Children of Paradise - The Greatest Hits of Boney M. - Vol. 2
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Personnel
- Liz MitchellLiz MitchellLiz Mitchell is a singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.-Early life:...
- lead vocals (A1 - A6, B1, B3, B5, B6) backing vocals - Marcia BarrettMarcia BarrettMarcia Barrett , is one of the original singers with the vocal group, Boney M.-The early years:...
- lead vocals, backing vocals - Frank FarianFrank FarianFrank Farian , is a German record producer and songwriter. He started out as a trained cook before moving into the music industry...
- lead vocals (A7, B2, B7), backing vocals - La MamaLa Mama (band)La Mama is a German pop and disco trio who worked in Frank Farian's studios in the first half of the 1980s. Adapting their name from New York theatre La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, they released three singles and two albums and worked as backing singers on a number of recordings for other...
(Cathy Bartney, Patricia Shockley, Madeleine Davis) - lead vocals (B4), backing vocals (A1) - Black Beautiful Circus - backing vocals (B3)
Single releases
Germany7"
- "Children of Paradise" - 4:23 / "Gadda Da Vida" - 4:58 (Hansa RecordsHansa RecordsHansa Records was a record label founded in the 1960s based in Berlin, Germany....
102 400-100, 1980) - "Felicidad (Margherita)" (Reno Massara, Rosella Conz) - 4:32 / "Strange" (Bobby Dobson) - 3:28 (Hansa RecordsHansa RecordsHansa Records was a record label founded in the 1960s based in Berlin, Germany....
102 681-100, 1980)
12"
- "Gadda Da Vida" (12" Mix) - 8:50 / "Children of Paradise" (12" Mix) - 5:18 (Hansa 600 280-213, 1980)
- "Felicidad (Margherita) (12" Mix) - 11:46 / "Strange" - 3:28 (Hansa 600 311-213, 1981)
- "Boney M For Dancin'" (12" double-pack) (Hansa 301 500-565, 1980)
Side A
- "Gadda Da Vida" (12" Mix) - 8:50
Side B
- "Children of Paradise" (12" Mix) - 5:18
Side C
- "Felicidad (Margherita) (12" Mix) - 11:46
Side D
- "Strange" - 3:28
UK
7"
- "Children of Paradise" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:23 / "Gadda-Da-Vida" (Doug IngleDoug IngleDoug Ingle is a founding member and former organist, vocalist and primary composer for the band Iron Butterfly. He also had a short stint with the pop group Stark Naked and the Car Thieves in the early 1970s after he left Iron Butterfly.- Biography :Ingle's father Lloyd, a church organist,...
) - 4:58 (Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
K11673, 1980)
Sources and external links
- Rate Your Music, detailed discography
- Discogs.com, detailed discography
- [ Allmusic, biography, discography etc.]
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