MIKE OLDFIELD - PLATINUM : V.RARE WITHDRAWN LP w/ SALLY
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MIKE OLDFIELD - "PLATINUM" ORIGINAL WITHDRAWN 1979 UK LP WITH THE TRACK "SALLY"
TRACKS: SIDE ONE - PLATINUM (with extract from 'North Star' by Philip Glass, arr. Mike Oldfield) // SIDE TWO - WOODHENGE / SALLY / PUNKADIDDLE / I GOT RHYTHM.
MATRIX NUMBERS : V2141 A1 / V2141 B1
ITEM DETAILS AND DESCRIPTION
A very scarce original WITHDRAWN UK LP on the Virgin label (V 2141), complete with inner sleeve. This is one of the few original pressings, which contains the track "Sally" - this version was quickly withdrawn and the track was replaced with "Into Wonderland", which appeared on all subsequent issues. Below is futher info. on this withdrawn pressing ....
'Platinum' (V2142) was released in November 1979. This LP was also to produce a rare track as the first 30.000 copies included the track 'Sally', which was written for his then companion Sally Cooper. Virgin, and especially Richard Branson himself, decided at the twelfth hour that the track was not suitable for release and replaced it with 'Into Wonderland'. Unfortunately, due to Virgin wanting to release the LP for Christmas they released records with printed covers and labels crediting the original 'Sally' track, whilst utilising the new 'Into Wonderland'. It therefore became impossible, when only looking at the cover, to tell which version was which. Luckily it was then discovered that by looking at the matrix number scratched on the record surface you could determine that the original 'Sally' version had the number V2141-B-1 whilst the 'Into Wonderland' version carried the matrix V2141-B-3. Today the original version is one of the most sought after recordings. (www.mikeoldfield.org)
The cover and the inner sleeve are in EX condition, the vinyl is also generally EX, with just one or two VERY light 'hairline' surface marks on each side (probably from storage in the card inner, I have now transferred the LP to a poly-lined sleeve). The album plays EX throughout and - judging by the lack of spindle traces on the labels - I would think that it has been only played rarely and carefully.
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