Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3

Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions and Rarities, Volume 3
Greatest hits album by Boney M.
Released	August 28, 2009
Recorded	1984-87
Genre	Eurodance, Pop, Euro disco
Label	Sony-BMG (EU)
Producer	Frank Farian
Boney M. chronology
Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 2 (2009) Ultimate Boney M. - Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 (2009)

Ultimate Boney M. – Long Versions & Rarities, Volume 3 is the third of a series of Boney M. recordings, gathering the original 12" versions, non-album tracks and alternate versions of the group's recordings. Volume 3 sums up the band's final years as an active recording group during which original member Bobby Farrell returned alongside Reggie Tsiboe, however excluding the 12" versions of singles "Happy Song", "My Cherie Amour" and "Bang Bang Lulu" (all previously released on CD). Of the 11 selected tracks, 9 of them are previously unreleased on CD.

Track listing

1. "Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001)" (Farian, Kawohl, Davis) - 5:47
   • From the album Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984). Original 12" Version, previously unavailable on CD.
2. "Wild Planet" (Farian, Bischof-Fallenstein) - 3:42
   • From the album Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984). Original 12" Version, previously unavailable on CD.
3. "Somewhere in the World" (Keilhauer, Grohé, Davis) - 5:08
   • From the album Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984). Original 12" Version.
4. "Future World" (Farian, Bischof-Fallenstein) - 4:08
   • From the album Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984). Long version from promotional whitelabel pressing, previously unavailable on CD.
5. "Ten Thousand Lightyears" (Kawohl, Björklund, Farian, Bischof-Fallenstein) - 4:20
   • From the album Ten Thousand Lightyears (1984). Long version from promotional whitelabel pressing, previously unavailable on CD.
6. "Kalimba de Luna" (Esposito, Malavasi, Licastro, Amoruso, Di Franco) - 9:39
   • Non-album track (1984). US Club Mix, previously unreleased (14 seconds longer than commercial mix).
7. "Young Free and Single" (Farian, Rayen, Applegate) - 8:08
   • From the album Eye Dance (1985). Original 12" Version.
8. "Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86)" (Farian, Reyam, Bischof-Fallenstein) - 9:09
   • Non-album track (1986). Original 12" Version, previously unavailable on CD.
9. "Mother and Child Reunion" (Simon) - 7:31
   • Non-album track (1985), credited to Frank Farian Corporation feat. Reggie Tsiboe. Original 12" Version, previously unavailable on CD.
10. "I'm Alive" (Farian) - 5:13
    • B-side of "Mother and Child Reunion"(1985), credited to Frank Farian Corporation. Original 12" Version, previously unavailable on CD.
11. "Dreadlock Holiday" (Graham, Gouldman) - 10:59
    • Re-recorded track from the album Eye Dance, credited to Top Deck (1987). Original 12" Version, previously unavailable on CD.

Personnel

• Reggie Tsiboe - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Liz Mitchell - lead vocals, backing vocals
• Marcia Barrett - backing vocals
• Frank Farian - lead vocals, backing vocals

Compilation: Casper Janssen

Sources

• http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/Boney-M-Ultimate-Boney-M/hnum/5310387

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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