Platinum

~ Release by Mike Oldfield (see all versions of this release, 17 available)

Annotation

From the album notes: 'Sally' was a song about Mike's feelings for his girlfriend Sally Cooper. Sung by Mike and Nico Ramsden, it contained the chorus "Sally, I'm just a gorilla, I'll say I'll love you ever more/Even an ape from Manila couldn't stop me knocking on your door". On hearing this, Virgin boss Richard Branson took an instant disliking to the song and demanded that it should be removed from the album, to be replaced by 'Into Wonderland' sung by Wendy Roberts (although when interviewed by David Porter in 1995, Wendy Roberts said she thought that the track which she recorded was called Sally, and knew nothing of what had gone on with the replacing of the original song). Some copies had already been pressed, so the early pressings of the LP contain the song Sally. All the rest contain Into Wonderland, although the album artwork was never updated, so the labels still say Sally (as do the CDs I've seen).

The original pressing with the 'real' Sally-track is here: http://musicbrainz.org/release/f40470b9-007f-4daa-8040-df09999816ca.html

Annotation last modified on 2007-08-01 21:17 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Platinum, Part 1: Airborne
producer:
Tom Newman (producer, guitarist)
partial recording of:
Platinum
composer:
Mike Oldfield
recording of:
Platinum, Part I: Airborne
composer:
Mike Oldfield
part of:
Platinum
4.55:06
2Platinum, Part 2: Platinum
producer:
Tom Newman (producer, guitarist)
partial recording of:
Platinum
composer:
Mike Oldfield
recording of:
Platinum, Part II: Platinum
composer:
Mike Oldfield
part of:
Platinum
4.56:07
3Platinum, Part 3: Charleston
producer:
Tom Newman (producer, guitarist)
partial recording of:
Platinum
composer:
Mike Oldfield
recording of:
Platinum, Part III: Charleston
composer:
Mike Oldfield
part of:
Platinum
33:17
4Platinum, Part 4: North Star / Platinum Finale
arranger:
Mike Oldfield
recording of:
Platinum, Part IV: North Star / Platinum Finale
composer:
Philip Glass (US composer & pianist) and Mike Oldfield
arrangement of:
Étoile Polaire
part of:
Platinum
4.654:49
5Woodhenge
recording of:
Woodhenge
composer:
Mike Oldfield
34:05
6Into Wonderland
guest vocals:
Wendy Roberts
recording of:
Into Wonderland
lyricist and composer:
Mike Oldfield
43:47
7Punkadiddle
recording of:
Punkadiddle
composer:
Mike Oldfield
publisher:
Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (in 1982)
45:47
8I Got Rhythm
producer:
Philip R. Newell (engineer and producer)
guest lead vocals:
Wendy Roberts
cover recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV and New World Music Co. (in 1930)
part of:
An American in Paris (2015 Broadway musical)
part of:
Crazy for You (1992 musical)
part of:
Girl Crazy (1930 Musical)
part of:
When the Boys Meet the Girls (1965 film)
44:44

Credits

Release

photography:Trevor Key (photographer and designer)
additional engineer:Renate Blauel
Richard Manwaring (Producer)
engineer:Kurt Munkacsi
Tom Newman (producer, guitarist)
producer:Tom Newman (producer, guitarist)
mastering:Simon Heyworth (from 2000-03 until 2000-04)
acoustic guitar, electric guitar, marimba, piano, synthesizer and vibraphone:Mike Oldfield
guest bass:Francisco Centeno
Neil Jason (bassist)
Hansford Rowe
guest congas:Demalza
guest keyboard:Peter Lemer (English jazz musician)
Nico Ramsden
guest membranophone:Morris Pert
Allan Schwartzberg
guest membranophone and vibraphone:Pierre Moerlen
guest tubular bells:Sally Cooper
vocals:Mike Oldfield
additional arranger:David Bedford (composer)
Peter Gordon (composer, producer and orchestrator)
Michael Riesman (American composer, conductor, keyboardist)
mastered at:Chop ’em Out in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 2000-03 until 2000-04)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/750887 [info]
ASIN:UK: B00004T9AL [info]
other databases:https://www.musik-sammler.de/media/1131264/ [info]