The Complete Studio Recordings (ABBA)

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The Complete Studio Recordings
The Complete Studio Recordings cover
Box set by ABBA
Released November 7, 2005
Genre Pop
Label Polar Music

Contents

[edit] Release Details

The Complete Studio Recordings is a box set of all the studio albums released by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 7 November 2005 and consists of 9 CD's and 2 DVD's.

The first eight CD's include each of the band's studio albums, plus all non-album singles and B-sides, and versions in Spanish, German, French and Swedish. CD 9 contains a selection of rarities, most of which were originally released after the band's heyday. Of particular interest is the rare alternate mix of ‘Waterloo’, which has never been available on CD before. The extended mono version of ‘On And On And On’ – featuring an extra verse and previously only available as the soundtrack to the ‘On And On And On’ video – is also released on CD for the first time. The nine CDs comprise every single studio-recorded piece of music commercially released by the Swedish group (under the name ABBA and/or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid/Frida) on single, LP or CD, including alternate mixes. Edited versions and extended versions (that did not feature alternate mixes) have been excluded.

The box set also includes 2 DVDs, featuring all the promo videos ever released by the band, 'THE HISTORY' documentary which covers the overview of the ABBA story, and a previously unreleased concert, which was originally a part of the television special 'Dick Cavett Meets ABBA', a co-production between Polar Music International and Sveriges Television (SVT). Five of the performances from Dick Cavett are included on the DVD. The original concert consisted of nine songs, but the remaining four performances are no longer to be found in the SVT archives.

[edit] Track Listings

[edit] Ring Ring

  • Ring Ring
  • Another Town, Another Train
  • Disillusion
  • People Need Love
  • I Saw It In The Mirror
  • Nina, Pretty Ballerina
  • Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
  • Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother
  • He Is Your Brother
  • She’s My Kind Of Girl
  • I Am Just A Girl
  • Rock’n Roll Band

[edit] Bonus Tracks


[edit] Waterloo

[edit] Bonus Tracks


[edit] ABBA

[edit] Bonus Tracks

  • Crazy World
  • Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton - On Top Of Old Smokey - Midnight Special (1978 mix)
  • Mamma Mia (Spanish Version)


[edit] Arrival

[edit] Bonus Tracks


[edit] ABBA–The Album

'The Girl With The Golden Hair' – 3 scenes from a mini-musical –

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[edit] Voulez-Vous

[edit] Bonus Tracks


[edit] Super Trouper

[edit] Bonus Tracks


[edit] The Visitors

  • The Visitors
  • Head Over Heels
  • When All Is Said And Done
  • Soldiers
  • I Let The Music Speak
  • One Of Us
  • Two For The Price Of One
  • Slipping Through My Fingers
  • Like An Angel Passing Through My Room

[edit] Bonus Tracks

[edit] Rarities

  • Waterloo (Alternate Mix, briefly available as a single A-side in Sweden)
  • Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton/On Top Of Old Smokey/Midnight Special (original German charity album mix, released in 1975)
  • Thank You For The Music (Doris Day Version)
  • Summer Night City (Full Length Version, first released in 1994)
  • Lovelight (Alternate Mix, first released in 1993)
  • Dream World (outtake from Voulez-Vous sessions, first released in 1994)
  • Voulez-Vous (Extended Remix, 1979 US promo)
  • On And On And On (Full Length Version, issued as video soundtrack in 1980)
  • Put On Your White Sombrero (outtake from Super Trouper sessions, first released in 1994)
  • I Am The City (outtake from 1982 album sessions, first released in 1993)
  • ABBA Undeleted (medley of outtakes, first released in 1994): Scaramouche / Summer Night City / Take A Chance On Me / Baby / Just A Notion / Rikky Rock ’n’ Roller / Burning My Bridges / Fernando / Here Comes Rubie Jamie / Hamlet III Parts 1&2 / Free As A Bumble Bee / Rubber Ball Man / Crying Over You / Just Like That / Givin’ A Little Bit More


[edit] DVD1: The Videos

[edit] Bonus Videos

  • Estoy Soñando
  • Felicidad
  • No Hay A Quien Culpar
  • Dancing Queen (1992 Version)
  • The Last Video


[edit] DVD2:

[edit] The History

  • The History: documentary (originally appeared on ABBA GOLD DVD)

[edit] Live in April 1981

Live In April 1981: selections from ABBA’s final live concert, originally broadcast as part of the television special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA.

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