The Best of ABBA

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Tracklist

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C1Summer Night City
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1978)
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 60)
recording of:
Summer Night City (in 1978)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
3.8?:??
C2Hey, Hey Helen
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1974-09-14)
drums (drum set):
Roger Palm (on 1974-09-14)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1974-09-14) and Björn Ulvaeus (on 1974-09-14)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1974-09-14)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music AB (in 1975) and Polar Music International AB (in 2001, in 2014)
recorded at:
Glen Studio in Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1974-09-14)
mixed at:
Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
recording of:
Hey, Hey Helen (on 1974-09-14)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
2?:??
C3That’s Me
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1976-03-24)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1976-03-24)
electric guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1976-03-24) and Björn Ulvaeus (on 1976-03-24)
guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1976-03-24)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1976-03-24)
percussion:
Malando Gassama (on 1976-03-24)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music AB (in 1976)
recorded at:
Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1976-03-24)
recording of:
That’s Me (on 1976-03-24)
writer:
Stig Anderson (Stikkan), Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB
2?:??
C4Knowing Me, Knowing You
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1976-03-23)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ola Brunkert (on 1976-03-23)
electric guitar:
Lasse Wellander (on 1976-05-24)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1976-03-23) and Björn Ulvaeus (on 1976-03-23)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1976-03-23)
percussion:
Malando Gassama (on 1976-03-23)
solo vocals:
Frida (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (on 1976-03-23)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music AB (in 1976)
recorded at:
Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1976-03-23, on 1976-05-24)
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 52)
recording of:
Knowing Me, Knowing You (in 1976)
writer:
Stig Anderson (Stikkan), Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
EMI Grove Park Music, Inc., Union Songs AB (publisher), Union Songs Music, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., EMI Waterford Music (from 1976 to present), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998) (from 1976 to present) and Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB (from 1976 to present)
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
3.85?:??
C5Nina Pretty Ballerina
assistant engineer:
Björn Almstedt (mastering engineer), Åke Eldsäter, Lennart Karlsmyr and Rune Persson (engineer)
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1972-11-02)
electric bass guitar [electric bass]:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1972-11-02)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1972-11-02) and Björn Ulvaeus (on 1972-11-02)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1972-11-02)
lead vocals:
Agnetha Fältskog (on 1972-11-02) and Frida Lyngstad (Swedish singer and member of ABBA) (on 1972-11-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music AB (in 1973) and Polar Music International AB (in 1973)
recorded at:
KMH Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1972-11-02)
recording of:
Nina, Pretty Ballerina (on 1972-11-02)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Polar Music AB (ended), Bocu Music Ltd., Union Songs AB (publisher) and Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)
3?:??
C6Lovers (Live a Little Longer)
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert
guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus and Lasse Wellander
keyboard and synthesizer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA)
percussion:
Malando Gassama
lead vocals:
Frida (Swedish singer and member of ABBA)
strings arranger:
Rutger Gunnarsson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1979)
recorded at and mixed at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
recording of:
Lovers (Live a Little Longer)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Artwork Music Co., Inc.
2.5?:??
C7Move On
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1977-08-04)
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1977-08-08)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1977-08-04)
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Lasse Wellander (on 1977-08-04)
guitar:
Lasse Wellander (on 1977-08-08)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1977-08-04)
percussion:
Malando Gassama (on 1977-08-04)
recorder:
Lars O. Carlsson (on 1977-10-10)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1977)
recorded at:
Marcus Music Ab in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1977-08-04, on 1977-08-08, on 1977-10-10)
recording of:
Move On (from 1977-08-04 until 1977-10-10)
writer:
Stig Anderson (Stikkan), Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
2?:??
D1Tiger
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (from 1976-07-19 until 1976-07-20)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (from 1976-07-19 until 1976-07-20)
electric guitar:
Lasse Wellander (from 1976-07-19 until 1976-07-20)
guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (from 1976-07-19 until 1976-07-20)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (from 1976-07-19 until 1976-07-20)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music AB (in 1976) and Union Songs AB (publisher) (in 1976)
recorded at:
Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (from 1976-07-19 until 1976-07-20)
recording of:
Tiger (from 1976-07-19 until 1976-07-20)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
2.75?:??
D2Take a Chance on Me
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1977-08-15)
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1977-08-15, on 1977-08-17, on 1977-10-24)
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Roger Palm (on 1977-08-17)
drums (drum set) and tambourine:
Roger Palm (on 1977-08-15)
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Lasse Wellander (on 1977-08-15)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1977-08-15)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1977, in 1986) and Polydor Records (record company, please see the “A (x) release” / “A (x) recording” for the release label) (in 1978)
recorded at:
Marcus Music Ab in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1977-08-15, on 1977-08-17) and Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1977-10-24)
mixed at:
[unknown] (only use for recorded at if explicitly stated to be at an unknown place) (on 1977-11-01)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1978 (number: 32) and The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 62)
recording of:
Take a Chance on Me (in 1977)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Union Songs Music, Universal Music Publishing Group and Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
4.1?:??
D3He Is Your Brother
assistant engineer:
Björn Almstedt (mastering engineer), Åke Eldsäter, Lennart Karlsmyr and Rune Persson (engineer)
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
baritone saxophone:
Håkan Jansson (on 1972-10-29)
bass guitar:
Stefan Brolund (on 1972-10-17)
drums (drum set):
Jan Bandel (on 1972-10-17)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1972-10-17) and Björn Ulvaeus (on 1972-10-17)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1972-10-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1972) and Polar Music AB (in 1973)
recorded at:
Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (in 1972-03, on 1972-10-29)
recording of:
He Is Your Brother (from 1972-10-17 until 1972-10-29)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Polar Music AB (ended), Bocu Music Ltd., Union Songs AB (publisher) and Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)
2.6?:??
