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Kiwwy Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: Aug. 2003 Posted: Sep. 06 2008, 17:43 I have a friend who suddently claimed that Platinum was MO's best selling album, so I had to ask him if he had been drinking again, and he happily said "yes!"   But I couldnt find any figures listed online, so if anyone could provide them, it would be neat. -------------- TB Ultimate #363 Platinum #101 QE2 #749 Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1981 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Sep. 06 2008, 17:50 There's no need to look. He was joking. -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Kiwwy Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: Aug. 2003 Posted: Sep. 06 2008, 17:54 Quote (Scatterplot @ Sep. 06 2008, 18:50) There's no need to look. He was joking. haha, if only he was. But he does have a tendency to make claims that are a bit silly. He also recently kept insisting that Vangelis wasnt a person. So the reason for getting the figures, would be to get back at him for saying stupid thinges Or something -------------- TB Ultimate #363 Platinum #101 QE2 #749 Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Sep. 06 2008, 18:33 [quote=Kiwwy,Sep. 06 2008, 22:54][/quote] Quote He also recently kept insisting that Vangelis wasnt a person. Hilarious stuff..Actualy there used to be a DJ over here a few years back(Jimmy Saville guys and gals) who would give away bonus points for identifying artists and correct song titles etc.He especialy loved the old open brackets/closed brackets stuff you know trying to catch you out a little bit.Did`nt get a point if you did`nt know where the brackets went simple as that.But anyway he plays Chariots Of Fire one day and then says.."And an extra bonus point to you there if you could remember the name of the band; Vangelis". I think on sales figures Platinum is maybe only a gold.Where as Tubular Bells is without doubt Platinum and beyond.Not to be confused with The Platinum Collection of course which was probably only a silver at the most.May have been a Gold I guess but certainly not Platinum no way.Hope that clears that one up a bit. Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Sep. 09 2008, 07:38 Now now then now then guys and girls i have a letter her from a Dirk Star "Dear Jim please could you fix it for me......." (non UK readers please excuse......you needed to be there and seen Jim'll Fix It in the 70's/80's)  I laughed out loud when i saw this Dirk.Jimmy Saville......a name form the (open brackets/close brackets)past!  I don't think that Platinum would have sold more than TB in any country it was released in though.I love both of them but TB was incredible successfull and Platinum far less so. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Sep. 09 2008, 09:01 Oooh aaah..well..Goodness gracious..We seem to have another letter here in Uncle Jim`s postbag guys and gals(rattle rattle jewelery jewelery) from a Mr Caveman none the less..Now then! Gracious!.Here we go.."Dear Jim..Please could you fix it for me to ride in Mike Oldfield`s helicopter with Mike himself over Hergest Ridge this summer solstice wearing only our underpants.It has been a lifelong ambition of mine to see Mike in his undies at high altitude and I would be very grateful if you could make this wish come true.We could stop off for a fag somehwere and maybe drop off Richard Branson along the way while we`re still flying hopefully." Yours sincerley..Cavey Baby! Oooh ah! now then now then!..Mike Oldfield indeed..Very busy man very busy man..But as it happens guys and gals we got in touch with old Uncle Michael and well oh..take a look at this..(Imagination required from this point onwards sadly).           Back to top

