEL, VD 2511. IN CAREFULLY PLAYED JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES TIMES AS NEAR TO MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION WITH AN AS NEAR TO MINT SHINY SURFACE GATEFOLD SLEEVE AND WITH A 'MIKE OLDFIELD, THE CONCERT' BROCHURE AS WELL . CAREFULLY STORED AFTER JUST A FEW PLAYS SINCE PURCHASE. THIS SOUNDS FANTASTIC, WHAT A BRILLIANT LIVE DOUBLE ALBUM!
A TOP ARCHIVE COPY, YOU WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A BETTER COPY IT IS THAT GOOD.
I BOUGHT THIS FROM AN OLD SCHOOL FRIEND AND DID NOT REALISE IT HAD THE CONCERT BOOKLET INSIDE WHICH I PRESUME IS FROM THE 'PLATINUM ALBUM' CONCERT TOUR BUT IT HAS NO YEAR DATE IN IT.
FIRST PRESS STAMPED MATRIX NUMBERS (AS LISTED ON THE DISCOGS WEBSITE) :
SIDE 1 - VD - 2511 A2 'UTOPIA SYMBOL' D 1 1 C
SIDE 2 - VD - 2511 B3 'UTOPIA SYMBOL' D 2 1
SIDE 3 - VD - 2511 C2 'UTOPIA SYMBOL' C 1 2
SIDE 4 - VD - 2511 D1 'UTOPIA SYMBOL' D 8
FROM THE DISCOGS WEBSITE :
Mike Oldfield ?– Exposed
Label: Virgin ?– VD2511 Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, QuadraphonicCountry: UK Released: 1979 Genre: Rock Style: Prog Rock, Experimental, Symphonic Rock
Tracklist
Incantations
A Parts One And Two 26:31 B Parts Three And Four 20:50
Tubular Bells
C Part One 28:42 D1 Part Two 12:00 D2 Guilty 5:37
Credits
- Bass – Pekka Pohjola
- Bodhrán – Ringo McDonough*
- Cello – David Bucknall, Jessica Ford (2), Nigel Warren-Green, Vanessa Park
- Choir – Catherine Loewe, Cecily Hazell, Clara Harris, Debra Bronstein, Diana Coulson, Emma Freud, Emma Smith (2), Marigo Acheson, Mary Creed, Mary Elliott, Wendy Lampitt
- Directed By, Percussion, Arranged By [Strings] – David Bedford
- Double Bass – Joe Kirby, Nick Worters
- Drums, Percussion – Pierre Moerlen
- Engineer – Alan Perkins, Greg Shriver, Kurt Munkacsi
- Flute – Chris Nicholls*, Sebastian Bell
- Guitar – Nico Ramsden
- Guitar, Vocals – Phil Beer
- Keyboards – Pete Lemer*, Tim Cross
- Percussion – Mike Frye
- Producer – Phillip R. Newell*
- Producer, Guitar, Written-By – Mike Oldfield
- Trumpet – Colin Moore, Ralph Izen, Ray Gay, Simo Salminen
- Viola – Danny Daggers, Don McVay*, Liz Butler, Melinda Daggers, Pauline Mack, Ross Cohen
- Violin – Ben Cruft, Liz Edwards*, Jane Price, Jonathan Kahan, Nicola Hurton, Dick Studt*
- Vocals – Maddy Prior
Notes
Recorded live in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Denmark and England during March and April 1979.Extract from 'Hiawatha' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Pierre and Benoit Moerlen appear courtesy of Arista Records.
Maddy Prior appears courtesy of Chrysalis Records.
Pekka Pohjola appears courtesy of Finnlevy.
Limited edition SQ Quadrophonic recording.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 etched): VD-2511-A1 [Utopia logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Side 1 stamped ): 21 ?
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 etched): VD-2511-B2 [Utopia logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Side 2 stamped ): 2 E
- Matrix / Runout (Side 3 etched): VD-2511-C2 [Utopia logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Side 3 stamped ): 4 D
- Matrix / Runout (Side 4 etched): VD-2511-D1 [Utopia logo]
- Matrix / Runout (Side 4 stamped ): 10 D
VIRGIN LABELS : SUPERB. I CAN SEE JUS T A COUPLE OF OBVIOUS SPINDLE MARKS ON THE FOUR LABELS, CAREFULLY PLAYED JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES. NEAR MINT CONDITION, SUPERB.
