Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88
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Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 is a remix album
by Boney M. released in 1988. Boney M.'s new manager at the time, Simon Napier-Bell
, succeeded in persuading the four original members to briefly reunite and promote this remix album. The man employed to re-arrange the original hits and create new interest in the band was PWL
's Pete Hammond who previously had remixed many of the Stock Aitken Waterman
stable's chart-topping hits with Kylie Minogue
, Jason Donovan
, Rick Astley
and Bananarama
. Five of the tracks also feature new lead vocals by Liz Mitchell. The remix project spun off three fairly successful single releases, "Rivers of Babylon (Remix '88)", "Rasputin (Remix '88)" and the 1988 "Megamix", which would appear on the follow-up album issued a year later, and created the first wave of Boney M. nostalgia in Europe.
While producer Frank Farian have continued to release new recordings under the name Boney M. all through the 80's, 90's and 2000's, such as 1990 non-album single "Stories" (featuring both Liz Mitchell and Reggie Tsiboe), the four new recordings on compilation More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
in 1993 as well as "A Moment Of Love" on 2006's The Magic of Boney M.
, Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 was in fact the final album project to involve all four of the original Boney M. members; Marcia Barrett
, Bobby Farrell
, Liz Mitchell
and Maizie Williams
.
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Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
by Boney M. released in 1988. Boney M.'s new manager at the time, Simon Napier-Bell
Simon Napier-Bell
Simon Napier-Bell has undertaken many jobs in the music industry, including bandboy, manager, producer, songwriter, journalist and author and gourmet...
, succeeded in persuading the four original members to briefly reunite and promote this remix album. The man employed to re-arrange the original hits and create new interest in the band was PWL
PWL
Pete Waterman Entertainment is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL, is most famous for being the home of hit record producers Stock Aitken Waterman....
's Pete Hammond who previously had remixed many of the Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman
Stock Aitken Waterman, sometimes known as SAW, were a UK songwriting and record producing trio consisting of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman. They had great success during the mid to late 1980s and early 1990s...
stable's chart-topping hits with Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
, Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, before beginning a career in music in 1988. In the UK he has sold over 3 million records, and his début album Ten Good Reasons was one of the highest-selling albums of 1989...
, Rick Astley
Rick Astley
Richard Paul "Rick" Astley is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and radio personality. He is known for his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up", which was a #1 hit single in 25 countries...
and Bananarama
Bananarama
Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
. Five of the tracks also feature new lead vocals by Liz Mitchell. The remix project spun off three fairly successful single releases, "Rivers of Babylon (Remix '88)", "Rasputin (Remix '88)" and the 1988 "Megamix", which would appear on the follow-up album issued a year later, and created the first wave of Boney M. nostalgia in Europe.
While producer Frank Farian have continued to release new recordings under the name Boney M. all through the 80's, 90's and 2000's, such as 1990 non-album single "Stories" (featuring both Liz Mitchell and Reggie Tsiboe), the four new recordings on compilation More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol. II
More Gold – 20 Super Hits Vol. II is a 1993 greatest hits album by Boney M.. As PolyGram released More ABBA Gold in 1993 to follow up the highly successful Gold: Greatest Hits, BMG and producer Frank Farian issued More Gold - 20 Super Hits Vol...
in 1993 as well as "A Moment Of Love" on 2006's The Magic of Boney M.
The Magic of Boney M.
The Magic of Boney M. is a greatest hits album of recordings by Boney M. released by Sony BMG in October 2006.The compilation which is an updated version of 1993's Gold - 20 Super Hits and 2001's The Greatest Hits includes eighteen of Boney M's best known hits from the 70s and 80s, a new remix of...
, Greatest Hits of All Times - Remix '88 was in fact the final album project to involve all four of the original Boney M. members; Marcia Barrett
Marcia Barrett
Marcia Barrett , is one of the original singers with the vocal group, Boney M.-The early years:...
, Bobby Farrell
Bobby Farrell
Roberto "Bobby" Alfonso Farrell was an Aruban dancer and performer, best known as the male member of the successful 1970s pop and disco group Boney M.-Early years:...
, Liz Mitchell
Liz Mitchell
Liz Mitchell is a singer, best known as the former lead singer of the 1970s disco/pop band, Boney M.-Early life:...
and Maizie Williams
Maizie Williams
Maizie Ursula Williams is one of the original members of successful 70s disco music group, Boney M.-Early years:...
.
Track listing
- "SunnySunny (song)"Sunny" is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates "Sunny" number 25 in its "Top 100 songs of the century."...
" (Bobby HebbBobby HebbBobby Hebb was an American singer and songwriter, best known for his writing and recording of "Sunny".-Biography:...
) - 3:43 - "Daddy Cool" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:33
- "Rasputin" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 5:27
- "Ma BakerMa Baker"Ma Baker" is a 1977 disco hit single by German disco band Boney M. It was the first single of their second album Love for Sale and their third consecutive chart-topper in Germany and their best yet placing in the UK, peaking at #2 although only a minor single in the US .-The song:Frank Farian's...
