The Platinum Collection

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Release Date: 2009-11-06

Label: Virgin

Track 1-1:
– has been denoted as „(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena“ on earlier releases of this song

Track 1-10:
– has been previously released on the CD Various - Club Top 13 International - Mai/Juni 1988

Track 3-1:
– has been labelled „(I'll Never Be) Maria Magdalena“ on earlier releases of this song
– abridged in comparison with the original 12" vinyl releases from 1985 which have a duration of 7:13 min
– has been previously released on CD, Various - Fetenhits - The Rare Maxi Classics, even with a duration of 6 additional seconds, compared to the current release

Track 3-2:
– abridged in comparison with the original 12" vinyl releases from 1985 which have a duration of 7:32 min
– the previous CD releases of an „Extended“ mix for this song on the CDs Various - Kenwood Presents Laser Disco Hits and Various - 24 Carat Disco are different to the prevalent original 12" vinyl releases from 1985

Track 3-3:
– has been previously released on the CD Various - Kenwood Presents Laser Disco Hits Vol. II

Track 3-5:
– has been previously released on the CD Various - Maxi Power - N.Y. Disco Giants, even with a duration of 3 additional seconds

Track 3-6:
– has been previously released on the CD Various - Maxi Power - Hot News From L.A.

Track 3-7:
– abridged in comparison with the original 12" vinyl releases from 1987 which have a duration of 7:27 min
– has been previously released on CDs, Various - Super Power • Maximal, even with a duration of 5 additional seconds compared to the current release, and Various - The 80s Maxi-Versionen, albeit on the latter abridged by further 13 seconds

Track 3-9:
– has been previously released on the CD Various - Fetenhits - The Rare Party Classics and even the Maxi-CD Sandra - Heaven Can Wait

Track 3-10:
– has been previously released on the Maxi-CD Sandra - Secret Land

Track 3-11:
– has been previously released on the Promo-CD Sandra - Everlasting Love (PWL Remix)

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Career anthology featuring all commercial singles and selected favorites released between 1985 and 2009, presented in chronological order.

Six tracks previously unreleased on CD and one previously commercially unavailable track are included in this compilation.

CD I „1985 - 1992“ features three versions previously unreleased on CD,
Tracks 1-02, 1-05 and 1-06:
– In The Heat Of The Night (Single Version)
– Innocent Love (Single Version)
– Hi! Hi! Hi! (Single Version)

CD II „1992 - 2009“ contains one previously commercially unavailable track,
Track 2-11:
– Forgive Me (Radio Edit) - featuring backing vocals by Jens Gad (unlike the album version), previously available only on the promo single Sandra - Forgive Me.

CD III „The Best 12" Versions“ features three versions previously unreleased on CD,
Tracks 3-02, 3-04 and 3-08:
– In The Heat Of The Night (Extended Version}
– Innocent Love (Extended Version)
– Stop For A Minute (Extended Version)
It also includes a CD-ROM portion which opens a link to download 5 additional remixes and bonus content: Sandra - The Platinum Collection
The link is no longer active (tested in September 2018)

„Remastered at Railroad Tracks, Kerpen

℗ 2009 The copyright in this compilation is owned by Virgin Music, a division of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG
© 2009 EMI Catalogue Marketing, a division of EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Im Mediapark 8a, 50670 Köln.
© 2009 EMI Music Germany GmbH & Co. KG - Artwork: stefan.klein@klasse3b.com - A release of EMI Catalogue Marketing“

Released in a fat double clear-tray jewel case with 12-page booklet, housed in a large slipcase.

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