ABBA writer/Expert Carl Magnus Palm published a book about ABBA in 1994. It
was called 'The Complete Recording Sessions'. He has now up-dated it, & greatly
expanded it. It has details of many ABBA Tracks that Fans never knew existed.
The 2nd Edition will not be available in the shops, & you have to buy it via a Web Site.
(You can either order a physical copy or a Digital/Web version).
Over the Years, Benny & Bjorn have allowed him to listen to a lot of unreleased
ABBA Tracks - 'Alternative Versions' etc' & here is Magnus telling us about some
of those:,
From Carl Magnus Palm - Face Book:,
"Hi everyone,
Just two weeks to go before the crowdfunding campaign for ABBA - The Complete Recording Sessions ends. Thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered so far. If you haven't pre-ordered yet, now is the time do it.
So far in this campaign I have mentioned several times about the previously unknown information on ABBA’s recordings that I mean to share with you all in the revised and expanded edition of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions. But I haven’t actually revealed very much about what that information might be. Well, time to change that!
The following list features just some of the fascinating tapes I’ve stumbled across in my role as consultant for Polar Music:
• Tiger – an alternate mix, revealing details about the harmony vocals that aren’t noticeable in the familiar mix.
• Happy Hawaii – an alternate mix that’s really different from the one we’ve lived with for the past 38 years. It blew my mind when I heard it.
• Dancing Queen – an early alternate mix that seems to suggest something very interesting regarding the development of that particular recording (no, I’m not talking about deleted verses).
• Fernando – an alternate full-length mix; yes, folks, even Fernando was a “victim” of the razor blade and the sticky tape.
• Voulez-Vous – a rough mix of the original backing track recorded in Miami, before further overdubs and adjustments were made in Stockholm.
• Dream World – an alternate mix with a few interesting differences.
• Our Last Summer – an alternate mix with details from the familiar version missing.
Remember, this is just a selection of stuff I’ve heard “by accident” over the years. Can you imagine how much more there is to hear, once I start going through all the recordings systematically? What does ‘Me And I (with laughter)’ sound like, for instance? And what are the secrets we don’t even know are there to be found?
If you’re as excited as I am about finding out more about ABBA’s unreleased and unheard recordings, and the stories on how the familiar hits were constructed in the studio, then pre-order your copy of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions here:
LINK:,
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a...rding-sessions
Thanks for your support!"
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Now that the Book will tell ABBA Fans what exists in the Polar Music 'Vaults', we can
only hope that Benny & Bjorn let Universal Music have some, (or all), of those versions
one day. Rather than the Fans seeing endless ABBA 'Hits' CD's coming out, in the
future, with not a note of music on them that we don't already have.....Just the SOS -
Same Old Songs.
was called 'The Complete Recording Sessions'. He has now up-dated it, & greatly
expanded it. It has details of many ABBA Tracks that Fans never knew existed.
The 2nd Edition will not be available in the shops, & you have to buy it via a Web Site.
(You can either order a physical copy or a Digital/Web version).
Over the Years, Benny & Bjorn have allowed him to listen to a lot of unreleased
ABBA Tracks - 'Alternative Versions' etc' & here is Magnus telling us about some
of those:,
From Carl Magnus Palm - Face Book:,
"Hi everyone,
Just two weeks to go before the crowdfunding campaign for ABBA - The Complete Recording Sessions ends. Thanks to everyone who has pre-ordered so far. If you haven't pre-ordered yet, now is the time do it.
So far in this campaign I have mentioned several times about the previously unknown information on ABBA’s recordings that I mean to share with you all in the revised and expanded edition of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions. But I haven’t actually revealed very much about what that information might be. Well, time to change that!
The following list features just some of the fascinating tapes I’ve stumbled across in my role as consultant for Polar Music:
• Tiger – an alternate mix, revealing details about the harmony vocals that aren’t noticeable in the familiar mix.
• Happy Hawaii – an alternate mix that’s really different from the one we’ve lived with for the past 38 years. It blew my mind when I heard it.
• Dancing Queen – an early alternate mix that seems to suggest something very interesting regarding the development of that particular recording (no, I’m not talking about deleted verses).
• Fernando – an alternate full-length mix; yes, folks, even Fernando was a “victim” of the razor blade and the sticky tape.
• Voulez-Vous – a rough mix of the original backing track recorded in Miami, before further overdubs and adjustments were made in Stockholm.
• Dream World – an alternate mix with a few interesting differences.
• Our Last Summer – an alternate mix with details from the familiar version missing.
Remember, this is just a selection of stuff I’ve heard “by accident” over the years. Can you imagine how much more there is to hear, once I start going through all the recordings systematically? What does ‘Me And I (with laughter)’ sound like, for instance? And what are the secrets we don’t even know are there to be found?
If you’re as excited as I am about finding out more about ABBA’s unreleased and unheard recordings, and the stories on how the familiar hits were constructed in the studio, then pre-order your copy of ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions here:
LINK:,
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a...rding-sessions
Thanks for your support!"
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Now that the Book will tell ABBA Fans what exists in the Polar Music 'Vaults', we can
only hope that Benny & Bjorn let Universal Music have some, (or all), of those versions
one day. Rather than the Fans seeing endless ABBA 'Hits' CD's coming out, in the
future, with not a note of music on them that we don't already have.....Just the SOS -
Same Old Songs.