D4Watch Out
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
acoustic guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1973-12-17)
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1973-12-17)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1973-12-17)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (on 1973-12-17)
Moog, mellotron and piano:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1973-12-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music AB (in 1974) and Polar Music International AB (in 2014)
recorded at:
Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1973-12-17)
recording of:
Watch Out (on 1973-12-17)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Overseas Songs (ended)
3?:??
D5Does Your Mother Know
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:
Mike Watson (English‐Swedish rock musician) (on 1979-03-27)
bass synthesizer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1979-03-27)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1979-02-06, on 1979-03-27)
guitar:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1979-02-06) and Lasse Wellander (on 1979-02-06, on 1979-03-27)
keyboard and synthesizer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1979-02-06)
tenor saxophone:
Lars O. Carlsson (on 1979-02-12) and Kajtek Wojciechowski (on 1979-02-12)
lead vocals:
Björn Ulvaeus (on 1979-02-06)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1979)
recorded at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1979-02-06, on 1979-03-27)
mixed at:
Polar Studios in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1979-03-01, on 1979-03-29)
part of:
The Downloader’s Music Source Book (number: 45) and Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 176)
recording of:
Does Your Mother Know? (from 1979-02-06 until 1979)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
composer:
Edward Shearmur (English score composer)
publisher:
Bocu Music Ltd., EMI Grove Park Music, Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Union Songs AB (publisher), Union Songs Music, Universal Music Publishing Group, Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc., Universal/Union Songs Musikförlag AB and Countless Songs, Ltd. (from 1979 to ????)
part of:
Mamma Mia! (1999 musical)
3.4?:??
D6Bang‐a‐Boomerang
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:
Mike Watson (English‐Swedish rock musician) (from 1975-01-07 until 1975-01-08)
cello:
Bengt Ericson (cellist) (on 1975-01-28) and Olle Gustafsson (cellist) (on 1975-01-28)
drums (drum set):
Roger Palm (from 1975-01-07 until 1975-01-08)
guitar:
Janne Schaffer (from 1975-01-07 until 1975-01-08, on 1975-03-16) and Björn Ulvaeus (from 1975-01-07 until 1975-01-08)
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (from 1975-01-07 until 1975-01-08)
viola:
Håkan Roos (Swedish violist) (on 1975-01-28)
violin:
Anders Dahl (Swedish violinist) (on 1975-01-28), Tullo Galli (on 1975-01-28), Claes Nilsson (Swedish violinist) (on 1975-01-28) and Sixten Strömvall (Swedish violinist) (on 1975-01-28)
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music AB (in 1975) and Polar Music International AB (in 2001, in 2014)
recorded at:
Ljudkopia Musikstudio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (from 1975-01-07 until 1975-01-08) and Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1975-01-28, on 1975-03-16)
mixed at:
Metronome Studio in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden
recording of:
Bang‐a‐Boomerang (from 1975-01-07 until 1975-01-28)
writer:
Stig Anderson (Stikkan), Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
Polar Music AB (ended)
1.9?:??
D7I’m a Marionette
engineer:
Michael B. Tretow
producer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
bass guitar:
Rutger Gunnarsson (on 1977-08-01)
cello:
Hans‐Göran Eketorp (Swedish cellist) (on 1977-11-09) and Olle Gustafsson (cellist) (on 1977-11-09)
congas and percussion:
Malando Gassama (on 1977-08-01)
drums (drum set):
Ola Brunkert (on 1977-08-01)
guitar:
Lasse Wellander (on 1977-08-01)
guitar [lead guitar]:
Lasse Wellander
keyboard:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) (on 1977-08-01)
viola:
Lars Arvinder (on 1977-11-09), Nils Heie (on 1977-11-09), Håkan Roos (Swedish violist) (on 1977-11-09) and Bo Söderström (Swedish violinist) (on 1977-11-09)
violin:
Martin Bylund (Swedish violinist) (on 1977-11-09), Tullo Galli (on 1977-11-09), Lars Stegenberg (Swedish violinist) (on 1977-11-09), Inge Lindstedt (on 1977-11-09), Gunnar Michols (Swedish violinist) (on 1977-11-09), Claes Nilsson (Swedish violinist) (on 1977-11-09), Bertil Orsin (Swedish violinist) (on 1977-11-09), Sixten Strömvall (Swedish violinist) (on 1977-11-09), Harry Teike (on 1977-11-09) and Krzysztof Zdrzalka (Swedish violinist) (on 1977-11-09)
cello arranger, viola arranger and violin arranger:
Rutger Gunnarsson
arranger:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polar Music International AB (in 1977)
recorded at:
Marcus Music Ab in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1977-08-01, on 1977-11-09)
mixed at:
Marcus Music Ab in Stockholm, Stockholms län (Stockholm county), Sweden (on 1977-11-10)
recording of:
I’m a Marionette (from 1977-08-01 until 1977-11-09)
writer:
Benny Andersson (ABBA) and Björn Ulvaeus
publisher:
EMI Grove Park Music, Inc. and Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc.
part of:
The Girl With the Golden Hair: 3 Scenes From a Mini Musical
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