Baccara in Moscow
(news date 16.XII.2000)
(from Olga Sviridova)

Hello Roman!
Just visited your Baccara-page. Nice job!
I am working in the concert agency Atack Concerts, and we are inviting Baccara (the one with Maria Mendioa & Marisa Peres) to Moscow on December 31.
Regards,
Olga Sviridova
olga_svi@hotmail.com
olga-s99@mail.ru
http://www.atack.boom.ru

 

New Baccara CD in Spain
(news date 6.XII.2000)
(from Welpol)

There is a new Baccara CD in Spain called LO MEJOR DE BACCARA from Maria and Marisa.
It has 15 tracks incl Sorry I`m a lady house mix and some songs from the Face To Face Cd. Very good quality songs and still with those superb accents!
Fantastic!

 

New Baccara Website !
(news date 9.XI.2000)
(from the author)

New Baccara Website. Please try:
http://www.geocities.com/rainbowflowerpeace/
Enjoy!

 

Baccara Fan
(news date 20.VIII.2000)
(from Thomas)

Hi Roman !
I´m lookign for some other Baccara Fans, may you can put my adress into the news ! That´ll be great ! I´m such a Baccara fan since 1977 , I´ve got all their records.
If anyone is interessed in CD´s from Germany, so please send me a message. I´ve got video tapes with them and I´m looking also for Tv-show with Baccara.
Bye for now
Thomas

 

Baccara at the Gosport Festival
(news date 25.VII.2000)
(from Peter Chegwyn)

Please include the following on latest news pages relating to Baccara:
Baccara will appear at the Gosport Festival in Southeren England on Saturday August 26, 2000.
Fort Brockhurst, Gosport, Hampshire (between Portsmouth and Southampton on South Coast of England)
Times: 15.00 BST - 23.00 BST.
Artists: BACCARA, The Three Degrees, George McCrae, The Real Thing, Silver Beatles and more.
Tickets: Ł15
Box Office Telephone: (England) 023 8055 5366
Website: www.gosportfestival.fsnet.co.uk e-mail: chegwyn@talk21.com
Many thanks
Peter Chegwyn
Event Co-ordinator

 

New Baccara CD in Spain
(news date 28.V.2000)
(from David)

Hi Roman
There is a fantastic new cd from Maria and Marisa called Face To Face with some excellent new songs sung in English. Also there is a new single called I Want To Be In Love With Somebody!!!!! Also on cd there is a new version of CARA MIA and bonus track SORRY IM A LADY Flamenco 2000 version. Its fantastic.
Best Wishes
David

 

Baccara RARE SONGS
(news date 4.IV.2000)
(from Mark Fell)

Hi Roman
I actually have three CD's from Baccara for sale
- two of which are rare songs by the girls themselves and the third one is various mixes of their best hit "Yes sir I can boogie" (some of which are very rare).
All the covers are home made and professionally done on CD software.
All the discs have picture labels.
The prices are as follows :
Buy 1 CD = $10 + $4 shipping = $14.00
Buy 2 CD's = $19.00 + $5 shipping = $24.00
Buy 3 CD's = $27.00 + $6 shipping = $33.00

The tracks are as follows :
CD number 1 RARE SONGS
1. Yes Sir I can boogie (extended 1999 remix)
2. Last night
3. Higher & Higher (Maria Mendiolo)
4. Sorry I'm a lady (1995 Italian 12" remix)
5. Love control
6. Gracias a la vida
7. Mad in Madrid
8. Wind beneath my wings
9. Rio
10. Sugar boom boom (Maria Mendiolo)
11. Love songs
12. Light my fire (12 minute extended album remix)

CD number 2 SOLO SONGS Maria Mendiolo / Maytee Matee
1. I wanna see the world
2. (When they believed) They wre an angel
3. Haunted by your love
4. Enchante
5. Hungry for love
6. Born again
7. Starlight
8. The time of your life
9. Aerobic
10. Luxury Life Mayte Matee
11. Malaguena
12. I do, I do (12" version)
13. Roses and wine
14. Touch touch
15. Souvenirs from paradise
16. Gypsy
17. Temptation
18. When I get lonely

CD Number 3 YES SIR I CAN BOOGIE (remixes)
1. original 7" version (4.35)
2. 1997 white label New Baccara (Maria) remix #1 (4.14)
3. 1990 New Baccara (Maria) extended remix (6.33)
4. 1995 Baccara (Mayte) Italian 12" remix (6.22)
5. 1997 white label New Baccara (Maria) remix #2 (3.58)
6. Original 1978 US 12" extended version (6.50)
7. 1997 white label New Baccara (Maria) remix #3 (4.30)
8. 1990 New Baccara (Maria) radio remix (4.07)

