Part 1:
Boney M. On Stage
Live In Concert
Nov 1977
CCH Hamburg

1)    Intro
2)    Love For Sale
3)    Take The Heat Off Me
4)    Do You Wanna Bump?
5)    Daddy Cool
6)    When I Need You
7)    Sunny
8)    Belfast
9)    Still I´m Sad
10)    No Woman No Cry
11)    Ma Baker

Part 2:
Boney M. On The Road
Jamaica 1981

German spoken TV-special that was produced during the release of the “Boonoonoonoos” in 1981. The documentary follows Boney M. to Jamaica, where they play an open-air charity concert for Jamaican orphans. It consists of footage of their arrival, rehearsals, photo shoots etc. Special guests include Rita Marley, The Melody Makers and Third World.

- Subtitle: English (only “Boney M. On The Road”)
- Chapterselection (only “Boney M. On Stage”)
- PAL
- DVD 9
- Screen: 4:3
- Sound: PCM 2.0 Mono
- Region Code: 0
- Total running time: 85.49 min

Tracklisting:
1 Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord
2 When A Child Is Born
3 White Christmas
4 Feliz Navidad
5 Jingle Bells
6 Zion's Daughter
7 Darkness Is Falling
8 Hark The Herald Angels Sing
9 Little Drummer Boy
10 The First Noël
11 Oh Christmas Tree
12 I'll Be Home For Christmas
13 Oh Come All Ye Faithful
14 Petit Papa Noël
15 Winter Fairy Tale
16 Joy To The World
17 Auld Lang Syne
18 Christmasmedley: Silent Night (Stille Nacht), Snow Fall Over The
Ground (Leise rieselt der Schnee), Hear The Message, Sweet Bells
Bonus:
19 Mary's Boy Child feat. Daddy Cool Kids

We can announce that two new Boney M. compilations are on it's way to be released. Both are so called "budget releases", which mean they are very friendly priced. The first one is a 3CD boxset entitled "The Collection" (MCI/SonyBMG 88697272122), to be released on March 14th 2008 (tbc.) . This CDbox will include many hits and album tracks, but also some CD premieres as well and interesting versions of songs like the full version of "Ribbons Of Blue", "Daddy Cool '86" and several 12" versions. The compilation has been made by Frank Eberlein, who is also responsible for the compilation of the 3CD boxset of Amanda Lear "The Spinx - das Beste aus den Jahren 1976 - 1983".

The tracklisting of Boney M. "The Collection" is as follows:

CD 1 - THE SEVENTIES

01. Ma Baker 4:35
02. Sunny 4:02
03. Rivers Of Babylon 4:19
04. Let It All Be Music 4:53
05. Love For Sale 4:45
06. Rasputin 4:43*
07. Ribbons Of Blue 4:03
08. A Woman Can Change A Man 3:30
09. Bye Bye Bluebird 4:49
10. Bahama Mama 3:36*
11. New York City 3:43
12. Brown Girl In The Ring 4:02
13. Take The Heat Off Me 4:47
14. No Woman No Cry 4:59

CD 2 - THE EIGHTIES

01. Daddy Cool (Anniversary Recording '86) 5:17*
02. Children Of Paradise 5:19*
03. Malaika 5:01*
04. Boonoonoonoos 6:26*
05. Going Back West 5:03*
06. I Feel Good 3:03
07. Gadda-Da-Vida 5:05
08. Consuela Biaz 5:19*
09. Bang Bang Lulu 3:59*
10. Living Like A Moviestar 3:03
11. We Kill The World (Don't Kill The World) 6:33
12. Dreadlock Holiday 4:17
13. Somewhere In The World 5:07*
14. The Carnival Is Over (Goodbye True Lover) 4:53

CD 3 - THE BEST 12" VERSIONS

01. Happy Song 8:11*
02. Gotta Go Home 5:06*
03. Felicidad (Margherita) 11:46*
04. I See A Boat On The River 6:06*
05. My Friend Jack 8:26*
06. Kalimba De Luna 7:07*
07. Young, Free And Single 8:08*
08. My Chérie Amour 8:56*

* Version previously unreleased on CD

Recently 2 brandnew double DVD's have been released in Holland with performances of the legendary Dutch TV programm "Toppop" by EMI Music. Toppop was the biggest music weekly TV show of the Dutch television in the '70's and the '80's, comparable with the English show "Top Of The Pops". Since this was the age before the video clip all the big acts of that time came to Holland in the Toppop studio and they had guests like Blondie, David Bowie, Culture Club, Donna Summer, Kim Wilde, Queen, Elton John, Smokie, ABBA and many many more top acts from this era.

