Mike Oldfield - A Foreign Affair (2023)

BROADCAST RECORDING FROM THE MID-1980s WHILE ON THE DISCOVERY TOUR Released in June 1984, Mike Oldfield s ninth studio album Discovery was to become one of his most celebrated. The record reached No. 1 on charts across Europe, but only gained a No. 15 placing on the British album chart. In the second half of 1984 Oldfield and his band embarked on a Europe wide tour in promotion of the album. On 8th September they performed at Teatro Tenda Bussoladomani, in Viareggio, Italy, where they played a stunning show which was recoded for FM broadcast across Italy as well as being synched live in the US, where, at that time, most folk were not generally too aware of Mike Oldfield s history. Previously unreleased this recording is now out in its entirety on this new 2CD set, allowing fans to hear one of Mike Oldfield s finest shows of the 1980s in fine audio quality.