If you would like any of these, please clearly state which ones you would like. As soon as your money arrives, I will have the CD's shipped out to you the same day. I accept Money Orders and cash only. It's best to register any money you send to the UK, rather than risk losing it in the postal system.
Kind regards Markee CD's

 

Baccara in UK !
(news date 30.III.2000)
(from Mark Fell)

Hi
My name is Mark Fell and I am the author of the eurodance page that someone has kindly highlighted on this message board. The link is now incorrect, as I have changed e-mail addresses. The new e-mail address is mark@themanor37.fsnet.co.uk

I went to see Baccara (Maria & Marisa) in concert here in the UK, just a few days ago. They were superb and did five songs in total. These were :

Fantasy boy
Can't help falling in love
Sorry I'm a lady
Wind beneath my wings (slow version)
Yes sir I can boogie

Their voices were much stronger than I had imagined them to be and both Maria and Marisa looked very comfortable on stage.

Finally, I have two CD's of rare Baccara stuff for sale at $10 each.
These are CD-R's.

One of these is solo stuff from both Maria and Mayte ("Malaguena" / "Touch touch" / "Roses and wine" / "Starlight" / "When they believed they were an angel" etc) and the other is mainly joint Baccara stuff ("Last night" / "Rio" / "Sorry I'm a lady" (1995 12" Italian remix) / "Love control" / "Mad in Madrid" etc).

Keep up the good work on the web site.
Mark

New Lyrics from Willem van Veen !
(news date 14.III.2000)
(from Willem van Veen)

I send You some lyrics of Baccara songs which you might add to your Baccara site.
Kind regards and keep it Baccara, Willem van Veen, a devoted Baccara fan from Holland

Great! I put all new lyrics to Baccara Lyrics Website.
Roman.

 

Baccara 2000 Findance Website
(news date 25.II.2000)
(from Funk Gabor)

I found another one: http://www.findance.sci.fi/reviews/baccara2000-baccara2000e.html

some details from Findance Website:
"Once again, the girl group of the 70's, Baccara, is back. The name is now Baccara 2000 and the original member, Maria Mendiola, has been replaced by Cristina Sevilla. The another member of the group is still Mayte Mateos.
Baccara was very successful in Finland in the end of the 70's. The debut album of the band, Baccara, sold over 115 000 copies (double platinum) in Finland. It is Finland's second best selling foreign album all the time. Only Queen's Greatest Hits 2 has sold more than Baccara in Finland. Baccara's second album, Light My Fire, was quite successful, but it got "only" gold. The new album contains of course old hits Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, Sorry, I'm A Lady, The Devil Sent You To Laredo, Parlez-Vous Francais? and Darling, which are included already to several Baccara compilations. Hits was originally produced by Frank Dostal and Ralf Soja. The new album has been produced by Thorsen Brötzmann.
I think the rest songs are new tracks, but I'm not sure, because Baccara's history is very weird. Maria Mendiola formed her own New Baccara, which later changed their name to Baccara. In the same time, Mayte Mateos performed as Baccara with Jane Comerford. "

I'm still looking for the Lyrics of "Parlez-vous Francais" and "The Devil Sent You To Laredo" or Loredo?
Which one is the ONE? I have two (original) CD's with different title...
Gabor

I was searching for Baccara lyrics, so far your page contained the most...
I also found another link which looks nice, have sound samples, and is not on your link list.
Might be interesting for you...
http://www.eurodancehits.com/baccara.html