In fact, this is the show all Boney M. fans should be thankful….. When Frank Farian recorded “Baby Do You Wanna Bump” in 1974 and released it under the pseudonym “Boney M.” nothing happened at first…. But at the end of 1975 the song became a hit in the Netherlands. “Toppop” wanted “Boney M.” in it’s show… but there was no group. In fact, allthough Farian had a miming group, it had just split up.

Only Maizie Williams was left…. So Farian found himself in no time a male dancer who could mime to his voice named Bobby Farrell and another lady, Marcia Barrett to perform on Toppop. It was on January 2nd 1976 that Boney M. did it’s first TV performance with "Baby Do You Wann Bump". This is a legendary TV performance because then Boney M. were only three people: Maizie Williams (who was a member from the start in earlier line ups) Bobby Farrell and Marcia Barrett.

Shortly after this performance Frank Farian found Liz Mitchell. Nine months later Boney M. would return to the Netherlands to do their first Dutch TV performance as a quartet in their classic line up: Maizie williams, Bobby Farrell, Marcia Barrett and Liz Mitchell.

Boney M. would appear in Toppop 12 more times and did their final Toppop performance on November 8th 1984 with their final Dutch hit “Kalimba De Luna”.
On the 2DVD-set “Toppop DVD 3&4” Boney M. is presented with their first TV performance on Dutch TV with Liz Mitchell, “Daddy Cool” from 17th September 1976 along with other artists who appeared in Toppop like Pussycat, Robert Palmer, KC & The Sunshine Band, Baccara, Status Quo, Elton John and many more. For more info on Toppop go to www.toppop.nl

DVD3

01] Spargo - One Night Affair - 1981
02] Mel & Kim - Showing Out - 1986
03] Billy Preston & Syreetha - It Will Come In Time - 1979
04] Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hanging On - 1987
05] Marshall Hain - Dancing In The City - 1978
06] Modern Talking - You’re My Heart - 1985
07] Foxy - Get Off - 1978
08] Gruppo Sportivo - Disco Really Made It - 1979
09] Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson - A Real Mother For Ya - 1977
10] Bots - Zeven Dagen Lang - 1976
11] Catapult - Let Your Hair Hang Down - 1974
12] Black Sabbath - Paranoid - 1970
13] Pussycat - Mississippi - 1975
14] Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - 1976
15] Lenny Kuhr & Poppys - Visite - 1980
16] Johnny Hates Jazz - I Don’t Want To Be A Hero - 1987
17] Roxy Music - Avalon - 1982
18] Elton John - Your Song - 1971
19] Alessi Brothers - Oh Lori - 1977
20] André Hazes - Diep In Mijn Hart - 1982
21] Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love - 1974
22] Third World Now That we Found Love 1978
23] Nico Haak & Paniekzaaiers - Foxie Foxtrot - 1975
24] Joey Dyser - 100 Years - 1975
25] John Miles - Music - 1976

DVD4

01] KC & The Sunshine Band - I’m Your Boogie Man - 1975
02] Het Goede Doel - België - 1982
03] Shirts - Tell Me Your Plans - 1986
04] Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People - 1978
05] Earth & Fire - Maybe Tomorrow Maybe Tonight - 1973
06] Brotherhood Of Man - Save All Your Kisses For Me - 1976
07] Herman van Veen - Hilversum III - 1984
08] Culture Club - Time - 1982
09] Soft Cell - Tainted Love - 1981
10] Teach-In - Ding A Dong - 1975
11] Boney M - Daddy Cool - 1976
12] Mo - Fred Astaire - 1981
13] Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie - 1977
14] Status Quo - Down Down - 1975
15] Mai Tai - History - 1985
16] Leo Sayer - You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - 1976
17] Kayak - Starlight Dancer - 1977
18] Garland Jeffries - Matador - 1980
19] 10cc - I’m Not In Love - 1979
20] Cats - Vaya Con Dios - 1972
21] Talk Talk - Such A Shame - 1984
22] André van Duin - File - 1976
23] Nena - 99 Luftballons - 1983
24] Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now - 1972
25] BZN - Mon Amour - 1976

