Product Overview
Mike Oldfield – 'Platinum' / New 2012 Stereo, Remaster / Universal UMC Audio CD 2012 Stereo / 5339423
UPC 0600753394236
Product Details:
Platinum is the fifth studio album by English multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mike Oldfield, released on 23 November 1979 on Virgin Records. It was Oldfield's first album to include shorter songs and music written by others. A modified version of the album was released in the United States and Canada and titled Airborn.
The In Concert 1980 tour, which ran from April to December of that year, was in promotion of the album. In Germany the album peaked at number 11. The album has since been reissued with bonus material.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Platinum {Part One}: Airborne | 5:06 |
| 2 | Platinum {Part Two}: Platinum | 6:06 |
| 3 | Platinum {Part Three}: Charleston | 3:17 |
| 4 | Platinum {Part Four}: North Star / Platinum Finale
Arranged By [North Star] – Mike Oldfield, Written-By [North Star] – Philip Glass, Written-By [Platinum Finale] – Mike Oldfield |
4:44 |
| 5 | Woodhenge | 4:05 |
| 6 | Into Wonderland | 3:46 |
| 7 | Punkadiddle | 5:46 |
| 8 | I Got Rhythm
Written-By – George Gershwin |
4:50 |
| Bonus Tracks | ||
| 9 | Platinum (Live Studio Session) | 5:12 |
| 10 |
North Star (2012 Mike Oldfield Remix)
Remix – Mike Oldfield |
8:11 |
| 11 | Blue Peter
Written-By – Ashworth Hope |
2:06 |
More Details:
- A&R [Artist Liaison] – Mark Powell
- Compiled By – Mark Powell
- Coordinator [R2 Coordination] – Ed Carruthers
- Design [New Package Design And Artwork], Artwork – Phil Smee
- Design [Original LP Design] – Trevor Key
- Directed By [Platinum 2012 Project Directors] – Adam Barker, Daryl Easlea, Mike Oldfield
- Mastered By [Co-ordination] – Mark Powell
- Mixed By [Co-ordination] – Mark Powell
- Producer – Tom Newman (2)
- Producer [Live Concert Mixes Produced] – Mark Powell
- Production Manager – Daryl Easlea
- Remastered By – Paschal Byrne
- Research [Master Tape Research] – Mark Powell
- Supervised By – Mike Oldfield
- Transferred By [Analogue To Digital Transfers] – Ben Wiseman
- Written-By – Mike Oldfield (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 10)
About the Artist:
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. His work blends progressive rock with world, folk, classical, electronic, ambient, and new-age music. His biggest commercial success is the 1973 album Tubular Bells – which launched Virgin Records and became a hit in America after its opening was used as the theme for the horror film The Exorcist. He recorded the 1983 hit single "Moonlight Shadow" and a rendition of the Christmas piece "In Dulci Jubilo".
Oldfield has released 26 albums, most recently a sequel to his 1975 album Ommadawn titled Return to Ommadawn, on 20 January 2017.
