Boney M.: 10,000 Lightyears (Expanded Album, Vol. 1) [1984]

Boney M.’s seventh album was released on May 5, 1984, and had been two and a half years in the making. Boney M.’s popularity had declined drastically after the departure of their iconic dancer Bobby Farrell late 1981. Ghanese-born singer Reggie Tsiboe joined the group in 1982 but their first single The Carnival Is Over/Going Back West failed to become a hit. Their 1983 single Jambo announced the new album to be released in the fall of that year. When Jambo was another flop, the LP had to be reconsidered. Farian then came up with the space rock concept that became side 1, and the LP and a ZDF TV special were finally launched in May 1984. The LP reached a respectable #23 in the German charts but once again the single Somewhere In The World only reached the lower end of the charts. It was an Italian chart single, Kalimba De Luna, that caught Farian’s attention. He rushed Reggie Tsiboe in the studio over the summer to record a Boney M. version of it. It was released in August ’84 and returned Bone