Boney M. And Bobby Farrell With The School-Rebels – Happy Song (German 12”)
Posted by DjPaulT on 5th July 2011
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“Happy Song” is a 1983 hit single by Baby’s Gang. The single became a European hit single when covered by German band Boney M. the following year.
After Boney M.’s return to the charts with a cover of Italian hit Kalimba de Luna, producer Frank Farian rushed back into the studio to cover another Italian hit single. He invited Boney M.’s original dancer Bobby Farrell to join the group along with a group of children from Rhein Main U.S. Air Force Base Elementary and Jr. High, credited as The School Rebels, who did the lead vocals together with Reggie Tsiboe. While Bobby Farrell did a rap, original singers Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett did not participate in the recording. Session vocalists La Mama (Patricia Shockley, Madeleine Davis and Judy Cheeks) did the additional female vocals. The single gave the group their final German Top 10 hit single (#7), their first in nearly four years.
SIDE A:
Happy Song (Club Mix) 8:10
Written-By – Abacab*, I. Spagna*, O. Bacchiocchi*
SIDE B:
School’s Out 3:19
Written-By – D. Kawohl*, F. Farian*, F. Reuther*
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Hansa, Hansa
Catalog#: 601 555, 601 555-213
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: Germany
Released: Oct 1984
Genre: Electronic
Style: Italo-Disco, Disco
Credits: Producer – F. Farian*
NOTES:
Produced for IMP-Production
Published by Ed. Renata (Renata Ed Musicali) (track side A) & Far Musik (Far-Music) (track side B)
Distributed by the Ariola Group of Companies
Printed in Western Germany by TOPAC, Gesellschaft für Tonträger-Verpackung mbH, Gütersloh
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EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut III
Cartridge: Ortofon Super 20
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Soundcard: ESI Juli@
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Brother MFC-6490CW Professional Series Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Adobe Photoshop CS5
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
Downsampled to 16bit 44kHz using Adobe batch processing
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi PNG format, resized to JPEG format for posting.
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Tags: 1984, Bobby Farrell, Boney M., Happy Song, The School-Rebels
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