some details from Eurodancehits Website:
" In 1977 on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura, Mayte Matee and Maria Mendiolo were performing flamenco and singing traditional Spanish songs in cabaret for the many tourists who went there for the solitude and beautiful beaches, away from the commercialism of mainland Spain and the Costas. Their huge potential was spotted by RCA record company executive Leon Deane, who very swiftly signed a deal and named the duo after the BACCARA rose.
It wasn’t long before they were in touch with Rolf Soja, who co-wrote the song with which they are still synonymous today, “Yes sir I can boogie” The song was an immediate hit, achieving number one status in the UK charts as well as huge sales and success in countries all round the world. Mayte and Maria went on to follow this with the also successful “Sorry I’m a lady” and the release of their first album, simply entitled “Baccara”.
(...)
Around 1983, the original BACCARA duo had split and both Maria and Mayte had solo albums released, though these were mainly available in the countries where their fan base had remained loyal. Both achieved moderate success. Despite this, TV shows around the world still wanted BACCARA and around the mid-1980’s, both ladies had formed their own version of the group, with Maria naming hers NEW BACCARA in order to distinguish it from Mayte’s. She joined forces with the lovely Marisa and the duo are still together and performing today.
Maria and Marisa are still managed by Leon Deane and are now based mainly in Germany, where they still have a solid fan base and from where most of their CD’s are now pressed. It is perhaps this duo that are best known in HI-NRG circles, famous as they are for their 1988 euro-influenced hits “Fantasy Boy”, “Touch Me” and “Call Me Up” released on recently closed Bellaphon label, all of which went down a storm in the clubs and can still whip up a great deal of dancefloor participation.
No wonder why, all of them were produced by one and only Luis Rodriguez (MODERN TALKING, C.C. CATCH and others) NEW BACCARA also released a re-recorded version of “Yes Sir I Can Boogie” on their 1989 “Fun” album.
(...)
While Maria and her NEW BACCARA partner Melissa were achieving a higher recording profile, Mayte was still working regularly. Looking at video clips of Mayte during the 1980’s, it appears that she had a couple of different partners throughout her particular BACCARA metamorphosis. However she has now been firmly established with her new partner Jane Comerford, an accomplished Australian musician living and working in Hamburg, for some time.
Although they have no discernible new hits to their credit as NEW BACCARA have, they were still very much in demand for TV and live shows, trading on the back catalogue of hits from the original BACCARA girls, as well as uptempo versions of traditional Spanish songs such as “Aranjuez” and “Granada”. BACCARA recorded a HI-NRG version of Bette Midler’s hit “Wind beneath my wings” for the UK based Loading Bay record company which was a big hit in gay clubs. They also recorded new versions of both “Yes sir I can boogie” and “Sorry I’m a lady” for the Italian Discomagic record label in 1994, with a distinctive ‘90’s feel to them. The songs did not chart as they were pressed only in sufficient quantities for the club scene and could therefore not achieve the necessary sales. The fact remains that these 12” singles are extremely rare and hard to find, a measure of their commercial success and of BACCARA continued global support.(...)
author - Mark Fell"

Regards, Gabor

TV show in Bucharest
(news date 26.I.2000)
(from Bleotu Octavian)

BACCARA (Maria Mendiola and Marissa Perez) was invited in OCT 1999 at a TV show in Bucharest "Surprize,Surprize" when they sang: Yes Sir I can Boogie'99, Paloma Blanca and Porompompero (all three are on their CD-Made in Spain).
I would like to complete my BACCARA collection with the songs from LP"Colours" and CD"Star Gala". If you have any solution to help me, please tell me. Also to tell if I can help you to find some songs of BACCARA.
Best regards

Here are photos taken in Lund Sweden in May 1998.
picture 1
picture 2
Feel free to us them on your homepage!
Niklas

Baccara are on tour in the UK in March and April.
Dates and Venues are listed at my website:
http://freespace.virgin.net/kevin.orford/

Some details from Kevin Website:
"Baccara are back. They are playing a large number of dates in the UK this year as support to the Supremes (??) and the Tree Degrees.
It is not clear which Baccara are appearing. There are presently at least two groups calling themselves Baccara.
The dates:
24-03-2000 Bristol Coiston Hall 01179 223686
25-03-2000 Worthing Assembly Hall 01903 820500
26-03-2000 Southampton Guildhall 01703 632601
27-03-2000 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall 01303 253193
28-03-2000 Croydon Fairfield Hall 0181 6889291
29-03-2000 Cambridge Corn Exchange 0122 3357851
30-03-2000 Hemel Hempstead Dacorum 01442 228700
31-03-2000 Dartford Orchard 01322 220000
01-04-2000 Margate Winter Gardens 01843 292795
02-04-2000 Kings Lynn Corn Exchange 01553 764864
04-04-2000 Plymouth Pavillions 01752 229922
05-04-2000 Truro Hall for Cornwall 01872 262466
06-04-2000 Reading The Hexagon 0118 9606060
07-04-2000 London Lewisham Theatre 0181 6900002
08-04-2000 Ipswich The Regent 01473 433100
09-04-2000 Eastbourne Congress Theatre 01323 412000
11-04-2000 Southport Theatre 0870 6077560
12-04-2000 Oldham Queen Elizabeth Hall 0161 9114072
13-04-2000 Basingstoke The Anvil 01256 844244
14-04-2000 Portsmouth Guildhall 01705 824355
15-04-2000 Lowestoft Marina Theatre 01502 573318
16-04-2000 High Wycombe Swan 01494 512000
17-04-2000 Telford Oakengates Theatre 01952 619020
18-04-2000 Breadford St Georges Hall 01274 752000
19-04-2000 Northamptopn Derngate Theatre 01604 624811
20-04-2000 Derby Assembly Rooms 01332 255800"
21-04-2000 Newtown Hafren Theatre 01686 625007"

Please refer your visitors to my site
Thanks.
Kevin Orford