ABBA The Albums
2008 Box Set EDC, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD
Pop Rock
Vocal
Disco
Soft Rock
Synth-pop

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Polar
arranged by [horn, strings] Anders Dahl
arranged by [horn, strings] Anders Eljas
arranged by [horn, strings] Björn J:Son Lindh
arranged by [horn, strings] Rutger Gunnarsson
arranged by [horn, strings] Sven-Olof Walldoff
banjo, mandolin Björn Ulvaeus
banjo, mandolin Lasse Wellander
banjo, mandolin Rutger Gunnarsson
bass Arnold Paseiro
bass Mike Watson
bass Per Sahlberg
bass Rutger Gunnarsson
bass Stefan Brolund
brass Anders Stengård
brass Arnold Johansson
brass Bengt Sundberg
brass Björn Borg
brass Bosse Persson
brass Bruno Glenmark
brass Christer Danielsson
brass Christer Torgé
brass Gunnar Gunrup
brass Gunnar Wennberg
brass Gustavo Bergalli
brass Gösta Nilsson
brass Jan Jansson
brass Jan Kohlin
brass Jörgen Johansson
brass Lars Olofsson
brass Lars Samuelson
brass Lennart Axelsson
brass Lennart Löfgren
brass Nils Landgren
brass Torbjörn Kvist
brass Torgny Nilsson
brass Walter Brolund
brass Weine Renliden
coordinator [additional] Monika Rafalowicz
coordinator [project] Mia Segolsson
design Niclas Håkansson
design [additional; this box set] Mikael P. Eriksson
design [original album] Peter Wiking
design [original album] Ron Spaulding
design [original album] Rune Söderqvist
design [original album] Sten-Åke Magnusson
drums Derek Skinner
drums Jan Bandel
drums Joe Galdo
drums Kjell Jeppsson
drums Ola Brunkert
drums Per Lindvall
drums Roger Palm
drums Rolf Alex
electric guitar, acoustic guitar Anders Glenmark
electric guitar, acoustic guitar Björn Ulvaeus
electric guitar, acoustic guitar Bo Dahlman
electric guitar, acoustic guitar Finn Sjöberg
electric guitar, acoustic guitar George Terry
electric guitar, acoustic guitar Hasse Rosén
electric guitar, acoustic guitar Ish Ledesma
electric guitar, acoustic guitar Janne Schaffer
electric guitar, acoustic guitar Lasse Wellander
electric guitar, acoustic guitar Michael Areklew
engineer Björn Almstedt
engineer Lennart Karlsmyr
engineer Michael B. Tretow
engineer Rune Persson
engineer Åke Eldsäter
harp Gloria Lundell
illustration [the album] Björn Andersson
illustration [the album] Rune Söderqvist
mastered by Henrik Jonsson
percussion Malando Gassama
percussion Åke Sundqvist
photography by [book] Bubi Heilemann
photography by [book] Polar Music International
photography by [book] Premium Publishing
photography by [book] Torbjörn Calvero
photography by [original album sleeve] Barry Levine
photography by [original album sleeve] Bengt H. Malmqvist
photography by [original album sleeve] Lars Falck
photography by [original album sleeve] Lars Larsson
photography by [original album sleeve] Ola Lager
piano, keyboards, synthesizer Anders Eljas
piano, keyboards, synthesizer Benny Andersson
piano, keyboards, synthesizer Kjell Öhman
piano, keyboards, synthesizer Paul Harris
producer, arranged by Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson
remastered by [original recordings digitalized] Johan Funemyr
research, liner notes, other [timeline] Carl Magnus Palm
saxophone Christer Eklund
saxophone Halldor Pálsson
saxophone Håkan Jansson
saxophone Johan Stengård
saxophone Kajtek Wojciechowski
saxophone Lars O. Carlsson
saxophone Raphael Ravenscroft
saxophone Ulf Andersson
steel guitar Janne Lindgren
strings Alfred Pisuke
strings Alm Nils Ersson
strings Anders Dahl
strings Bengt Ericson
strings Bengt Svensson
strings Bernt Nilsson
strings Bernt Nylund
strings Bertil Andersson
strings Bertil Orsin
strings Birgitta Brigerte
strings Bo Hellman
strings Bo Söderström
strings Claes Nilsson
strings Eduard van der Kwast
strings Erik Dybeck
strings Eva Isaksson
strings Gert Lundberg
strings Gideon Roehr
strings Gunnar Klinge
strings Gunnar Michols
strings Gunnar Östling
strings Gösta Lax
strings Hans-Göran Eketorp
strings Harry Damgaard
strings Harry Teike
strings Herbert Konvicka
strings Hubert Reinholdson
strings Håkan Roos
strings Inge Boström
strings Inge Lindstedt
strings Jan Neander
strings Kjell Bjurling
strings Kjell Nilsson
strings Kristina Andersson
strings Krzysztof Zdrzalka
strings Lars Arvinder
strings Lars Blomberg
strings Lars Brolin
strings Lars Stegenberg
strings Lars Widén
strings Leandr Pfeiler
strings Lennart Fredriksson
strings Magda Fürst
strings Martin Bylund
strings Miroslav Jovic
strings Niels Heie
strings Olle Gustafsson
strings Per Sandklef
strings Per-Erik Olsson
strings Sixten Strömvall
strings Snorri Thorvaldsson
strings Sylvia Starck
strings Tullo Galli
strings Ulf Engström
strings Åke Arvinder
strings Åke Hedlund
strings Åke Jelving
strings Åke Olofsson
strings Örjan Högberg
vocals [all] Agnetha Fältskog
vocals [all] Anni-Frid Lyngstad
vocals [all] Benny Andersson
vocals [all] Björn Ulvaeus
woodwind Bo Eriksson
woodwind Börje Mårelius
woodwind Eje Karlsson
woodwind Jan Kling
woodwind Jan Risberg
woodwind Lars-Erik Rönn
woodwind Yngve Sandström
Phonographic Copyright (p) Polar Music International AB
Copyright (c) Polar Music International AB
Published By Music For Unicef
Published By Starton Musikförlag AB
Published By Union Songs AB
Published By Universal Music Publishing AB
Published By Universal/Union Songs AB
Mastered At Masters Of Audio
Designed At Ogilvy Design
Designed At M Industries
Recorded At Criteria Recording Studios
Recorded At Europa Film
Recorded At Glen Studio
Recorded At KMH Studios
Recorded At Marcus Music
Recorded At Metronome Studio, Stockholm
Recorded At Mike's Studio
Recorded At Polar Studios
Recorded At Studio Bohus
Mixed At Criteria Recording Studios
Mixed At Europa Film
Mixed At Glen Studio
Mixed At KMH Studios
Mixed At Marcus Music
Mixed At Metronome Studio, Stockholm
Mixed At Mike's Studio
Mixed At Polar Studios
Mixed At Studio Bohus
Engineered At Dicentia
Pressed By EDC, Germany
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'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.

[additional credits in booklet:]
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
Barcode: 602517748521 (Scanned)
Barcode: 6 02517 74852 1 (Text)
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