" (Farian, Jay, Reyam) - 4:42 - "Take the Heat off Me" (Bigazzi) - 3:53
- "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (Farian, Jay) - 3:23
- "Rivers of BabylonRivers of Babylon"Rivers of Babylon" is a rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The Melodians' original versions of the song appeared in the sound track to the 1972 movie The Harder They Come and the 1999 Nicolas Cage movie...
" (Farian, Reyam) - 3:44 - "No Woman, No CryNo Woman, No Cry"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song first became known in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread. The live version from the 1975 album Live! is perhaps best known — it was this version which was released on the greatest hits compilation Legend. The original...
" (Vincent FordVincent FordVincent Ford , known as "Tata", was a Jamaican songwriter best known for receiving writing credit for "No Woman, No Cry", the reggae song made famous by Bob Marley & The Wailers, as well as three other Bob Marley songs...
, Bob MarleyBob MarleyRobert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
) - 3:36 - "Brown Girl in the RingBrown Girl in the Ring (song)"Brown Girl in the Ring" is a traditional children's song in the West Indies. It was originally featured in the game of the same name.Brown Girl in the Ring is a children's ring game thought to have originated in Jamaica....
" (Farian) - 4:01 - "Gotta Go Home" (Farian, Jay, Klinkhammer) - 4:40
- "Painter Man" (Phillips, Pickett) - 3:49
- "Mary's Boy ChildMary's Boy Child"Mary's Boy Child" is a 1956 Christmas song, written by Jester Hairston. With its religious content, it is also widely performed as a Christmas carol....
/Oh My Lord" (Jester HairstonJester HairstonJester Joseph Hairston was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor. His notable compositions include "Amen," a gospel-tinged theme from the film Lilies of the Field and a 1963 hit for The Impressions, and the Christmas song "Mary's Boy Child".-Early life:Hairston...
, Farian, Jay, Lorin) - 4:22
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 (trk. 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12), backing vocals - Marcia BarrettMarcia BarrettMarcia Barrett , is one of the original singers with the vocal group, Boney M.-The early years:...
- lead vocals (trk. 5), 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, backing vocals
Production
- Frank Farian - producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
- Pete Hammond - remixer
- A PWLPWLPete Waterman Entertainment is the production company one-time pop and dance record label owned by pop mogul Pete Waterman. The label, originally PWL, is most famous for being the home of hit record producers Stock Aitken Waterman....
Production. - Recorded at PWL Studios London.
Single releases
UK7"
- "Megamix" (Radio Edit) - 3:54 / "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Remix '88) - 4:22 (Ariola RecordsAriola RecordsAriola Records is a German record label. As of the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of BMG which in turn has since become a part of the international media conglomerate Sony Music Entertainment...
111 947, 1988) - "Rasputin" (Remix '88 - Radio Edit) - 4:08 / "Megamix" (Radio Edit) - 3:54 (Ariola Records 112 096, 1989)
12"
- "Megamix" (Extended Version) - 7:02 / "Rivers Of Babylon" (Remix '88) - 3:40 / "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Remix '88) - 4:22 (Ariola Records 611 947 BB, 1988)
- "Rasputin" (Remix '88) - 5:25 / "Megamix" (Extended Version) - 7:02 (Ariola Records 612 096 BB, 1989)
Germany
7"
- "Rivers of Babylon" (Remix '88) - 3:43 / "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord" (Remix '88) - 4:22 (Hansa RecordsHansa RecordsHansa Records was a record label founded in the 1960s based in Berlin, Germany....
111 825-100, 1988) - "Megamix" (Radio Edit) - 3:54 / "Rasputin" (Remix '88 - Radio Edit) - 4:08 (Hansa Records 111 973-100, 1988)
12"
- "Rivers of Babylon" (Acid House Mix) - 7:15 / "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord (Remix '88) - 4:22 / "Rivers of Babylon" (Remix '88) - 3:43 (Hansa Records 611 825-213, 1988)
- "Megamix" (Extended Version) - 7:02 / "Rasputin" (Remix '88) - 5:25 / "Megamix" (Radio Edit) - 3:54 (Hansa Records 611 973-213, 1988)
CD
- "Rivers of Babylon" (Acid House Mix) - 7:15 / "Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord (Remix '88) - 4:22 / "Rivers of Babylon" (Remix '88) - 3:43 (Hansa Records 661 825-211, 1988)
- "Megamix" (Extended Version) - 7:02 / "Rasputin" (Remix '88) - 5:25 / "Megamix" (Radio Edit) - 3:54 (Hansa Records 661 973-211, 1988)
Sources and external links
- Rate Your Music, detailed discography
- Discogs.com, detailed discography
- [ Allmusic, biography, discography etc.]