This time the tour would take them to Spain, Italy, Scandinavia (with a concert in Copenhagen), Germany (where 17 cities were visited), Austria, England, Benelux and Switzerland.Ī second single was released from “Love For Sale” on 19th September. The same goes for the cover of the ’76 album “Take The Heat Off Me”. The cover of the LP is today regarded as art. It’s true that the original cover for “Love For Sale” is quite erotic, but the cover is actually very stylish and did fit the title of the LP as well as helping shifting some extra units. In some countries the cover of the “Love For Sale” LP was found a bit too erotic and the LP would be released with a completely different cover, so it wouldn’t offend the record buying public. In total “Love For Sale” stayed 62 weeks in the German album chart. 1 for 6 weeks and had a total of 16 weeks in the Top 10.
In Germany “Love For Sale” entered the no. A very high figure at that time meaning that both LP’s achieved platinum in Denmark. Like “Take The Heat Off Me” the new LP went to sell over 100.000 copies in Denmark. The LP became an instant success in all of Europe and many other countries outside Europe. It spent 28 weeks in the German chart with 15 weeks in the Top 10. 1 position on 13th June and stayed there for 3 weeks when it was knocked of by Baccara’s Summer hit. U.S.A., Canada, Japan, France and Spain “Ma Baker” would be issued with “A Woman Can Change A Man” as flip-side.Ī third no. “Ma Baker” was backed with “Still I’m Sad” and would turn out to be the Summer hit of 1977 together with Baccara’s “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie”. album with the same title and the new single “Ma Baker” were released. In May – during the first part of the “Love For Sale” tour – the new Boney M. The new live show would be an extremely colourful experience with special designed costumes that literally would make people turn their heads. rehearsed their brand new live show – “Love For Sale” – that would premiere on the 13th April in Siegen (Germany). The “Take The Heat Off Me” tour could be described as a set of warm up dates to the forthcoming “Love For Sale” tour.Ī break was then taken to complete the new LP. visited Aarhus, Aabenraa, Copenhagen, Holstebro and Svendborg in Denmark. From the 22nd March to 26th March Boney M. played their first live date including a live band and backing singers in Vechta (Germany). The “Take The Heat Off Me” tour was a 6 days tour with one date in Germany and 5 dates in Denmark. With a new LP and a new single planned for release in May a live tour was put together because of the demanding public and for promotional use – of course. That however changed and a photo from the session was used for the “Love For Sale” cover. The photo session was at first intended as a photo session for the magazine/yellow press and not for an album cover. A photo from the session was featured in “Neue Illustrierte Revuee” in October 1976. Didi Zill took the photos and it ended up featuring Liz, Marcia and Maizie in chains while Bobby was standing behind them. for their magazine which they would like to be even more daring and sexy. Due to the sexy album cover of “Take The Heat Off Me” the German magazine “Neue Illustrierte Revuee” requested a photo session with Boney M. Preparing the follow-up album to their debut album “Take The Heat Off Me” had already begun in late 1976. 1 the last week of January the road of success had been set for the rest of the year as well. With “Sunny” entering the German single chart at no.