Kiwwy Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: Aug. 2003 Posted: Sep. 09 2008, 09:04 Quote (The Caveman @ Sep. 09 2008, 08:38) "Dear Jim please could you fix it for me......." (non UK readers please excuse......you needed to be there and seen Jim'll Fix It in the 70's/80's) You mean like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYtBUzkLBGU -------------- TB Ultimate #363 Platinum #101 QE2 #749 Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Sep. 09 2008, 09:38 LOL.You're both mad. Dirk you must have had that image in your head for a long time.Cavey-babe?That'll be my cousin in the army-Capt Caveman....unga bunga me Cavey. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: Sep. 09 2008, 16:32 OK  - but can you find the Jim 'lll Fix it  from the time when that we chap got to play along with Mike - I think it was moonlight shaddow  (what else?). Ray   -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Sep. 10 2008, 05:06 Quote (Ray @ Sep. 09 2008, 21:32) OK  - but can you find the Jim 'lll Fix it  from the time when that we chap got to play along with Mike - I think it was moonlight shaddow  (what else?). Ray   See I only have a vague recollection of something like that actualy happening.So then I thought that I might`ve dreamt the whole thing?However if you put "Jim`ll Fix It and Mike Oldfield" into Google the first thing you`ll come up with is this bizzare story here. Scroll down to "Movement 2 and you`ll see what I mean.Given that said article wildly claims that The Peter Pan of Pop once went out on a date with Una Stubbs.I`m guessing it`s probably fair to say that he could be making the whole thing up?Although ashamedly I do remember the episode where Bodie & Doyle chucked the kid out the van and into the cardboard boxes.So it`s kind of interspersed with facts I guess..Some of which are in dubious taste I may add..Although the Una Stubbs bit at the start of the piece did make me laugh I must admit. Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Sep. 10 2008, 05:57 Quote (The Caveman @ Sep. 09 2008, 14:38) LOL.You're both mad. Dirk you must have had that image in your head for a long time.Cavey-babe?That'll be my cousin in the army-Capt Caveman....unga bunga me Cavey. God yeah Captain Caveman!!!..I knew that expression came to me too easily.Oh man those were some pretty hot chicks that old Cavey Baby used to hang around with.You know he was a real smooth mover on the quiet I guess.Even hotter than Josie and The Pussycats imho and man were they hot.Maybe there should be a poll here for hottest female cartoon character?Where Daphne from Scooby Doo gets to wrestle out with Penelope Pitstop and her little ol` compact pussycat..   And that age old question of course handed down from generation to generation...Wilma or Betty?..Got to be Wilma for me mind.Betty was just way too high maintenance no doubt about it.I mean I think I`d kind of feel sorry for Barney in a way if he was`nt such a bellend.And what the hell Wilma was doing with Fred?I mean come on surely it can`t all be down to the size of the club he used? Back to top

The Caveman Group: Members Posts: 2178 Joined: Jan. 2008 Posted: Sep. 10 2008, 07:41 Yeah but Betty was much younger.I personally think there was something going on between Penelope Pitstop and the Anthill Mob (remeber them?Used to drive Chuggaboom).  And what i want to know is why where Scooby and Shaggy always so hungry.Actually i think i do know.Must have been hell for them before Tesco went 24 hours. -------------- THE COMING OF THE GREAT WHITE HANDKERCHEIF IS NIGH. Back to top

Ray Group: Members Posts: 857 Joined: Jan. 2000 Posted: Sep. 10 2008, 08:01 Quote (Dirk Star @ Sep. 10 2008, 10:06) Ray   [/quote] See I only have a vague recollection of something like that actualy happening. So then I thought that I might`ve dreamt the whole thing?H Mike was definitely on Jim'll fix it.  I saw it.  It when MLS was in the top 10 or 20 or whatever it was - so about 1983 is +/- 1yr. Ray   -------------- Looking out over the harbour in Peel....... Back to top

hergest fridge Group: Members Posts: 307 Joined: Aug. 2005 Posted: Sep. 10 2008, 14:42 Quote (Ray @ Sep. 10 2008, 08:01) Quote (Dirk Star @ Sep. 10 2008, 10:06) Ray   See I only have a vague recollection of something like that actualy happening. So then I thought that I might`ve dreamt the whole thing?H[/quote] Mike was definitely on Jim'll fix it.  I saw it.  It when MLS was in the top 10 or 20 or whatever it was - so about 1983 is +/- 1yr. Ray   hi ,mike was on it i,m sure it was about the time of the exposed tour.so i make it 1979.I,m  sure he played TB part1 . Back to top

