ABBA Oro - Grandes Exitos

PolyGram 1992/remastered 1999

2nd paragraph: "…’Dancing Queen’, a song which they performed at the wedding of the King of Sweden to his bride, Silvia Sommerlath." Half right (but more wrong than on Tobler’s previous notes for ABBA Gold). It was actually performed at a gala concert on the eve of the wedding.

3rd paragraph: describes the title ‘Mamma Mia’ as "Latin American", rather than Italian.

The notes fail to adequately explain the history of the songs included on the CD, instead focussing on a potted history of ABBA. Nowhere is it mentioned that the album was originally released as Gracias Por La Música in 1980.

Additional notes for 1999 remastered CD:

Additional notes tagged onto the end of the 1992 version without any updating of the earlier section.

6th paragraph: "In fact, four of the bonus tracks had not appeared in any form when the original ‘Gracias Por La Musica’ LP was released back in 1980…" Obviously, since they were not recorded until later in 1980 and 1981.

Same paragraph: "The fifth bonus track should perhaps have been included on both the Gracia [sic] Por La Musica’ LP and the original ‘ABBA Oro’, because ‘Ring Ring’ was one of the earliest ABBA hits…" The Spanish version of ‘Ring Ring’ was recorded in July 1973 but unreleased, and it is entirely likely that by the time the Gracias Por La Música was recorded in January 1980 (featuring only two songs from earlier than 1976) ‘Ring Ring’ had been completely forgotten, as it remained unreleased until 1993.