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Compilation LPs

	"Polar Music - 10 years" A compilation album incl. "Ring Ring", "Hej gamle man (by B & B), songs by Hootenanny Singers, Lena Andersson, Brita Borg (written by B & B) and more. Released in 1973
	"ABBA /Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida/" A compilation album from Czechoslovakia containing songs from the albums "Ring Ring" and "Waterloo"
	Early compilation from West Germany - "Honey Honey" released in 1974
	"The Best of ABBA" A Polydor compilation with 12 songs from ABBA's three first albums. Release early 1976.
	"The Fantastic ABBA" (Pop Power series). A Polydor compilation with 12 songs. Release early 1976
	"Golden Double Album" the first French compilation. A double LP with totally 24 songs chosen from the first three ABBA albums and Fernando
	"The Very Best of ABBA" A double compilation LP from West Germany with 24 tracks including "Fernando".
	"16 ABBA Hits" Rare compilation from West Germany with 16 songs including Fernando.
	"The Best of ABBA" from Australia 1976
	Asian "Greatest Hits including Fernando" - the first edition 1976.
	"Honey Honey" A German re-release of the album "Honey Honey" from 1974. This edition from 1979.
	"ABBA" Slovakian compilation album released by "Opus" in Czechoslovakia in 1977. Very rare.
			The SKAP box. A very unique box set from 1976. Released by The Swedish Society of Popular music Composers, Lyricists and Arrangers (SKAP) Including songs from ABBA, Harpo, Björn Skifs and other artists from Sweden. Release 1976.
	"Greatest Hits including Fernando" A compilation LP from Malaysia with 14 songs. Release 1977.
	"The Magic of ABBA" including a very short version of "Chiquitita". Released worldwide in 1980.
	"Äntligen sommarlov" (Finally summer vacation) a rare one including: Benny playing a solo piece and ABBA's "Summer Night City" live.
	"A wie ABBA" No. 1 on German and Dutch charts in the summer 1981
	"Aniversario los 10 años de ABBA" - a South American compilation released in 1981
	"Dez Anos" A compilation from Brasil containing 14 songs. Released in 1981.
	"The Must of ABBA" from France. Released in 1982.
	"A Collection of Hits" - USA 1982
	"Thank You For The Music" from 1983 features 14 love songs incl. "Fernando" in Spanish
	"Os grandes sucessos" A very rare compilation album from Brazil including en extended version of "I Do I Do I Do I Do I Do"(4.20). Released in 1983.
	"Golden Hits" from Brasilien. Some of the songs are edited. 1983
	"I love ABBA" from West Germany released in 1984
	"I love ABBA" from France, 1984.
	The US compilation released in 1984 by Warner Music
	The Story of ABBA - Canada 1984
	"I Love ABBA" from USA, 1984
	"The Best of ABBA" from Holland
	"Absolute ABBA" Double LP incl 24 songs. Made in UK 1988.
	The best of ABBA - 25 Jaar pop muziek Holland 1988 - 13 songs including The Day Before You Came
	"ABBA The Collection" is a double compilation LP from UK.
	"ABBA The Collection vol. 2" is a very strange album. The LP "Ring Ring" mixed with "Live"
		"The Best of ABBA" This compilation is the Polish version of "The Singles"
"The Hits" - 1987
	"The Hits 2" - UK
	"The Hits 3"
	"ABBA" - compilation from Brasil released in 1995.

