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ABBA Mamma Mia Mp3, Flac, Wma ABBA Mamma Mia mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Pop Album: Mamma Mia Country: US Released: 1976 Style: Europop, Schlager MP3 version RAR size: 1305 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1399 mb WMA version RAR size: 1130 mb Rating: 4.8 Votes: 255 Other Formats: AUD MOD ADX DXD AAC VOX AHX Tracklist A1 Mamma Mia 3:32 A2 Hey, Hey Helen 3:16 A3 Tropical Loveland 3:05 A4 S.O.S. 3:22 A5 Man In The Middle 3:00 A6 Bang-A-Boomerang 2:50 B1 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 3:15 B2 Rock Me 3:03 B3 Intermezzo No. 1 3:48 B4 I've Been Waiting For You 3:39 B5 So Long 3:06 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polar Music AB Published By – Union Songs AB Recorded At – Glen Studio Recorded At – Metronome Studio, Stockholm Mixed At – Metronome Studio, Stockholm Exclusive Retailer – Bücherbund Credits Arranged By – Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson Arranged By [Horns] – Björn J:son Lindh (tracks: A5, B3) Arranged By [Strings] – Björn J:son Lindh (tracks: B3), Sven-Olof Walldoff (tracks: A1) Artwork – Sten-Åke Magnusson Bass – Mike Watson, Rutger Gunnarsson Clavinet – Benny Andersson Drums – Ola Brunkert, Roger Palm Engineer – Michael B. Tretow Guitar – Björn Ulvaeus, Finn Sjöberg, Janne Schaffer, Lasse Wellander Keyboards – Benny Andersson Photography By – Ola Lager Piano – Benny Andersson Producer – Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus* Saxophone – Ulf Andersson (tracks: A5, B1) Trumpet – Bruno Glenmark (tracks: B5) Written-By – Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6, B1, B4) Notes Ⓟ1975 Polar Music AB Printed in West Germany by Gerhard Kaiser GmbH, Essen Club-Sonderauflage Another club edition from 'Bertelsmann' book-club can be found here: Mamma Mia The album "ABBA" was also released as "Mamma Mia" in Germany. It was recorded from August 1974 up to March 1975 at Glenstudio, Stocksund/Sweden and Metronome Studio, Stockholm/Sweden. It was mixed at Metronome Studio, Stockholm/Sweden. The original label was Polar Music AB. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): 1B B K 2344 051 S1 2310 389 S1 320 Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): 1F C D 2344 051 S2 2310 389 S2 320 Matrix / Runout (Matrix Label Side A): 0625 682 S 1 (2344 051 S 1) Matrix / Runout (Matrix Label Side B): 0625 682 S 2 (2344 051 S 2) Rights Society: GEMA Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year ABBA (LP, POLS 262 ABBA Polar POLS 262 Sweden 1975 Album) АББА (LP, С 60—08353-54 ABBA Мелодия С 60—08353-54 USSR 1988 Album, RP) ABBA (CD, 831 596-2 ABBA Album, Polydor 831 596-2 Russia Unknown Unofficial) Dig-It ABBA (LP, PL 3002 ABBA International PL 3002 Italy 1975 Album) Records ABBA (CD, 42283 5832-2, Polar , ООО 42283 5832-2, ABBA Album, Russia 1996 none "СПЮРК" none Unofficial) Related Music albums to Mamma Mia by ABBA Björn J:Son Lindh - Spotlight Ted Gärdestad - Upptåg Lill Lindfors - Sång Björn J:Son Lindh - Våta Vingar ABBA - Summer Night City Björn J:Son Lindh, Staffan Scheja - Europa ABBA - Voulez-Vous ABBA - Arrival ABBA - ABBA ABBA - The Album ABBA - Ring Ring ABBA - Super Trouper.
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