ABBAThe Album

Label:

Melba – LDA. 20318

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Disco

Tracklist

A1 Eagle 5:51
A2 Take A Chance On Me 4:05
A3 One Man, One Woman 4:25
A4 The Name Of The Game 4:54
B1 Move On 4:42
B2 Hole In Your Soul 3:41
"The Girl With The Golden Hair" - 3 Scenes From A Mini-Musical -
B3a Thank You For The Music 3:48
B3b I Wonder (Departure) 4:33
B3c I'm A Marionette 3:54

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Polar Music International AB
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Vogue P.I.P.
  • Manufactured ByVogue P.I.P.
  • Distributed ByVogue P.I.P.
  • Recorded AtMarcus Music
  • Recorded AtMetronome Studio, Stockholm
  • Mixed AtMarcus Music
  • Mixed AtMetronome Studio, Stockholm
  • Mixed AtStudio Bohus
  • Overdubbed AtGlen Studio
  • Licensed FromProductions Baboo
  • Printed By Imprimerie Sorel
  • Pressed ByManufacture De Productions Phonographiques Vogue

Credits

  • Bass, Arranged By [Strings]Rutger Gunnarsson
  • Design [Album], IllustrationRune Söderqvist
  • DrumsRoger Palm (tracks: A2, A3, B3a)
  • EngineerMichael B. Tretow
  • Guitar [Other Guitars]Lasse Wellander
  • IllustrationBjörn Andersson (5)
  • Keyboards [All]Benny Andersson
  • Lead GuitarLasse Wellander (tracks: A2 to B3c)
  • Lyrics By [Help With The Lyrics]Stig Anderson (tracks: A4, B1, B3b)
  • PercussionMalando Gassama
  • Photography ByBarry Levine
  • Producer, Arranged By, Written-ByBenny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus*
  • Saxophone [Saxophones], Flute [Flutes]Lars O. Carlsson

Notes

Center labels: (P) 1977 A Polar Music Production, licensed by Production Baboo.
Rear sleeve: ℗ 1977 Vogue P.I.P. / Recorded and mixed at Marcus Music & Metronome Studio / Track A4 mixed at Bohus Studio. Additional overdubs recorded at Glen Studio.
Distribution Vogue P.I.P. 93430 Villetaneuse / Printed in / Gravé et pressé en . (Mastered and pressed in )

Comes with color printed inner sleeve with lyrics and band picture.

This version has mixed stamped/etched runouts and a slighltly different press ring around center hole, compared to The Album.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: SACEM SACD SDRM SGDL
  • Price Code:
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - variant 1): LDA 20318A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - variant 1): LDA 20318B2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A - variant 2, etched, stamped): LDA 20318 A M.P.P.V.
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B - variant 2, etched, stamped): LDA 20318 B² M.P.P.V.

Other Versions (5 of 325)

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The Album (LP, Album, Stereo) Polar POLS 282 Sweden 1977
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The Album (LP, Album) Polydor 2344 098 Netherlands 1977
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The Album (LP, Album, Stereo, RCA Records Pressing) Atlantic KSD 19164 Canada 1977
The Album (Cassette, Album) Polydor 3100 429 Netherlands 1977
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The Album (LP, Album) Polar VPL1 4060 Australia & New Zealand 1977

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