Compilation CDs

		"From ABBA with love" 1984 Including: remixed versions of Eagle, To Turn The Stone and Wrap Your Arms Around Me
		"International" German versions of "Ring Ring", "Another Town Another Train", Spanish "Chiquitita", French "Waterloo", live versions of "Take A Chance on Me" and "I Wonder".
		"Love Songs" 1989 18 songs The Netherlands
		"The Love Songs" 1989 Including 14 songs
		"The Collection" 1987 18 songs
		"The Collection Vol. 2" 1988
		"The Hits 1, 2 & 3" - the box 1987-1988-1990
		"Absolute ABBA" - UK 1988 (2 CD)
		All hits from Australian charts collected on CD. Feat. remixed version of "The Name Of The Game". Release in Australia 1990
		"ABBA Story" - France 1991
		ABBA The Remix Project Release 1992
		"Svensktoppar 1" including: Björn´s "Raring" 1968, songs with Hootenany Singers and Lena Andersson Release 1993
		"Julens musik" Two Christmas LPs on one CD. The whole LP with Agnetha and Linda and the album with Frida and Hootenanny Singers (see Frida section)
		"Polars roliga timme" Including very rare songs: "Tango i det gröna (Pettersson) by Frida and "Ljuva sextital" by Agnetha released for the first time on this CD in 1994
		"På svenska" ABBA together and solo in Swedish. Released 1994
		"Pop favoriter" - a collection of songs performed by ABBA, Agnetha, Frida, Elaine Paige and others. Some rare recordings. From 1994
		"The Music Still Goes On" - released in 1996 16 songs
		"ABBA - Master Series" 1996 18 songs
		"ABBA - Master Series" 1998 The same songs as on previous one, different cover.
		"Arrival, Ring Ring..." Compilation from Germany with 16 songs
		"The Best" a compilation from Poland including 23 songs from Abba´s two first LPs "Ring Ring" and "Waterloo"
		"Gold Collection - The Best" One more strange CD compilation from Poland.
		"Classic ABBA" 1999 18 songs (see even the Australian 2005 release of this CD)
		The Dutch celebration of the 25th anniversary of "Waterloo" 1999
		The Dutch celebration of the 25th anniversary of "Waterloo" 1999 - del 2.
		ABBA Millenium Edition. Released in 2000
		Japanese compilation "SOS" released in 2001.
		"Todo ABBA" - a CD/DVD compilation with nice booklet. Release in Spain 2004
		The ABBA Story compilation from France 2004
		18 Hits compilation from Sweden 2005 contains 14 international hits and 4 songs sung in Swedish
		18 Hits international version 2005 slightly different track listing
		"Classic ABBA" - the Australian edition released in 2005 with completely different track listing to the European version from 1999. Even the front cover is features different photo.
		"Exitos eternos" - all ABBA songs recorded in Spanish. Released in USA only in 2005.
		"Take A Chance on Me" - released in Europe in 2005. Contains 14 songs.
		"La nostra storia" - an Italian compilation with 20 songs. Release 2005
			"Numer Ones" - the 2 CD edition. Release: November 2006
		"Classic ABBA" - compilation 2009

All ABBA "Gold" editions in the ABBA Records section

More compilations on MCs

		"The Best of ABBA" - 3 MCs released by Reader´s Digest
		"Live" from Holland
		"Live" - the 1997 re-master from Holland
		"Love Songs" from Holland
		"The Very Best of ABBA" from Germany
		"16 ABBA Hits" from Germany
		"ABBA Special 1981"
		"Greatest Hits including Fernando"
		Holland 1981 "A Van ABBA"
		Thank You For The Music UK 1983
		ABBA Story France 1991
		"The Winner Takes It All" released as MC only in Denmark. Including dead-end version of "Under Attack" - rare
		Sweden 1988
		Sweden 1988 - the same as "Money Money Money" - only different cover
		Guld Hits Vol.1 Sweden 1988
		Guld Hits Vol. 2 Sweden 1988
		Guld Hits Vol. 3 Sweden 1988
		Guld Hits Vol. 4 Sweden - The same as Danish MC "The Winner Takes it All" Contains the dead-end version of "Under Attack"
		Dancing Queen Sweden 1988

