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ABBA
The Vinyl Collection
ABBA — The Vinyl Collection, 2010. Verified release details and tracklist.
- Label
- Polar
- Catalog
- 00602527346465
- Year
- 2010
- Format
- Box Set, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl, Vinyl
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Listening notes
Released in 2010 on the Polar label, The Vinyl Collection (catalog number 00602527346465) is a nine-disc vinyl box set compiling ABBA's studio albums alongside a supplementary disc of additional tracks. The set spans the group's recorded output from Ring Ring in 1973 through The Visitors in 1981, presenting each album across its own dedicated vinyl or pair of sides.
The eight studio albums represented are Ring Ring (1973), Waterloo (1974), ABBA (1975), Arrival (1976), The Album (1977), Voulez-Vous (1979), Super Trouper (1980), and The Visitors (1981). A ninth disc, labeled ABBA Tracks, collects ten titles not otherwise accounted for in the standard studio sequence, among them "Fernando," "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," "Summer Night City," "The Day Before You Came," and "Under Attack," as well as five further titles: "Lovelight," "Happy Hawaii," "Elaine," "Should I Laugh Or Cry," and "Put On Your White Sombrero."
The tracklist runs across sides A through R. Notable among the album-specific content are the non-English language versions included within the earlier records, such as "Ring, Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)" and "Waterloo (English Version)," suggesting an attention to completeness within each album's original scope. The Album sides include the three-part mini-musical sequence "The Girl With The Golden Hair," with "Thank You For The Music," "I Wonder (Departure)," and "I'm A Marionette" presented under a single grouped position.
Genres listed for this release include Electronic, Pop, Pop Rock, Rock, Soft Rock, and Synth-pop, reflecting the breadth of material across the decade-long span covered. The box set does not appear to include any live recordings based on the available tracklist data.
This is an unreviewed draft. Personnel, pressing details, mastering information, and comparative assessments have not been verified and are not included here.
Tracklist
On the record
- 1Ring Ring (1973)
- A1Ring, Ring (Bara Du Slog En Signal)
- A2Another Town, Another Train
- A3Disillusion
- A4People Need Love
- A5I Saw It In The Mirror
- A6Nina, Pretty Ballerina
- B1Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)
- B2Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother
- B3He Is Your Brother
- B4Ring, Ring (Engelsk Version)
- B5I Am Just A Girl
- B6Rock'n Roll Band
- 14Waterloo (1974)
- C1Waterloo
- C2Sitting In The Palmtree
- C3King Kong Song
- C4Hasta Mañana
- C5My Mama Said
- C6Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
- D1Honey, Honey
- D2Watch Out
- D3What About Livingstone
- D4Gonna Sing You My Lovesong
- D5Suzy-Hang-Around
- D6Waterloo (English Version)
- 27ABBA (1975)
- E1Mamma Mia
- E2Hey, Hey Helen
- E3Tropical Loveland
- E4Man In The Middle
- E5SOS
- E6Bang-A-Boomerang
- F1I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- F2Rock Me
- F3Intermezzo No. 1
- F4I've Been Waiting For You
- F5So Long
- 39Arrival (1976)
- G1When I Kissed The Teacher
- G2Dancing Queen
- G3My Love, My Life
- G4Dum Dum Diddle
- G5Knowing Me, Knowing You
- H1Money, Money, Money
- H2That's Me
- H3Why Did It Have To Be Me
- H4Tiger
- H5Arrival
- 50The Album (1977)
- I1Eagle
- I2Take A Chance On Me
- I3One Man One Woman
- I4The Name Of The Game
- J1Move On
- J2Hole In Your Soul
- 57"The Girl With The Golden Hair" - 3 Scenes From A Mini-Musical -
- J3-AThank You For The Music
- J3-BI Wonder (Departure)
- J3-CI'm A Marionette
- 61Voulez-Vous (1979)
- K1As Good As New
- K2Voulez-Vous
- K3I Have A Dream
- K4Angeleyes
- K5The King Has Lost His Crown
- L1Does Your Mother Know
- L2If It Wasn't For The Nights
- L3Chiquitita
- L4Lovers (Live A Little Longer)
- L5Kisses Of Fire
- 72Super Trouper (1980)
- M1Super Trouper
- M2The Winner Takes It All
- M3On And On And On
- M4Andante, Andante
- M5Me And I
- N1Happy New Year
- N2Our Last Summer
- N3The Piper
- N4Lay All Your Love On Me
- N5The Way Old Friends Do
- 83The Visitors (1981)
- O1The Visitors
- O2Head Over Heels
- O3When All Is Said And Done
- O4Soldiers
- P1I Let The Music Speak
- P2One Of Us
- P3Two For The Price Of One
- P4Slipping Through My Fingers
- P5Like An Angel Passing Through My Room
- 93ABBA Tracks
- Q1Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
- Q2Fernando
- Q3Summer Night City
- Q4Under Attack
- Q5The Day Before You Came
- R1Lovelight
- R2Happy Hawaii
- R3Elaine
- R4Should I Laugh Or Cry
- R5Put On Your White Sombrero
