The Collection (Boney M. box set)

The Collection
Box set by Boney M.
Released	March 14, 2008
Recorded	1976-1987
Genre	Eurodance, pop, Euro disco
Label	Sony-BMG (EU)
Producer	Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Christmas With Boney M. (2007) The Collection (Box Set) (2008) Rivers of Babylon (A Best of Collection) (2008)

'The Collection' is a budget-priced 3-CD box set 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).

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) - 7" Single version.
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) - 7" Single Version.
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 (1984). 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.

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" and rap vocal in "Boonoonoonoos"
• 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 (1984–85)

Release history

• 2008 EU: Sony-BMG 88697272122

Boney M.
Liz Mitchell Marcia Barrett Maizie Williams Bobby Farrell Reggie Tsiboe
Studio albums and main compilations (1976–1985)	Take the Heat off Me (1976) Love for Sale (1977) Nightflight to Venus (1978) Oceans of Fantasy (1979) The Magic of Boney M. - 20 Golden Hits (1980) Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2 (1981) Boonoonoonoos (1981) Christmas Album (1981) Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984) Kalimba de Luna - 16 Happy Songs (1984) Fantastic Boney M. (1984) Christmas with Boney M. (1984) Eye Dance (1985)
Main compilations and remix albums (1986–present)	The Best of 10 Years - 32 Superhits (1986) The 20 Greatest Christmas Songs (1986) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 (1988) Ma Baker (1989) Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '89 - Volume II (1989) The Collection (1991) Daddy Cool - Star Collection (1991) The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs of the World (1992) Gold - 20 Super Hits (1992) The Greatest Hits (1993) More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II (1993) Hit Collection (1996) Best in Spain (1996) The Best of Boney M. (1997) Norske Hits (1998) Ultimate (1999) 20th Century Hits (1999) 25 Jaar Na Daddy Cool (2000) The Complete Collection (2000) Their Most Beautiful Ballads (2000) The Greatest Hits (2001) The Magic of Boney M. (2006) Hit Collection (2007) Christmas With Boney M. (2007) The Collection (2008) Rivers of Babylon (A Best of Collection) (2008) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 1 (2008) Christmas Time (2008) The Complete Boney M. (2008) In the Mix (2008) The Magic of Boney M. - The Danish Collection (2008) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2 (2009) Let It All Be Music - The Party Album (2009) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 (2009)
Main single discography	"Baby Do You Wanna Bump" (1975) "Daddy Cool" (1976) "Sunny" (1976) "Ma Baker" (1977) "Belfast" (1977) "Rivers of Babylon"/"Brown Girl in the Ring" (1978) "Rasputin" (1978) "Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord" (1978) "Painter Man" (1979) "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (1979) "El Lute"/"Gotta Go Home" (1979) "I'm Born Again"/"Bahama Mama" (1979) "I See a Boat on the River"/"My Friend Jack" (1980) "Children of Paradise"/"Gadda-Da-Vida" (1980) "Felicidad (Margherita)" (1980) "Malaika"/"Consuela Biaz" (1981) "We Kill the World"/"Boonoonoonoos" (1981) "The Little Drummer Boy"/"6 Years of Boney M. Hits" (1981) "The Carnival Is Over"/"Going Back West" (1982) "Zion's Daughter" (1982) "Jambo - Hakuna Matata (No Problems)" (1983) "Somewhere in the World" (1984) "Kalimba de Luna" (1984) "Happy Song" (1984) "My Cherie Amour" (1985) "Young, Free and Single" (1985) "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" (1986) "Bang Bang Lulu" (1986) "Rivers of Babylon (Remix)"/"Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord (Remix)" (1988) "Megamix" (1988) "The Summer Mega Mix" (1989) "Malaika (Lambada Remix)" (1989) "Everybody Wants to Dance Like Josephine Baker" (1989) "Stories" (1990) "Christmas Mega Mix" (1992) "Megamix" (1992) "Brown Girl in the Ring (Remix)" (1993) "Ma Baker (Remix)" (1993) "Papa Chico" (1994) "Somebody Scream - Ma Baker" (1998) "Daddy Cool '99" (1999) "Hooray! Hooray! (Caribbean Night Fever)" (1999) "Sunny (Remix)" (2000) "Daddy Cool 2001" (2001) "Sunny (Mousse T. Remix)" (2006) "Felicidad America (Obama-Obama)" (2009)
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