Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell did not take any part in the studio sessions, though performed vocals at Boney M's live concerts.
Meanwhile, Boney M.s tour management had been approached by Stock Aitken Waterman for a remix project. It was also covered by Skampida, Cliff Carpenter und sein Orchester, Handsome Hank and His Lonesome Boys, Franck Pourcel Orchestra and other artists. album to be recorded in Belgium, arranged by Bobby Farrell, ended being released as a Liz Mitchell solo album in 1988 since she was the only singer present in the studio during the sessions. released it on the album Nightflight to Venus in 1978. records, and that producer Frank Farian sang the characteristic deep male vocal as well as high falsetto vocals (he even duetted with himself on the track "Bye Bye Bluebird"). originally released Rasputin written by Fred Jay, Georg Reyam and Frank Farian and Boney M.
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album to feature a full track-by-track vocal credits list which confirmed that only two of the four band members, Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, actually sang on the Boney M. The Argentinian pressing omitted "El Lute" in favour of "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday". Oceans of Fantasy also features a guest appearance by Eruption's lead singer Precious Wilson on "Let It All Be Music" as well as on the cover of Sam & Dave's "Hold On I'm Coming", which was also issued as Wilson's first solo single. The same pressing also features "Let It All Be Music" and "Gotta Go Home" segued into a medley. Several pressings also contained the wrong running order on cover and labels, incorrectly listing "El Lute" as the opening track on side two, followed by "No More Chain Gang" and "Oceans of Fantasy" - a very early and scarce pressing actually has this running order on vinyl. As with the group's previous album, Nightflight to Venus, the original Hansa Records pressings of the album also included a range of different edits of certain tracks. The original length of the track is 4:02 and songs like "Gotta Go Home" and "Bahama Mama" were also longer on 7" than on the actual album. This was not included on Oceans of Fantasy but the B-side, "Ribbons of Blue" was, albeit in a heavily edited form. The album had been preceded in the spring of 1979 by the single " Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (based on American folksong Polly Wolly Doodle), one of the band's biggest hits. album to top the UK charts and features hits " El Lute / Gotta Go Home" and "I'm Born Again / Bahama Mama". Released in September 1979, Oceans Of Fantasy became the second Boney M. Oceans of Fantasy is the fourth studio album by Boney M. Boney M went through a myriad of members as the hits dried up, with Farian using new vocalists to front the brand.A very smart package both vinyl and gatefold cover with giant foldout poster. Boney M sold over 100 million records during their imperial phase, and were absolutely huge in 1978 with their two million-selling UK Official Singles Chart Number 1s, Rivers of Babylon/ Brown Girl In The Ring and Christmas Number 1 Mary’s Boy Child, as well as the UK Official Album Charts Number 1 album Nightflight To Venus.
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The group’s big break came in 1976 when they performed the song Daddy Cool for a German TV show, leading to the song becoming a big hit across Europe. Boney M were initially a solo studio project of Farian’s, where he’d recorded the number Baby Do You Wanna Bump, and when it eventually became a hit across Europe, he decided to hire performers to ‘be’ Boney M. Boney M’s four original members were Liz Mitchell (born July 12, 1952) and Marcia Barrett (born October 14, 1948) from Jamaica, Maizie Williams (born March 25, 1961) from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell (born OctoDecember 30, 2010) a performing artist from Aruba. Boney M are a Euro-Caribbean vocal group invented by German record producer Frank Farian, and who were originally based in West Germany.
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