The Books & Notes

	ABBA - Their Story. The book was written by John Tobler and issued in Great Britain in 1984.
	Stikkan Anderson biography with an ABBA chapter.
	Carl Magnus Palm's Swedish ABBA biography - "The people and the music". Some b/w photos.
	ABBA The Folio - with notes and texts to ABBA The Album. Some b/w photos.
	Super Trouper note book contains lots of photos from the period. Some of them rare.
	Super Trouper - the note book from UK
	"The Music still goes on" - the story of ABBA and the members' solo careers. Lots of rare pictures.
	"Från ABBA till Mamma Mia" (From ABBA to Mamma Mia). This nice book contains Anders Hanser's pictures of the group. Pity that Hanser started taking his pictures of ABBA so late as in 1979. Lots of very well-known pictures among them the most "boring" ones from their tour in 1979.
	The German issue of Marianne Lindvall's story of ABBA until 1978.
	"ABBA värld av musik" aka "ABBA for the record" a classical book about ABBA from 1980. It contains some very rare pictures never seen somewhere else.
	"As I Am" the story of Agnetha Fältskog - the English edition with lots of ABBA pictures.
	"Som jag är" - the Swedish issue of Agnetha Fältskog story.
	"Som jeg er" from Denmark (1997)
	"ABBA in their own words" an English book with b/w photos. It contains only pieces from various interviews with the group. Quite interesting but nothing we did not know.
	Jean-Marie Poitiez' French biography of ABBA with as usual fabulous pictures.
	"ABBA The Book" is an absolute "bible" for the creators of www.raffem.com. A great work of Jean-Marie Poitiez. Great unknown pictures.
	"Succe på världs-scenen" - the story of ABBA's tour in 1979. Lots of rare pictures from the tour.
	Danish version of the 1979 tour book.
	The first book with ABBA pictures 1974-1980 taken by Bravo's photographer Wolfgang Heilemann.
	"The Complete Recording Sessions" - a great studio diary written by Carl Magnus Palm. Lots of pictures.
	"The very best of ABBA" - a note book with some nice pictures.
	"ABBA Made in Sweden" - issued in The Netherlands in 1977. Contains several rare pictures of ABBA taken in the land of this issue.
	"Fenomenet ABBA" - probably the first official biography of the group issued in Sweden in 1978.
	English version of "Fenomenet ABBA" entitled "ABBA by ABBA" from 1977.
	The German version of Christer Borg's ABBA biography. West Germany 1978.
	The Dutch version of the ABBA biography by Christer Borg and Thomas Minor. Features partly different pictures. Holland 1978
	"Boken om ABBA" - one more biography from Sweden in 1978. The book contains lots of quite rare pictures from the group's short visit in Poland in October 1976.
	The official tour programme 1979.
	This German songbook contains almost all lyrics to ABBA songs.
	A strange issue which was available under short period in Sweden in 1992 when the ABBA revival started. It contains some rare pictures.
	The John Tobler's story of ABBA.
	The Russian edition of Carl Magnus Palm's book about ABBA. Lots of rare pictures. It contains a bonus part describing Björn & Benny's Russian connection with the Russian pop star Alla Pugacheva.
	Spanish issue with some rare pictures. The story of ABBA in Spanish.
	This book from Vietnam. Most of the pictures taken from Jean-Marie Poitiez' "ABBA The Book".
	"Zwyciezca bierze wszystko" (The Winner Takes It All). A book from Poland written by a journalist and a fan. The story of ABBA and more from the Polish fan's point of view. Some rare pictures.
	Carl Magnus Palm's ABBA biography is kind of mix of "Complete Recording Sessions" and "The Economist". Not so many new facts. Some nice photos.
	This book comes from Belgium and contains some rare b/w photos.
	ABBA Annual 1978
	ABBA Annual 1979
	ABBA Annual 1980
	ABBA Annual 1981
	ABBA Annual 1982
	ABBA Annual 1983 the last one
	"The Name of The Game" an English gossip biography with lots of untrue facts. Some rare pictures.
	ABBA Thank You For The Music is the German issue of "The Name of the Game" with some rare ABBA pictures related to their visits in Germany.
	The issue from Czech Republic contains extra large collection of pictures.
	Harry Edgington and Peter Himmelstrand have released this ABBA biography in 1977 in Great Britain. Very interesting to read.
	Australian issue of Harry Edgington's and Peter Himmestrand's book. This edition can be seen in "ABBA The Movie".
	Danish ABBA biography. The book contains some very rare pictures of ABBA taken in Copenhagen.
	German book about ABBA connected to the releases of ABBA Gold and More ABBA Gold. Issued in 1993.
	The souvenir "mini" edition of "ABBA Gold" by John Tobler. Lots of nice pictures.
	The Swedish ABBA photographer Bengt H. Malmqvist's photo album containing an ABBA section with some beautiful and rare photos as well as two very rare Frida pictures from 1968.
	ABBA "Thank You for the Music" - Robert Scott's reviews of ABBA songs.
	The German version of the Scott's book
	"Benny's road to ABBA" by Carl Magnus Palm. Lots of interesting facts and pictures of Benny. Even some rare early ABBA photos. Issued in 2004.
	ABBA biography from UK. Issued in November 2004
	Elisabeth Vincentelli's analysis of ABBA Gold and some thoughts about ABBA albums. Issued in 2004.
	Vem är Björn och Vem är Benny - Who is Björn and who is Benny. Kind of funny book written by two Swedish journalists/TV personalities. One section in this book is devoted to ABBA but it is more fun than any serious facts. Some nice ABBA pictures. Issued in Sweden 2004.
	The German version of "ABBA on speaking terms".
	ABBA Gold Hits issued in July 2005. ABBA on hit charts all over the world.
	The book about ABBA written mainly for children in easy Swedish. Surprisingly it contains several very rare pictures of ABBA. Released in August 2005 in Sweden.
	A whole book about the folk part in Örebro (Sweden). Contains an interview with Björn Ulvaeus about Hootenanny Singers, ABBA as well as rare pictures of the groups and Hep Stars with Benny Andersson.
	The book "Fans" written by Fredrik Strage issued in Sweden in September 2005 contains unique interview with Agnetha Fältskog's stalker Gert van der Graaf who tells his own story about his and Fältskog's relationship.
	"A tribute to Frida" - a wonderful selection of Frida pictures from different periods of her life made by Philippe Elan and Jean-Marie Potiez. Lots of rare pictures. Issue: April 2006
	German paper's "Frau im Spiegel" own release in the series "Legends". The booklet with 98 sides and many rare pictures. June 2006
	"Mamma Mia How can I resist you". The story of ABBA and Mamma Mia the musical told by Benny, Björn and Judy Craymer. Issued in UK in September 2006
	"ABBA la biographie" - the story of ABBA and after in French. Issued in France in 2007.
	ABBA Facts and quotations - issued in Sweden in 2007
	"The little book of ABBA" - issued in Great Britain in the autumn 2007
	The book about the Swedish pop entertainer Björn Skifs has been issued in Sweden at the end of 2007. The book is created as a kind of scrapbook with clippings about Björn Skifs from Swedish press from the very beginning of his career until today. It contains some rare ABBA pictures and some interesting trivia as scans of telegrams from ABBA to Björn, travel schedule for European promotion of the single "Arbiter" from the musical "Chess" and much more. Absolute wonderful story of a big Swedish artist in pictures. The book is in Swedish.
	"ABBA The Story" - Sweden, September 2008 by Carl Magnus Palm (in Swedish).
	"Stikkan" - Sweden, September 2008 by Petter Karlsson (in Swedish). Absolutely fabulous story of Stikkan Anderson told by his daughter Marie Ledin. Lots of previously unknown facts about business behind ABBA.
	Norwegian version of "ABBA The Story" by Carl-Magnus Palm, October 2008
	"Poster - Nordens största Poptidning 1974-1980" - the story of the biggest pop paper in the Nordic countries between 1974 and 1980. Lots of ABBA pictures and huge Agnetha poster in the first issue of the book. Issued November 2008.
	Danish version of "ABBA The Story" by Carl-Magnus Palm, November 2008
	"ABBA Scrapbook" by Jean-Marie Poitiez
	The Dutch version of the Brita Åhman book "Som jag är" from 1996. Issued in the Netherlands March 2009
	"The complete ABBA" - Issued in the UK on 31 October 2009
	The Czech version of "ABBA The Story" by Carl Magnus Palm - issued 2009
	"ABBA in Amerika" (ABBA in America) - issued in February 2010
	"From ABBA to Mamma Mia" - an updated version re-issued in February 2010
	"The ABBA guide to Stockholm" by Sara Russel - issued in April 2010