The Thin Man Group: Members Posts: 151 Joined: May 2002 Posted: Sep. 10 2008, 15:42 I have absolutely no idea where these figures came from, and do not know whether they refer to UK or World sales, but I knew I had copied some figures on to an old hard disk drive and have luckily managed to find them.  They are figures from about 2002 I guess as Tres Lunas and onwards are missing.  Just add salt to taste... Tubular Bells 16 Hergest Ridge 3 Orchestral Tubular Bells 0.7 Ommadawn 3 Boxed 0.5 Incantations 1.5 Exposed 0.5 Platinum 1 QE2 1 Five Miles Out 1.7 Crises 3 Discovery 1.4 The Killing Fields 0.3 The Complete 1 Islands 0.7 Earth Moving 0.3 Amarok 0.2 Heaven's Open 0.2 Tubular Bells II 3 Elements 1 Songs of Distant Earth 0.7 Voyager 0.6 XXV 0.7 Tubular Bells III 3 Guitars 0.3 The Millennium Bell 1.5 Back to top

Dirk Star Group: Members Posts: 1331 Joined: Sep. 2007 Posted: Sep. 11 2008, 03:11 Quote (hergest fridge @ Sep. 10 2008, 19:42) Quote (Ray @ Sep. 10 2008, 08:01) Quote (Dirk Star @ Sep. 10 2008, 10:06) Ray   See I only have a vague recollection of something like that actualy happening. So then I thought that I might`ve dreamt the whole thing?H Mike was definitely on Jim'll fix it.  I saw it.  It when MLS was in the top 10 or 20 or whatever it was - so about 1983 is +/- 1yr. Ray   [/quote] hi ,mike was on it i,m sure it was about the time of the exposed tour.so i make it 1979.I,m  sure he played TB part1 . Well that kind of fits in with that weird story that I linked above so you`re most probably right.The same show as the one which featured The Proffesionals apparently which I later found out to be late 1978.(I think)So approx a year before I started getting into Mike Oldfield which may be why I only have a vague recollection of it actualy happening.I`m guessing somebody somewhere will have it on tape.Even though it was kind of shown just before VCR`S became really popular over here.If indeed he did appear on the show during that time period of course?Either way it would be pretty cool to see a clip of it loaded up on youtube or something. Amarok 0.2 million The Millennium Bell 1.5 million ..What can you say?...What on Earth can you honestly say???..Dear Jim..Please could you fix it for me....   Back to top

Major Gowen Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: June 2008 Posted: Sep. 12 2008, 02:22 In UK terms, Tubular Bells reached no. 1 and stayed on the charts for nearly 5 years, whereas Platinum scraped to no. 24 and hung around for 9 weeks. I just love looking through my old Guinness hit singles/albums books. There was an episode of Jim'll Fix It where two girls asked if they could record a single. Richard Branson agreed to have it released by Virgin, and if I remember correctly the song in question was utterly awful and Mr. Branson appeared on the show with the young ladies. Maybe it was this kind of thing that drove Mike to think "what the hell am I doing on this label?" and not punk rock after all... Back to top

Kiwwy Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: Aug. 2003 Posted: Sep. 16 2008, 16:23 Quote (Major Gowen @ Sep. 12 2008, 03:22) In UK terms, Tubular Bells reached no. 1 and stayed on the charts for nearly 5 years, whereas Platinum scraped to no. 24 and hung around for 9 weeks. I just love looking through my old Guinness hit singles/albums books. Thanks, thats the stuff I was looking for -------------- TB Ultimate #363 Platinum #101 QE2 #749 Back to top

ex member 419 Group: Members Posts: 1177 Joined: April 2008 Posted: Sep. 18 2008, 01:33 Quote (Kiwwy @ Sep. 06 2008, 17:54) Quote (Scatterplot @ Sep. 06 2008, 18:50) There's no need to look. He was joking. haha, if only he was. But he does have a tendency to make claims that are a bit silly. He also recently kept insisting that Vangelis wasnt a person. So the reason for getting the figures, would be to get back at him for saying stupid thinges Or something tubularnet.com Mike has a very good sense of humour and will yank your chain....take any comments lightly Cheers, Deb    Ha Ha Ha Ha..remember Devo (Peekaboo)..Pixie's fave..by the way we do gigs in Hobart tasmania as mobile DJs, so for the hosts with the most, head south on a Saturday night..guaranteed good times and some of Mike's best rock tracks Back to top

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