The new album "Christmas with Boney M." will be released on November 16th, 2007 through MCI/Sony BMG
as Jewel Case: 88697140322 and Digipack: 88697140342

The CD will be supported with a huge TV and marketing campaign all over Germany. As a bonus track there will be a new version of "Mary's Boy Child" feat. Daddy Cool Kids. The Daddy Cool Kids are four preteens, of which one
of them is Frank Farian's daughter. There will also be TV premiere of "Mary's Boy Child" feat. Daddy Cool Kids.

Boney M. gilt noch heute als DIE Hit-Formation der Disco-Ära. Mit ihrem frischen Pop-Sound, den fantasievollen Kostümen und ihren sexy Shows gelangen ihnen seit ihrem ersten Top-Hit “Daddy Cool” im Jahre 1976 außerordentliche Erfolge am laufenden Band. Das quirlige Quartett bestand aus den Sängerinnen Liz Mitchell, Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams, und dem Ex-Discjockey Bobby Farrell, die den von Produzent Frank Farian entwickelten Sound interpretierten. Schnell gab es für die Vier kein Halten mehr: Boney M. hatten in den Jahren 1975 bis 1988 insgesamt sensationelle 38 Top-Ten-Hits, davon allein 15 Nr.1-Plazierungen in Deutschland. In Großbritannien sieht die Erfolgsbilanz ähnlich aus: 22 TopTen Hits, davon fünf Nr.1 Platzierungen!
Bis heute wurden von den Schallplatten der Hit-Formation mehr als 50 Millionen Singles und über 60 Millionen Alben verkauft. Mehr als 800 Silber-, Gold- und Platin-Auszeichnungen stehen heute im Trophäenzimmer von Frank Farian, dem mit seiner opulenten Mixtur aus karibischen Klängen, heißen Disco-Beats und Black Music-Elementen das erfolgreichste, deutsche Musikkonzept der 70er und frühen 80er Jahre gelungen ist.

Am 16.11.2007 gibt es nun endlich wieder besten Boney M.-Sound zum Mitgrooven, denn das Liebhaber-Projekt „Fantastic Boney M. - On Stage & On The Road“ hält Einzug in die deutschen Wohnzimmer. Erstmalig auf DVD kann man die Supergroup der Disco-Ära wahrhaftig live erleben: Im November ´77 begeisterten sie ihr Publikum im Hamburger CCH mit Live-Gesang, einer sensationellen Live-Band und natürlich ihren größten Hits wie Daddy Cool, Sunny, Belfast, Ma Baker, Love For Sale u.v.m.
Außerdem enthält die DVD den 45-minütigen Film „Ein Sound geht um die Welt - Boney M. in Jamaika“. Das ergreifende TV-Special entstand unter der Regie von Pit Weyrich im Jahre 1981 zum Studioalbum „Boonoonoonoos“: Die vier Musiker reisten damals in die Karibik um ein Benefiz-Konzert für die dort lebenden Waisenkinder zu geben. Von Gepäckproblemen bei der Ankunft, über mühsame Proben und Foto-Shootings, bis hin zu privaten Band-Gesprächen am Strand und einem gelungenen Konzert unter Palmen (mit den Special Guests Rita Marley, The Melody Makers und Third World) - der Zuschauer wird mit auf die Insel genommen und erhält einen äußerst intimen Einblick in das tägliche Miteinander der erfolgreichsten Disco-Band.

