The Albums

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Release Date: 2008-10-27

Label: Polar

'The Albums' contains ABBA's eight studio albums plus a bonus CD that features non-album hits, single B-sides and album tracks in Swedish.
The Original Studio Albums: Remastered from original tapes, packaged in miniature replica sleeves featuring original album artwork.
The master is the same as in 'The Complete Studio Recordings' box set.

40-Page booklet: fully illustrated and with disc content details.

[box back:]
This box set:
℗ 2008 Polar Music International AB.
© 2008 Polar Music International AB.
A Universal Music Company.
Made in the EU.

[sticker on shrinkwrap, in different languages:]
– English: "99 track collection / 9CD box set featuring the 8 original studio albums / 1 bonus tracks CD / 40-page booklet / 060251774852"
– Spanish: "8 CDs Originales + Bonus CD / La colección completa de ABBA / 99 Canciones + Libreto de 40 Págs / 0602517748521"
– French: "L'intégrale ABBA à Prix Spécial / Tous les albums de ABBA + 1 CD de bonus inedits / Inclus Mamma Mia, Money, Money, Money, Gimme ! Gimme ! Gimme !, Dancing Queen, Waterloo, Knowing Me Knowing You..."

Note: For a few of the early recordings it has not been possible to ascertain exacty who the contributing musicians were.


Criteria Studios: Thank You Ron & Howard Albert, Tom Dowd, Don Gehman and Schellan "Sam" Taylor
ORIGINAL RECORDINGS DIGITALIZED by Johan Funemyr at Dicentia, Stockholm
ADDITIONAL DESIGN THIS BOX SET by Mikael Eriksson, M Industries, Stockholm
RESEARCH, LINER NOTES AND TIMELINE by Carl Magnus Palm, with thanks to lan Cole
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS from Frank Axelsson, Matthew Crocker, Görel Hanser, Gunnar Moe, Philip Muytjens, Bjöm Waldenström,
ABBA - The Book by Jean-Marie Potiez, and the websites ABBA Annual and ABBA On TV
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.abbasite.com
FAN CLUB: The Official International ABBA Fan Club / PO Box 3079. 4700 GB Roosendaal. The Netherlands

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