Video & DVD

		Music Show 1 - the first ABBA video release with 7 clips: Gimme Gimme Gimme, Knowing Me Knowing You, Take A Chance on Me, Money Money Money, The Name of the Game, Eagle, Voulez-Vous Release: 1980
		Music Show 2 with 7 videos: On and On and On (extended version), One Man One Woman, Summer Night City, Dancing Queen, Thank You For The Music, Does Your Mother Know and The Winner Takes It All. Release: 1980.
		Music Show 3 was released in 1983 and it contained two solo videos filmed by Agnetha and Frida + 6 ABBA clips.
		ABBA The Movie Release: 1987
		The Video Hits feat. the extended "On and On and On" with an extra verse. Release: 1988
		It contains even Agnetha and Frida solo videos. Release: 1988
		ABBA The Movie Release: 1989
	ABBA the music biography
	ABBA live 1979 with a short US documentary
	ABBA Gold video 1992
	More ABBA Gold 1983
	Thank You ABBA - the video which accompanied the release of the 1994 ABBA box.
	Raskenstam - the Swedish movie picture with Agnetha Fältskog from 1983
		The Winner Takes It All - VHS & DVD from 1999.
	ABBA The Definitive collection containing 35 videos
		ABBA Gold on DVD, released on August 11, 2003
	ABBA Gold the re-release (Autumn 2003) (sound & vision)
	ABBA Live 79 (2004)
		Super Troupers - a documentary about ABBA with focus on the 30th anniversary celebration in London, April 6th, 2004. New interviews with Frida and Björn (2004).
		"Waterloo" - the DVD single (2004).
		The DVD single containing three ABBA videos and one trailer (2004).
		"The seduction of Inge" (Någon att älska) - a DVD release of the Swedish soft porn movie picture with Benny and Björn's music. A video to "Inga Theme" is added as a bonus. US release 2004
		"Todo ABBA" - 1 DVD and 1 CD released in Spain in 2004. The DVD contains 19 videos (some of the in Spanish).
		Music Review - ABBA 1973-82 2 DVD containing excerpts from various TV shows and comments on each ABBA song by quite unknown music producers and singers. Quality varies. Release in UK 2005
		ABBA The Movie - the limited edition 2 DVD 2005
		A compilation DVD with well-known videos. Released in 2006. (This version of the DVD from Australia).
		"Number Ones" - well-known videos + some previously unreleased TV stuff. Release 2006
		"The Golden Years" - low-budget release containing the English version of the Dutch TV special with ABBA from 1982
		ABBA The Movie - the Blu-ray edition. 2007

Other stuff

Singstar - ABBA

The new game for Playstation "Singstar - ABBA" is available in the Nordic countries from 19 November 2008. You can sing 25 songs together with ABBA and see high quality original videos on the screen. The singstar game judges you as a singer and confirms its judgment with points - better song = more points. Two persons can compete with each other at the same time - two microphones are attached. The version of the game scanned below is available in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland.