Platinum

~ Release by Mike Oldfield (see all versions of this release, 18 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

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleLength
1Platinum, Part 1: Airborne
producer:
Tom Newman
recording of:
Platinum, Part I: Airborne
composer:
Mike Oldfield
part of:
Platinum
5:06
2Platinum, Part 2: Platinum
producer:
Tom Newman
recording of:
Platinum, Part II: Platinum
composer:
Mike Oldfield
part of:
Platinum
6:07
3Platinum, Part 3: Charleston
producer:
Tom Newman
recording of:
Platinum, Part III: Charleston
composer:
Mike Oldfield
part of:
Platinum
3:17
4Platinum, Part 4: North Star / Platinum Finale4:49
5Woodhenge
recording of:
Woodhenge
composer:
Mike Oldfield
4:05
6Into Wonderland
guest vocals:
Wendy Roberts
recording of:
Into Wonderland
lyricist and composer:
Mike Oldfield
3:47
7Punkadiddle
recording of:
Punkadiddle
composer:
Mike Oldfield
publisher:
Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. (in 1982)
5:47
8I Got Rhythm
producer:
Philip R. Newell
guest lead vocals:
Wendy Roberts
cover recording of:
I Got Rhythm
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1930)
composer:
George Gershwin (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)
4:44