(March 2nd, 2008)

Les Humphries, founder and leader of the Les Humphries Singers has died in December last year in England. This was announced today by the German newspaper Bild Am Sonntag

His ex-wife Dunja Rajter and their son Danny recieved this sad news now. "Danny recieved an e-mail yesterday from his half brother Chas in which he wrote that his father died on December 26th in a hospital in Basingstoke from a heart attack after a pneumonia. More Chas couldn't say. He didn't have contact with his father in the last 22 years" says Dunja, who was married to Les Humphries from 1972 until 1976.
In recent years Les Humphries lived a quiet life in England. He only became in the news because of problems with the German fiscal authorities because of tax problems.
Les Humphries sold around 40 million records in the '70's with the Les Humpries Singers. The biggest hits are "Mexico", "To My Fathers House", "Kansas City" and "Mama Loo". Humphries also composed the title song of the German ZDF crime series "Derrick".
Prior to Boney M. Liz Mitchell played in the German cast of the musical "Hair" and after that she joined the Les Humphries Singers. Here she met Malcolm Magaron, another member of the Les Humpries singers, who became Liz's boyfriend. After Liz and Malcolm split with the Les Humphries Singers they formed their own band Malcolm's Locks and released an album in 1974.

(March 2nd, 2008)

The German video production company Nestfilm Produktion is working on a brandnew documentary about Boney M. The production team of this documentary used to be Boney M. fans and all come from the Offenbach am Main area, Germany. In Offenbach Boney M. recorded their first albums in the Europasound Studios. Back in those days the members of Boney M. lived in and around Offenbach. The filmmakers will look back at the time Boney M. spend in Offenbach.
The documentary will tell the story from the start until now and how the original members look back at their time in Boney M. and what they are doing now.
Several people have been interviewed including
members of Boney M

They also followed the arise of the musical "Daddy Cool" in London and Berlin, visited Liz Mitchell during her big German tour in November 2007 and will ask the question: "what happened to golden and platinum records of Boney M.". This is sort of a starting-point of the film, and the film makers hope to finally get this treasure in front of the camera.
This documentary/film is an independent production, and it's not an act under orders of a TV station or a company. Allthough this is a project made by real fans, it is a high quality and 100% proffesional production and is already in the works since three years.
The film is not ready yet and some shooting has to be done. According to plan, Nestfilm Produktion hopes to make the film public by the end of 2008. Hessischen Rundfunk will probably show the documentary and currently there are also negotiations with ARD and Arte.
Nestfilm is also looking for possibilities to get the film in the German cinemas. More details will follow as we know them. More info about Nestfilm Produktion go to: http://www.nestfilm.de

(March 16th)

The 3CD compilation "The Collection" is now available in Germany. In The Netherlands it will be released on April 14th, together with the compilation "Rivers Of Babylon - A Best Of Collection". We have recieved the boxset at the Liz Mittchell Fanclub, and we are very positive about it.

The tracklisting is a true addition to the Boney M. catalogue. 17 songs haven't been released on CD before in the versions as they appear here, including several 12" versions and 7" versions. The artwork says that "Children Of Paradise" in it's 5.19 maxi version is released here on CD for the first time; this isn't exactly true, since it has been previously released on several compilations before, like on the "Ma Baker" compilation (295660 Ariola Express, 1989) and exclusive club CD "Boney M. - Golden Stars" (360537 SR International, 1996).

A pity is the fact that "Ribbons Of Blue" is presented here in the 1993 "More Gold" version instead of the original 1979 version, which still hasn't been released on CD from it's original master. But that is probably they only critisism you can say about this boxset, and our compliments go to Frank Eberlein, who selected the songs for this compilation with much care. The artwork is very "Boney M.-ish" and properly done, allthough not too spectacular. Regarding the fact that this boxset is budget priced, this is absolutely value for money (10 euros more or less). For those who didn't order the boxset yet, you can order it here.

Hereby we proudly announce the tracklisting of the forthcoming midprice Boney M. compilation "Long Versions And Rarities vol. 1 1976-1980", which will be released in Germany on 29.08.08 and on 01.09.08 internationally. Soon we will publish more background information why these tracks were chosen and why some other tracks not, and how this compilation is made.

1. Help Help (long album version 6:05) *
2. Rivers Of Babylon (US 12" promo long version 7:30) *
3. Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord (long version 6:20) *
4. Dancing In The Streets (long version 6:23) *
5. Ribbons Of Blue (original 1979 full version 4:06) *
6. Gotta Go Home (long version 5:06)
7. Bahama Mama (long version 5:11) *
8. No More Chain Gang (long version 5:43) *
9. I See A Boat On The River (long version 6:06)
10. My Friend Jack (long version 8:26)
11. Children Of Paradise (long version 5:16)
12. Gadda Da Vida (long version 8:56)

* = previously unreleased on CD.