30th Anniversary

30th Anniversary
Compilation album by Baccara
Released 2007
Recorded 1977–1981
Genre Pop/Disco
Label Sony-BMG
Producer Rolf Soja, Graham Sacher
Baccara chronology
The Very Best of Baccara
(2006)		 30th Anniversary
(2007)

"30th Anniversary" is a 3-CD box set by Spanish duo Baccara, released by Sony-BMG Germany on 31 August, 2007.

With a few minor omissions this fifty-track compilation comprises the entire recorded output of the original formation of the duo, Mayte Mateos and Maria Mendiola, made between the years 1977 and 1981 for the RCA-Victor label; their four studio albums Baccara (1977), Light My Fire (1978), Colours (1979), Bad Boys (1981), non-album tracks like "The Devil Sent You To Lorado", "Somewhere In Paradise", "Sleepy Time Toy", "Candido" as well as Spanish-, French- and German-language versions of some of their hits. 16 of the 50 tracks were previously unreleased on CD.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Rolf Soja/Frank Dostal, except where noted. 

Disc One
No. Title Writer(s) Original Album Length
1. "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie"     1977 – Baccara 4:29
2. "Cara Mia"   Rolf Soja/John O'Brien-Docker 1977 – Baccara 2:57
3. "Sorry, I'm A Lady"     1977 – Baccara 3:38
4. "Love You Till I Die" (previously unreleased on CD)   1977 – Baccara 4:26
5. "Granada"   Agustín Lara 1977 – Baccara 4:10
6. "Gimme More"   Rolf Soja/Peter Zentner 1977 – Baccara 3:50
7. "Koochie-Koo"     1977 – Baccara 4:02
8. "Feel Me"   Rolf Soja/Peter Zentner 1977 – Baccara 4:20
9. "Can't Help Falling In Love"   George Weiss/Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore 1977 – Baccara 3:26
10. "Number One"     1977 – Baccara 2:37
11. "Don't Play Me A Symphonie" (previously unreleased on CD)   1977 – Baccara 4:17
12. "Mad In Madrid" (Previously unreleased on CD)   1978 – B-side of first edition of single "Darling"
certain editions of 1977 – Baccara		 3:24
13. "Darling" (7" Version)   1978 – single A-side
full-length version ( – 5:51): 1978 – Light My Fire		 5:25
14. "Parlez-Vous Français?" (French version; Previously unreleased on CD) Rolf Soja/Frank Dostal/Peter Zentner 1978 – single A-side
1978 – Light My Fire		 4:25
15. "Parlez-Vous Français?" (English version)   1978 – single A-side
certain editions of 1978 – Light My Fire		 4:30
16. "Baby, Why Don't You Reach Out?/Light My Fire" (Edit) Rolf Soja/Peter Zentner/Jim Morrison/Ray Manzarek/Robby Krieger/John Densmore edited version: 1978 – The Hits of Baccara
original version (- 11:48): 1978 Light My Fire		 4:43
17. "La Bamba"   Traditional, Arr. Rolf Soja/María Mendiola 1978 – Light My Fire 3:00
Disc Two
No. Title Writer(s) Original Album Length
1. "My Kisses Need A Cavalier"     1978 – Light My Fire 4:53
2. "Adelita"   Traditional, Arr. Rolf Soja/María Mendiola 1978 – Light My Fire 2:28
3. "Yummy, Yummy, Yummy"   Joe Levine/Arthur Resnick 1978 – Light My Fire 3:34
4. "Amoureux" (Previously unreleased on CD) Rolf Soja/Peter Zentner B-side of 1978 single "Parlez-Vous Français?" (French Version) 3:39
5. "You And Me"   Rolf Soja/Peter Zentner/Frank Dostal B-side of 1978 single "Parlez-Vous Français?" (English Version) 3:25
6. "The Devil Sent You To Lorado"     1978 – single A-side
1978 – The Hits of Baccara		 4:03
7. "El Diablo Te Mandó A Laredo" (Spanish version of "The Devil Sent You To Lorado") Rolf Soja/Frank Dostal/Span. T.: Fernando Luis-Hernandez 1978 – single A-side Spain and Latin America. 3:50
8. "Somewhere In Paradise"   Rolf Soja/Peter Zentner B-side of 1978 single "The Devil Sent You To Lorado"/"El Diablo Te Mandó A Laredo"
1978 – The Hits of Baccara.		 4:10
9. "Body Talk"     1979 – Colours 4:38
10. "By 1999 (By Nineteen-Ninety-Nine)" (previously unreleased on CD)   1979 – Colours 3:45
11. "Ay, Ay Sailor"     1980 – Colours 3:48
12. "For You"     1981 – Colours 3:44
13. "One, Two, Three, That's Life" (previously unreleased on CD)   1982 – Colours 3:49
14. "I'll Learn To Fly Tonight"   Rolf Soja/Peter Zentner 1983 – Colours 3:35
15. "Roses In The Snow" (previously unreleased on CD) Rolf Soja/Peter Zentner 1984 – Colours 4:02
16. "Boomerang" (previously unreleased on CD) Rolf Soja/Peter Zentner 1985 – Colours 3:08
17. "Groovy Kinda Lovin'" (previously unreleased on CD) Jürgen Schröder/Peter Zentner 1986 – Colours 3:23
Disc Three
No. Title Writer(s) Original Album Length
1. "Sing Our Love A Lullaby" (Previously unreleased on CD)   1979 – Colours 3:33
2. "Baila Tú" (Spanish version of "Body Talk"; Previously unreleased on CD) Rolf Soja/Frank Dostal/María Mendiola/Mayte Mateos 1979 – single A-side Spain and Latin America 4:43
3. "En El Año 2000" (Spanish version of "By 1999 (By Nineteen-Ninety-Nine)"; Previously unreleased on CD) Rolf Soja/Frank Dostal/María Mendiola/Mayte Mateos 1979 – B-side of "Baila Tú" 3:26
4. "Eins Plus Eins Ist Eins (1 + 1 = 1)" (German version of "One, Two, Three, That's Life"; Previously unreleased on CD)   1979 – single A-side West Germany 3:48
5. "Sleepy Time Toy" (Previously unreleased on CD)   A- and B-sides of withdrawn 1980 single 5:06
6. "Candido" (Previously unreleased on CD)   A- and B-sides of withdrawn 1980 single 3:50
7. "Bad Boys"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 4:25
8. "Last Night"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 2:50
9. "Ohio"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 3:04
10. "Love Control"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 2:57
11. "Spend The Night"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 3:07
12. "Rio"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 4:46
13. "Colorado"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 3:30
14. "Woman To Woman"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 3:36
15. "Heart, Body And Soul"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 4:09
16. "Love Songs"   Graham Sacher 1981 – Bad Boys 3:36

Personnel

Production

Sources and external links

Baccara
Original studio albums &
main compilations
Baccara (1977) · Light My Fire (1978) · The Hits of Baccara (1978) · Colours (1979) · Bad Boys (1981) · The Original Hits (1990) · Star Collection (1991) · The Collection (1993) · Yes Sir, I Can Boogie (1994) · Star Gala (1994) · Golden Stars (1995) · The Collection (1998) · Woman To Woman (1999) · The Best of Baccara - Original Hits (2001) · The Best of Baccara (2005) · The Very Best of Baccara (2006) · 30th Anniversary (2007).