02 May 2012

Boney M "Love for Sale" (1977)

Love for Sale
release date: May 2, 1977
format: vinyl
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,78]
producer: Frank Farian
label: Hansa International - nationality: (West) Germany

2nd studio album by German disco band Boney M consisting of the four members Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica, Maizie Williams from Montserrat (in the Caribbean) and Bobby Farrell from Aruba (also in the Caribbean). German producer and singer / songwriter Frank Farian (aka Franz Reuther) used the moniker Boney M for a single release in '74, which only featured himself, but he then decided to a have a dance group to front the 'band' for TV transmissions - he hired an initial group of dancers, which went through various incarnations for the following years until Feb. '76 when the four steady (dance and performance) members basically became Boney M.
I do believe that I puchassed the sucessor Nightflight to Venus (Jul. 1978) in '78 and subsequently got hold of this one, which came with a large poster - a wider version of the front photo, which I had on my wall for the following 3-5 years.
Not recommended.