It’s impossible to overestimate the influence Robert Fripp‘s “Exposure” has had on a multitude of artists since its release in 1979, and the amount of work which went into that album was immense, as the massive “Exposures” box set demonstrated back in 2022, although it didn’t include the earliest sessions for the guitarist’s masterpiece. While most of the issued opus got recorded in New York, the initial sketching of it took place in London’s Basing Street Studios where Fripp first approach the material in the company of his former colleague John Wetton, whose parts would be discarded in the final product, and another old friend, Phil Collins, who stayed on. And now those early tapes are out.
Available for download in remixed form on the DGMlive site, these pieces from December 3rd and 4th, 1977 are precursors to the set of complete recordings from 1977-1978, which will be released – in physical form – later in the year.
Exposure Sessions
December 3rd, 1977:
1. Slow Groove Takes (Feel II)
2. Gentle Piece
3. Stompy Groove
4. North Star
5. Various Grooves
6. Chicago (Early Working)
7. Flying Groove Takes
December 4th, 1977:
1. Disengage
2. Slow Groove I
3. Slow Groove II
4. North Star
5. Disengage Takes
6. Morning (Pass I)
7. Morning (Pass II)
