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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

 

 

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"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.

 

 

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"The Best of ABBA"

from Australia 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.

 

 

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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.

 

 

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"Äntligen sommarlov" (Finally summer vacation)

a rare one including: Benny playing a solo piece and ABBA's "Summer Night City" live.

 

 

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"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.

 

 

"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

 

 

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"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"

 

 

 

 

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".

 

 

 

"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

 

 

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"The Music Still Goes On" 1996

16 songs

 

 

 

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"ABBA - Master Series" 1996

18 songs

 

 

 

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"ABBA - Master Series" 1998

The same songs as on previous one, different cover.

 

 

 

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"Arrival, Ring Ring..."

Compilation from Germany with 16 songs

 

 

 

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"The Best"

A very very strange and rare CD compilation from Poland including 23 songs from Abba´s two first LPs "Ring Ring" and "Waterloo"

 

 

 

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"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.

 

 

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"Svensktoppar 1"

including: Björn´s "Raring" 1968, songs with Hootenany Singers and Lena Andersson

 

 

 

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"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)

 

 

 

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"Polars roliga timme"

Including very 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

 

 

 

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"På svenska"

ABBA´s all songs in Swedish and some solo stuff.

18 songs

 

 

 

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.

 

 

"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

 

 

All ABBA "Gold" editions in the ABBA Records section

 

More compilations on MCs

 

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"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"

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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.

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Stikkan Anderson biography with an ABBA chapter.

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Carl Magnus Palm's Swedish ABBA biography - "The people and the music". Some b/w photos.

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ABBA The Folio - with notes and texts to ABBA The Album. Some b/w photos.

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Super Trouper note book contains lots of photos from the period. Some of them rare.

Super Trouper - the note book from UK

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"The Music still goes on" - the story of ABBA and the members' solo careers. Lots of rare pictures.

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"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.

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The German issue of Marianne Lindvall's story of ABBA until 1978.

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"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.

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"As I Am" the story of Agnetha Fältskog - the English edition with lots of ABBA pictures.

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"Som jag är" - the Swedish issue of Agnetha Fältskog story.