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''Oceans of Fantasy'' is the fourth studio album by Boney M. Released in September 1979, ''Oceans Of Fantasy'' became the second Boney M. album to top the UK charts and features hits "El Lute / Gotta Go Home" and "I'm Born Again / Bahama Mama". The album had been preceded in the spring of 1979 by the single "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday" (based on American folksong Polly Wolly Doodle), one of the band's biggest hits. This was not included on ''Oceans of Fantasy'' but the B-side, "Ribbons of Blue" was, albeit in a heavily edited form. The original length of the track is 4:02 and songs like "Gotta Go Home" and "Bahama Mama" were also longer on 7" than on the actual album. As with the group's previous album, ''Nightflight to Venus'', the original Hansa Records pressings of the album also included a range of different edits of certain tracks. Several pressings also contained the wrong running order on cover and labels, incorrectly listing "El Lute" as the opening track on side two, followed by "No More Chain Gang" and "Oceans of Fantasy" - a very early and scarce pressing actually has this running order on vinyl. The same pressing also features "Let It All Be Music" and "Gotta Go Home" segued into a medley. ''Oceans of Fantasy'' also features a guest appearance by Eruption's lead singer Precious Wilson on "Let It All Be Music" as well as on the cover of Sam & Dave's "Hold On I'm Coming", which was also issued as Wilson's first solo single. The Argentinian pressing omitted "El Lute" in favour of "Hooray! Hooray! It's a Holi-Holiday". The album was the only Boney M. album to feature a full track-by-track vocal credits list which confirmed that only two of the four band members, Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, actually sang on the Boney M. records, and that producer Frank Farian sang the characteristic deep male vocal as well as high falsetto vocals (he even duetted with himself on the track "Bye Bye Bluebird"). Maizie Williams and Bobby Farrell did not take any part in the studio sessions, though performed vocals at Boney M's live concerts. ==Track listing== Side A: #"Let It All Be Music" (W. S. van Vugt) # * Arranged by Christian Kolonovits # * Featuring Special Guest Star Precious Wilson. # * 1st pressing (Hansa 200 888 A-6): 5:10 (in medley with "Gotta Go Home") # * 2nd + 3rd pressings (Hansa 200 888 A-8 / A-25 (Club Edition) / Atlantic (UK): 5:33 # * 4th pressing (Hansa 200 888 A-28 (and above) / Ariola (Spain + Portugal) / Atlantic (Japan) / Carrere (France) version) + CD: 4:46 #"Gotta Go Home" (Music by Frank Farian, Heinz Huth, Jürgen Huth - Lyrics by F. Jay) # * 1st pressing: 3:56 (in medley with "Let It All Be Music") - as second single version (without synth intro) # * All other pressings + CD: 3:45 # * Original 7" mix (4:35) available on the double CD 'Let it all be music the party album' (2009). #"Bye Bye Bluebird" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay and George Reyam) # * 1st pressing: 4:42 (very rare mix featuring different sax solo) # * 2nd pressing: 5:12 (with a repeated first verse) # * 3rd + 4th pressings + CD: 4:47 #"Bahama Mama" (Music by Frank Farian, Lyrics by Fred Jay) # * 1st pressing: 3:33 (slightly different mix) # * 2nd + 3rd pressings: 3:33 (slightly shorter than 7" mix) # * 4th pressing + CD: 3:16 #"Hold On I'm Coming" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) # * Performed by Precious Wilson. # * 1st, 2nd and 3rd pressings: 4:05 (original single version) # * 4th pressing + CD: 3:32 #"Two of Us" (Lennon–McCartney) # * 1st pressing: 3:29 (longer outro) # * 2nd, 3rd and 4th pressings + CD: 3:18 #"Ribbons Of Blue" (Written by Keith Forsey, L. Andrew) # * 1st, 2nd and 3rd pressings + CD: 2:01 # * 4th pressing: 1:02 (alternate mix with extra slide guitar) # * Original 7" mix - 4:07 Available on the double CD 'Let it all be music the party album' (2009). Side B: #"Oceans Of Fantasy" (Dietmar Kawohl, Didi Zill, Fred Jay) - 5:26 # * 1st pressing (Hansa 200 888 B-3): 5:26 (NB appears as track B3 on this pressing) # * 2nd + 3rd pressings (Hansa 200 B-6 / B-22 (Club Edition) / Atlantic (UK): 5:26 # * 4th pressing (Hansa 200 888 B-36 (and above) / Ariola (Spain + Portugal) / Atlantic (Japan) / Carrere (France) version) + CD: 5:05 #"El Lute" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Hans Blum) # * 1st pressing (NB appears as track B1 on this pressing), 2nd + 3rd pressings: 5:09 (as original single version) # * 4th pressing + CD: 5:48 (extended version) #"No More Chain Gang" (Rainer Ehrhardt, Frank Farian and Fred Jay) # * Arranged by Stefan Klinkhammer & Keith Forsey # * 1st pressing (NB appears as track B2 on this pressing) + 2nd pressing: 5:12 (without percussion middle break) # * 3rd pressing (200 888 B-16): 5:51, (200 888 B-22): 5:43 # * 4th pressing + CD: 5:17 #"I'm Born Again" (Written by Traditional, Helmut Rulofs and Fred Jay) - 4:08 #"No Time To Lose" (Frank Farian, Fred Jay, Stefan Klinkhammer) # * Arranged by Stefan Klinkhammer # * 1st, 2nd + 3rd pressings: 3:26 # * 4th pressing + CD: 2:57 #"The Calendar Song (January, February, March ...)" (Traditional, Frank Farian) # * Arranged by Christian Kolonovits # * 1st pressing: 2:44 (cold ending, alternate mix with some steeldrum riffs left out) # * 2nd pressing: 3:22 (cold ending) # * 3rd and 4th pressings + CD: 2:47 (faded) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oceans of Fantasy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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