1. Platinum
    • Part One: Airbone [5:06]
    • Part Two: Platinum [6:03]
    • Part Three: Charleston [3:17]
    • Part Four: North Star/Platinum Finale [4:43]
  2. Woodhenge [4:06]
  3. Sally [5:00]
  4. Punkadiddle [4:56]
  5. I Got Rhythm [4:40]



product
info		 Remastered 2000 version.
Recorded at Electric Lady & Blue Rock USA; Througham, Denham, & The Manor U.K.

Mike Oldfield - Electric & Acoustic guitars; piano & synthesizer; Vibraphone & Marimbas; & vocals.
Pierre Moerlen - Drums (also Vibraphone).
Alan Schwwartzberg & Maurice Pert - drums.
Niel Jason, Hansford Rowe, Francisco Centeno - bass.
Nicko Ramsden & Peter Lemer - keyboards.
Sally Cooper - Tubular Bells.
Wendy Roberts - vocals.
Demalza - congas.



review		 After having amassed a music collection that includes nearly all of Mike Oldfields CDs, this one is perhaps the best of them all. It is split into two halves, the first four tracks are instrumental and the last four are vocal.
The last four, whilst not bad, are not Mike Oldfields best attempts at vocal tracks and pale into insignificance behind other classics such as Moonlight Shadow and To France.
The main work of art on the album is, as is to be expected from the title, the first four tracks, which are collectively entitled Platinum.
All four are based around acoustic and prominently electric guitars and the first track introduces the instruments in a bouncy melody that becomes more upbeat as it continues. The melody suddenly changes in the last few minutes to lead in the second track, another melody that incorporates the guitars prominently but one that is more sombre and moody than the first with a slightly slower tempo.
The third track is a return to upbeat - a jovial, almost bouncy and comical affair, completely different from the first two and one that wouldn't be out of place in a circus!
Finally, the fourth track is in my opinion the best of them all, a haunting melody that eclipses every other track on the CD and one that could stand on its own quite happily as a solo piece.

If you are a fan of Mike Oldfields early instrumental work then this album is a real must...

Jonathan Collin / UK