The Collection (Boney M. Box Set)

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The Collection
Greatest hits by Boney M.
Released	14 March 2008
Recorded	1976-1987
Genre	Eurodance, Pop, Disco
Label	Sony-BMG (EU)
Producer	Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
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The Collection is a budget-priced 3CD box by Boney M., released on Sony-BMG, featuring a mix of singles, album tracks and 12" versions, including one song "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" previously unavailable on CD and a further 17 mixes that are previously unreleased on CD. The tracks are divided into "The Seventies" (Disc 1), "The Eighties" (Disc 2) and "The Best 12" Versions" (Disc 3).

[edit] Track listing

CD 1

1. "Ma Baker" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) - 4:35
   • From Love for Sale (1977)
2. "Sunny" (Hebb) - 4:02
   • From Take the Heat Off Me (1976)
3. "Rivers Of Babylon" (Farian, Reyam, Dowe, McNaughton) - 4:19
   • From Nightflight to Venus (1978)
4. "Let It All Be Music" (van Vugt) - 4:53
   • From Oceans of Fantasy (1979)
5. "Love For Sale" (Porter) - 4:45
   • From Love for Sale (1977)
6. "Rasputin" 4:43
   • From Nightflight to Venus (1978) - 7" Single Version - previously unavailable on CD.
7. "Ribbons Of Blue" (Forsey) - 4:03
   • From Oceans of Fantasy (1979) - overdubbed 7" Single Version from More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II (1993)
8. "A Woman Can Change A Man" (Farian, Jay) - 3:30
   • From Love for Sale (1977)
9. "Bye Bye Bluebird" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) - 4:49
   • From Oceans of Fantasy (1979)
10. "Bahama Mama" (Farian, Jay) - 3:36
    • From Oceans of Fantasy (1979) - 7" Single Version - previously unavailable on CD.
11. "New York City" (Farian, Klinkhammer, Jay) - 3:43
    • B-side of "Sunny" single (1976). Included as a bonus track on 2007 re-issue of Take the Heat Off Me.
12. "Brown Girl In The Ring" (Farian) - 4:02
    • From Nightflight to Venus (1978)
13. "Take The Heat Off Me" (Bigazzi) - 4:47
    • From Take the Heat Off Me (1976)
14. "No Woman No Cry" (Marley) - 4:59
    • From Take the Heat Off Me (1976)

CD 2

1. "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" (Farian, Reyam, Bischof) 5:17
   • 7" version of non-album track (1986), previously unavailable on CD.
2. "Children Of Paradise" (Farian, Reyam, Jay) - 5:19
   • Non-album track (1980). Original 12" Version.
3. "Malaika" (Trad. Kisuaheli, Farian, Reyam) - 5:01
   • From Boonoonoonoos (1981). 7" Single Version - previously unavailable on CD.
4. "Boonoonoonoos" (Farian, Sgarbi, Courage, Jay, Dillon, Ehrhardt, Morrison) - 6:26
   • From Boonoonoonoos (1981). Previously unreleased edit. The mastertape of the original 7" edit could not be found.
5. "Going Back West" (Cliff) - 5:03
   • Non-album track (1982). Original 12" Version.
6. "I Feel Good" (Farian, Bartzsch, Bischof) - 3:03
   • From Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984).
7. "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Ingle) - 5:05
   • Non-album track (1980). Original 7" Version
8. "Consuela Biaz" (Farian, Courage, O'Hara) - 5:19
   • From Boonoonoonoos (1981). Full-length version, previously only released on Hungarian 7" and French 12" pressings of "Malaika".
9. "Bang Bang Lulu" (Farian) - 3:59
   • From Eye Dance (1985). Original 12" Version.
10. "Living Like A Moviestar" (Farian, Kawohl, Bischof) - 3:03
    • From Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984). Note: Earlier CD versions cut off a tiny fraction of the intro.
11. "We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World)" (Farian, Sgarbi) - 6:33
    • From Boonoonoonoos (1981). The mastertape of the original 7" edit could not be found.
12. "Dreadlock Holiday" (Stewart, Gouldman) - 4:17
    • 1987 Top Deck (= Frank Farian) re-recording of track from Eye Dance (1985). Previously released on More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II (1993).
13. "Somewhere In The World" (Keilhauer, Grohé, Davis) - 5:07
    • From Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984). Original 12" version - previously unavailable on CD.
14. The Carnival Is Over (Goodbye True Lover) 4:53
    • Non-album track (1982).

CD 3

1. "Happy Song" (Acabab, Spagna, Bacciocchi) - 8:11
   • Non-album track (1984) - full-length 12" version - previously unavailable on CD.
2. "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Huth, Huth, Jay) - 5:06
   • From Oceans of Fantasy (1979). Original 12" version - previously unavailable on CD.
3. "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Massara, Conz) - 11:46
   • Non-album track (1980). Original 12" version - previously unavailable on CD.
4. "I See A Boat On The River" (Rulofs, Farian, Winger, Jay) - 6:06
   • Non-album track (1980). Original 12" version - previously unavailable on CD.
5. "My Friend Jack" (Smoke) - 8:26
   • Non-album track (1980). Original 12" version - previously unavailable on CD.
6. "Kalimba De Luna" (Esposito, Licastro, Malavasi, Amoruso, Di Franco) - 7:07
   • Non-album track (1980). Original 12" version - previously unavailable on CD.
7. "Young, Free And Single" (Farian, Applegate, Rayen) - 8:08
   • From Eye Dance (1985). Original 12" Version - previously unavailable on CD.
8. "My Chérie Amour" (Wonder, Cosby, Moy) - 8:56
   • From Eye Dance (1985). Original 12" Version - previously unavailable on CD.

[edit] Production

• Frank Farian - producer, lead- and backing vocals
• Liz Mitchell - lead- and backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - lead- and backing vocals
• Reggie Tsiboe - lead- and backing vocals (1982-86)
• Bobby Farrell - spoken intro "We Kill The World"
• Bryan Paul and other children - on "Don't Kill The World"
• La Mama (Madeleine Davis, Patricia Shockley, Cathy Bartney) - additional backing vocals (1980-81)
• Amy & Elaine Goff - additional backing vocals (1985)

[edit] Release history

• 2008 EU: Sony-BMG 88697272122