Fantasy remasters

On 18 June 2001, Universal Music re-released the eight albums that make up the ABBA catalogue. Each CD includes bonus tracks, usually singles and B sides, from the relevant era. See the tracklistings here. The new CDs have updated artwork using original artwork parts (rather than scans of previous issues), and the booklets feature photographs from the time each album was recorded, with new notes by Carl Magnus Palm.

In a perfect world (which, of course, it's not), every previously released and/or publicly performed ABBA song would be included.

This is my idea for what bonus tracks should have been added to the remastered CDs. It includes on a minimum number of CDs every released ABBA song and alternate versions, plus a few "fantasy" inclusions of unreleased songs. Benny & Björn's Lycka album is included, as it is an important stepping stone in the development of ABBA.


Lycka

Lycka; Någonting är på väg; Kära gamla sol; Det där med kärlek; Välkommen in i gägnet; Lilla du, lilla vän; Hej gamle man!; Liselott; Kalles visa; Ge oss en chans; Livet går sin gång

bonus tracks: She’s My Kind Of Girl; Inga Theme; Hey, Musikant; Was Die Liebe Sagt; Det kan ingen doktor hjälpa; På brollop; Tänk om Jorden vore ung; Träskofolket; En karusell; Att finnas till; Love Has Its Ways; Rock’n Roll Band (early version); En Carousel (Japanese single remix of Merry-Go-Round)

Ring Ring

Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal); Another Town, Another Train; Disillusion; People Need Love; I Saw It In The Mirror; Nina, Pretty Ballerina; Love Isn’t Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough); Me And Bobby And Bobby’s Brother; He Is Your Brother; Ring Ring (English version); I Am Just A Girl; Rock’n Roll Band

bonus tracks: Merry-Go-Round; Santa Rosa; Åh vilka tider; Ring Ring (German version); Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht; Ring Ring (Spanish version); En hälsning till våra parkarrangörer

Waterloo

Waterloo (Swedish version); Sitting In The Palmtree; King Kong Song; Hasta Mañana; My Mama Said; Dance (While The Music Still Goes On); Honey, Honey; Watch Out; What About Livingstone; Gonna Sing You My Lovesong; Suzy-Hang-Around; Waterloo (English version)

bonus tracks: Honey, Honey (Swedish version); Waterloo (German version); Waterloo (French version); Ring Ring (UK remix); Ring Ring (US remix)

ABBA

Mamma Mia; Hey, Hey Helen; Tropical Loveland; SOS; Man In The Middle; Bang-A-Boomerang; I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do; Rock Me; Intermezzo no 1; I’ve Been Waiting For You; So Long

bonus tracks: Crazy World; Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton/On Top Of Old Smokey/Midnight Special (1975 mix); SOS (Agnetha Swedish version); Fernando (Frida Swedish version)

Arrival

When I Kissed The Teacher; Dancing Queen; My Love, My Life; Dum Dum Diddle; Knowing Me, Knowing You; Money, Money, Money; That’s Me; Why Did It Have To Be Me; Tiger; Arrival

bonus tracks: Fernando; Happy Hawaii; National commercial (Fernando)

The Album

Eagle; Take A Chance On Me; One Man, One Woman; The Name Of The Game; Move On; Hole In Your Soul; "The Girl With The Golden Hair" - 3 scenes from a mini-musical - Thank You For The Music/I Wonder (Departure)/I’m A Marionette

bonus tracks: Get On The Carousel (77 tour); I Am An A (77 tour); ABBA/Live 77: Fernando/Rock Me/Why Did It Have To Be Me/Money, Money, Money/Waterloo; Please Change Your Mind (movie version)

Voulez-Vous

As Good As New; Voulez-Vous; I Have A Dream; Angeleyes; The King Has Lost His Crown; Does Your Mother Know; If It Wasn’t For The Nights; Chiquitita; Lovers (Live A Little Longer); Kisses Of Fire

bonus tracks: Summer Night City (full-length version); Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton/On Top Of Old Smokey/Midnight Special (1978 mix); Just A Notion; Dream World; Lovelight (original 1979 version); Sång till Görel; Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight); I’m Still Alive (79 tour)

Gracias Por La Música

Gracias Por La Música; Reina Danzante; Al Andar ; Dame! Dame! Dame!; Fernando; Estoy Soñando; Mamma Mía; Hasta Mañana; Conociéndome, Conociéndote; Chiquitita;

bonus tracks: Andante, Andante; Felicidad; No Hay A Quien Culpar; Se Me Está Escapando; Chiquitita (English/Spanish version)

Super Trouper

Super Trouper; The Winner Takes It All; On And On And On; Andante, Andante; Me And I; Happy New Year; Our Last Summer; The Piper; Lay All Your Love On Me; The Way Old Friends Do

bonus tracks: Elaine; On And On And On (video version); Put On Your White Sombrero; Hovas Vittne; Tivedshambo (instrumental version)

The Visitors

The Visitors (Crackin’ Up); Head Over Heels; When All Is Said And Done; Soldiers; I Let The Music Speak; One Of Us; Two For The Price Of One; Slipping Through My Fingers; Like An Angel Passing Through My Room

bonus tracks: Fanfare Of The Ice Hockey World Championship ’81; Should I Laugh Or Cry; The Day Before You Came; Cassandra; Under Attack; You Owe Me One; I Am The City; Just Like That; Tivedshambo (1986 version)

ABBA/Live

Full 1977 concert (2 discs):

Tiger; That’s Me; Waterloo; SOS; Sitting In The Palmtree; Money, Money, Money; He Is Your Brother; I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do; Dum Dum Diddle; When I Kissed The Teacher; Knowing Me, Knowing You; Rock Me; I Am An A; I’ve Been Waiting For You; Mamma Mia; Fernando; Why Did It Have To Be Me; Intermezzo no 1; "The Girl With The Golden Hair" - Thank You For The Music - I Wonder (Departure) - I’m A Marionette - Get On The Carousel; So Long; Dancing Queen; Thank You For The Music (encore)

Full 1979/1980 concert (2 discs):

Gammal fäbodpsalm; Voulez-Vous; If It Wasn’t For The Nights; As Good As New; Knowing Me, Knowing You; Rock Me; Not Bad At All; Chiquitita; Money, Money, Money; I Have A Dream (with Japanese reprise); Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight); SOS; Fernando; The Name Of The Game; Eagle; Thank You For The Music; Why Did It Have To Be Me; Intermezzo no 1; I’m Still Alive; Summer Night City; Take A Chance On Me; Does Your Mother Know; Hole In Your Soul; The Way Old Friends Do; Dancing Queen; Waterloo

Full Dick Cavett Meets ABBA performance 1981:

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight); Super Trouper; Two For The Price Of One; Slipping Through My Fingers; Me And I; On And On And On; Knowing Me, Knowing You; Summer Night City; Thank You For The Music


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