FIRST PRESS 2 X VINYL VISUAL : LIKE NEW WITH A LOVELY SHEEN, THERE ARE NO OBVIOUS SURFACE MARKS AT ALL, JUST A FEW VERY TINY LIGHT SLEEVE REMOVALS VISIBLE UNDER A BRIGHT LGHT WHICH DID NOT SOUND AT ALL. PLAYED JUST A COUPLE OF TIMES IN TOTAL THEN STORED. VISUALLY NEAR MINT CONDITION, SUPERB.
FIRST PRESS 2 X VINYL PLAYBACK : PERFECT. ABSOLUTELY SUPERB, WITH A LOUD CUT BASSY SOUND. I EVEN HAD TO TURN THE VOLUME DOWN. THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO CRACKLE AT ALL. THE WHOLE ALBUM HAS THE DYNAMIC MUSIC CRISP AND RIGHT TO THE FORE. THERE IS NOTHING THAT DETRACTS FROM A SUPERB SOUNDING ALBUM. NO SKIPS, CLICKS OR JUMPS. ALL FOUR SIDES SOUND FANTASTIC. SIDES 3 & 4 HAVE TUBULAR BELLS LIVE WHICH IS A TREMENDOUS RECORDING.
THEREFORE OVERALL IN AS NEAR TO MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION. YOU WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A BETTER COPY IT IS THAT GOOD.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORDS OF ANY DUST WITH ANTI-STATIC FLUID AND PLACED THEM IN BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLY-LINED INNERS.
SHINY SURFACE STICKERED GATEFOLD SLEEVE, MADE BY ROBOR LIMITED, ENGLAND :
ALMOST LIKE NEW.
KEPT IN A POLYTHENE OUTE SLEEVE IN RECORD BOX SINCE STORAGE, WITH NO EDGE OR CORNER WEAR. THE WHITE FRONT HAS NO DISCOLOURING. ONE TINY BUMP TO THE TOP RIGHT CORNER. THE WIDE SPINE IS CRISP AND FULLY LEGIBLE. JUST A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT CREASES AROUND THE EDGES. NO RINGWEAR OR RUBBING MARKS TO THE FRONT (SEE PICS). THE OPENING EDGE HAS NO FEATHERING, INSIDE THE GATEFOLD IS JUST LIKE NEW.
OVERALL IN NEAR MINT CONDITION, A SUPERB LIKE NEW SLEEVE. YOU WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A BETTER COVER.
PLEASE SEE THE NUMEROUS PICTURES.
MIKE OLDFIELD, THE CONCERT BOOKLET : LIKE NEW, NEAR MINT CONDITION.
ORIGINAL VIRGIN LOGO BLACK PAPER POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES : LIKE NEW, NO CREASES OR SPLITS CAUSED BY THE RECORD'S EDGE. NEAR MINT CONDITION.
I HAVE ALSO CLEANED THE RECORDS OF ANY DUST WITH ANTI-STATIC FLUID AND PLACED THEM IN BRAND NEW ANTI-STATIC POLY-LINED INNERS.
I WILL ALSO SEND THIS OUT TO THE WINNING BIDDER WITH A BRAND NEW PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE TO PROTECT THE COVER.
OVERALL A SUPERB AS NEAR TO MINT TOP AUDIO CONDITION FIRST PRESS UK COPY OF THIS CLASSIC MIKE OLDFIELD LIVE DOUBLE ALBUM IN QUADROPHONIC WITH A NEAR MINT GATEFOLD SLEEVE. A SUPERB TOP COPY, YO WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A BETTER ONE!
LOW STARTING PRICE, SO GRAB A BARGAIN. PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS, MORE MIKE OLDFIELD RECORDS TO BE LISTED SOON.
I WILL POST TO THE REST OF EUROPE £14 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL AND TO THE REST OF THE WORLD £18 TRACKABLE AIRMAIL BUT PLEASE WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING.
THESE WILL BE SENT OUT TO UK BUYERS 2ND CLASS SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE IN PROPER RECORD MAILERS WELL STIFFENED WITH THICK CARDBOARD FOR PROTECTION.
I OFFER DISCOUNTED POSTAGE IN THE UK, SIGNED FOR/TRACKABLE - MAXIMUM OF 4 X LP'S IN A BOXED MAILER :
2 X LP'S - £6, 3 X LP'S - £7, 4 X LP'S - £8.
HAPPY BIDDING!
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