Artists
Album Info
Release Date: 2022-05-25Label: Polar
[Submitter notes - packaging:]Outer box comes sealed, with a hype sticker attached to the front, and the sticker "Made in Czech Republic" attached to the back.
Box set consists of an outer box, open on one side, and an inner folder (which houses the CDs) that slides out from the opening, and a 40-page booklet. The individual CDs are not sealed.
CD outer sleeves are approximate replicas of the original Polar label issues.
No inner sleeves are included.
Booklet contains photos, one spread for each album with tracklist and credits, and box set credits.
[Hype sticker:]
"ABBA / 10 CD album collection / now including hit album / 'Voyage' and singles bonus disc / 0602445149513"
[Box bottom:]
This box: ℗ 2022 Polar Music International AB. © 2022 Polar Music International AB. A Universal Music Company. (...) Made in the EU. LC 00309. 0602445149513.
[Submitter notes:]
The audience noise segueing the tracks 7-9 ("Lay All Your Love On Me") and 7-10 ("The Way Old Friends Do"), as on the original album, is absent from this release. 7-9 fades out 'normally' without the noise, and 7-10 starts 'clean' without the noise.
Track 8-8 ("Slipping Through My Fingers") is not segued with the following track, 8-9 ("Like An Angel Passing Through My Room"), as on the original album.
CD10: No production / engineer details appear on the release.
No mastering details appear on the release.
No durations are listed on the release.
"Ring Ring" originally released at Polar as POLS 242 on March 26, 1973. Recorded at Metronome Studio, KMH Studio and Europafilm Studio in Stockholm between March 1972 - March 1973. ℗ 1973 Polar Music International AB. © 2022 Polar Music International AB, a Universal Music company.
"Waterloo" originally released at Polar as POLS 252 on March 4, 1974. Recorded at Metronome Studio, in Stockholm between October 1973 - January 1974. Agnetha appears courtesy of CBS-Cupol AB. ℗ 1974 Polar Music International AB. © 2022 Polar Music International AB, a Universal Music company.
"ABBA" originally released at Polar as POLS 262 on April 21, 1975. Recorded at Glenstudio, in Stocksund and Metronome Studio, in Stockholm between August 1974 - March 1975. ℗ 1975 Polar Music International AB. © 2022 Polar Music International AB, a Universal Music company.
"Arrival" originally released at Polar as POLS 272 on October 11, 1976. Recorded at Metronome Studio, in Stockholm between August - December 1975, March - September 1976. ℗ 1976 Polar Music International AB. © 2022 Polar Music International AB, a Universal Music company.
"The Album" originally released at Polar as POLS 282 on December 12, 1977. Recorded and mixed at Marcus Music and Metronome Studio, in Stockholm between May - November 1977. Track 5-4 was mixed at Bohus Studio. Additional overdubs recorded at Glen Studio, in Stockholm. ℗ 1977 Polar Music International AB. © 2022 Polar Music International AB, a Universal Music company.
"Voulez-Vous" originally released at Polar as POLS 292 on April 23, 1979. Recorded at Polar Music Studio and Marcus Music, in Stockholm and Criteria Studio, in Miami between April 1978 - March 1979. ℗ 1979 Polar Music International AB. © 2022 Polar Music International AB, a Universal Music company.
"Super Trouper" originally released at Polar as POLS 322 on November 3, 1980. Recorded at Polar Music Studio, in Stockholm between February - October 1980. Track 7-10 was recorded live at Wembley Arena in London, November 1979. ℗ 1980 Polar Music International AB. © 2022 Polar Music International AB, a Universal Music company.
"The Visitors" originally released at Polar as POLS 342 on November 30, 1981. Recorded at Polar Music Studio, in Stockholm between March - November 1981. ℗ 1981 Polar Music International AB. © 2022 Polar Music International AB, a Universal Music company.
"Voyage" originally released at 1221 as 00602438614813 on November 5, 2021. Recorded at RMV Studios, in Stockholm between 2017 - 2021. Track 9-5 was recorded at Polar Studios, in Stockholm in 1978 and at RMV Studios in 2021. Mixed at Mono Music Studios, in Stockholm. Mastered at Cutting Room. ℗ 2121 1221 AB. © 2022 1221 AB under exclusive licence to Polar Music International AB, a Universal Music company.
"ABBA Tracks" This compilation ℗ 2010 Polar Music International AB © 2022 Polar Music International AB.
Track 10-1 released as Polar single POS 1256 on October 15, 1979 ℗ 1979 Polar Music International AB;
Track 10-2 released as Polar single POS 1224 on March 1976 ℗ 1976 Polar Music International AB;
Track 10-3 released as Polar single POS 1239 on September 6, 1978 ℗ 1978 Polar Music International AB;
Track 10-4 first released on the album "The Singles - The First Ten Years" at Polar as POLMD 400-401 on November 8, 1982; also as Polar single POS 1321 on February 21, 1983 ℗ 1982 Polar Music International AB;
Track 10-5 released as Polar single POS 1318 on October 19, 1982 ℗ 1982 Polar Music International AB;
Track 10-6 released as B-side of Polar single POS 1244 ℗ 1979 Polar Music International AB;
Track 10-7 released as B-side of Polar single POS 1230 ℗ 1977 Polar Music International AB;
Track 10-8 released as B-side of Polar single POS 1272 ℗ 1980 Polar Music International AB;
Track 10-9 released as B-side of Polar single POS 1291 ℗ 1981 Polar Music International AB;
Track 10-10 was recorded in September 1980, but wasn't released until 31st of October 1994 on the boxset "Thank You For The Music" 523 472-2 ℗ 1994 Polar Music International AB.
ABBA images (on pages 34-35 of the booklet) by Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. LLC.