Nightflight To Venus

Media Condition:  Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Country:    Germany  
Released:  1978
Genre:       Funk / Soul, Pop
Style:         Disco

Comments:
EX RECORD, FEW FAINT HAIRLINES, EX COVER, FAINT COVERWEAR
 

Notes:

As usual the Boney M LP came with fake timings.
There are 4 pressings of this LP.
The most significant difference is the length of 'Nightflight To Venus'.
On the first pressing it was 7:11 min..
The second pressing was 5:55 min., the third 4:58 min. & the final and most common 4:46 min. (4th pressing, this release).

This final edition of "Nightflight To Venus" was released in numerous variations, with the catalog number appearing as 26 026 OT or 26 026 XOT on covers. There are also differences in durations listed on covers and labels given as 4:46/5:51, 5:15/5:10 or 5:55/6:03 e.g. for the first two tracks.
XOT is a Ariola Eurodisc price suffix.

℗ 4/78 (on cover)
℗ 5/78 (on label)

Im Ariola-Vertrieb
Printed in Western Germany by Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG, Gütersloh

First cat. number - on labels and postcards, second - on cover (back and spine)

Publishers (as stated on the cover):
Far-Music (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1 to B4)
United Artists (track: A3)
Burlington (track: A5)
Blue Mountain (track: B1)
Global (track: B5)

The tracks 'Nightflight To Venus' and 'Rasputin' play continuously without interruption (total duration A1+A2= 10:37 min.) 

 

A1. Nightflight To Venus 4:46
A2. Rasputin 5:51
A3. Painter Man 3:10
A4. He Was A Steppenwolf 6:51
A5. King Of The Road 2:36
B1. Rivers Of Babylon 4:18
B2. Voodoonight 3:31
B3. Brown Girl In The Ring 4:02
B4. Never Change Lovers In The Middle Of The Night 5:32
B5. Heart Of Gold 4:00

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Rights Society GEMA
Label Code LC 0835
Matrix / Runout S 26 026 A
Matrix / Runout S 26 026 B
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-9/78S II Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-13/78S II Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-11/78S III Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout Made in Germany 26026 B-10/78S II
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-11/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-14/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 049 26026 A-13/78S
Matrix / Runout 049 26026 B-14/78S
Matrix / Runout 05 26026 A-13/78S
Matrix / Runout 05 26026 B-9/78S III
Matrix / Runout 260 26 A-13/78S II Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout 260 26 B-10/78S II Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout 05 26026 A-11/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 05 26026 B-11/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26 026 A-12/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26 026 B-11/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-13/78S Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-13/78S Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout 049
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-9/78S Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-16/78S Made In Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 A-13/78S Made in Germany
Matrix / Runout 26026 B-14/78S Made in Germany
Price Code XOT

 

Record Company Ariola Eurodisc GmbH
Distributed By Ariola
Printed By Mohndruck Reinhard Mohn OHG
Pressed By Sonopress
Recorded At Europasound Studios
Recorded At Union Studios, Munich
Mixed At Europasound Studios
Published By FAR Music
Published By United Artists (2)
Published By Burlington (2)
Published By Blue Mountain
Published By Global (7)

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