Platinum Blonde is the self-titled debut EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 by Platinum Blonde

Platinum Blonde (band)

Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...

 released in 1983. The EP was only released on vinyl and cassette and is also known as Six Track Attack. It reached a high of #39 on the Canadian charts in early 1984, before being subsequently re-released with four additional tracks as the full-length Standing in the Dark

Standing in the Dark

Standing in the Dark was the first full-length album by Platinum Blonde. Released by Columbia/CBS Records Canada in 1984, it expanded on the band's original 6-track EP...

album in 1984.

Background and writing

In 1983, following the formation of their new band, Platinum Blonde recorded a 7-song demo tape in a friend's living room and sent it to English producer David Tickle

David Tickle

David Tickle is a British record producer and engineer. As a producer, he is most noted for his work with Split Enz, and in Canada, for his mid-80s work with Red Rider, Platinum Blonde and Gowan...

 who expressed immediate interest in the project. The next week they met at Metalworks studios just outside of Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 to begin recording and within three weeks produced a 6-song EP of New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 rock. CBS Records Canada then picked up the EP and the first single "Doesn't Really Matter" was released to Canadian radio in the fall of 1983. It became the fastest selling debut by a Canadian artist in the label's history at the time, peaking at #39 on the Canadian album charts.

The resulting attention allowed the band to return to the studio with Tickle and record four more songs to make a complete album called Standing in the Dark

Standing in the Dark

Standing in the Dark was the first full-length album by Platinum Blonde. Released by Columbia/CBS Records Canada in 1984, it expanded on the band's original 6-track EP...

which was then released in early 1984.

Platinum Blonde is re-issuing its self-titled six-song EP from 1983 on vinyl. Date is not yet revealed. http://www.napaneeguide.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3303244

Track listing

1. "Take it From Me"
2. "Video Disease"
3. "Not in Love" (Mark Holmes, Sergio Galli)
4. "Doesn't Really Matter" (Holmes, Galli)
5. "All Fall Down" (Holmes)
6. "Cinderella Story" (Galli)