ABBA – the Complete Recording Sessions Sources

ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions Sources

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

After researching and writing about the history of ABBA for more than 25 years, so many facts have accumulated that it’s no longer possible for me to trace the exact origin of every piece of information coming my way. Moreover, some sources used when I first started writing about ABBA have since been superseded by other, more authoritative sources. Therefore, the sources listed below do not include each and every book, newspaper, magazine, radio programme, television programme – and so on – that have helped me as I’ve tried to piece together the ABBA story over the years. Nevertheless, these sources have been credited in earlier works written by me.

The sources listed below, then, primarily feature books etc. that have proved directly useful for the present volume. For sources used only for the odd quote, I refer you to the list of Notes, where these have been properly credited.

BOOKS (INCLUDING BOOKLETS AND PRIVATELY PUBLISHED COMPENDIUMS)

Andersson, Benny; Ulvaeus, Björn; Craymer, Judy. Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You? (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2006) Borg, Christer. Fenomenet ABBA (Sweden Music, Stockholm 1977) Carlsson, Lars. Väggen e’ klar – Världens första bok om Kalle Sändare (Reverb, Göteborg 2010) Fältskog, Agnetha. Som jag är. Livsbilder berättade för Brita Åhman (Norstedts, Stockholm 1996) Gambaccini, Paul; Rice, Tim; Rice, Jonathan. British Hit Singles (Guinness, London 1999) —British Hit Albums (Guinness, London 1994) Gilde, Tore. Den store norske hitboka – en komplett guide til populærmusikken i Norge 1958–1993 (Exlex Forlag A/S, Oslo 1994) Gradvall, Jan; Karlsson, Petter; Wanselius, Bengt; Wikström, Jeppe. ABBA The Photo Book (Bokförlaget Max Ström, Stockholm 2014) Gurell, Lars. Svensktoppen i våra hjärtan (Premium Publishing, Stockholm 1996) Hallberg, Eric. Kvällstoppen i P3 (Drift Musik, Värmdö 1993) — ; and Henningsson, Ulf. Tio i topp (Premium Publishing, Stockholm 1998) Lahger, Håkan; Ermalm, Lasse. De legendariska åren – Metronome Records (Premium Publishing, Stockholm 2007) Källgård, Anders, Sveriges öar (Carlssons Bokförlag, Stockholm 2013) Lindvall, Marianne. ABBA – The Ultimate Pop Group (Hurtig, Edmonton 1977) Mamma Mia! programme (London 1999) Matlock, Glen, with Silverton, Pete. I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol (Omnibus, London 1990) Russell, Sara. The ABBA Guide To Stockholm (Premium Publishing, Stockholm 2014)

Schaffer, Janne; Karlsson, Petter. Mitt liv som Schaffer (Roos & Tegnér, Malmö 2012) Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin. Melodifestivalen genom tiderna (Premium Publishing, Stockholm 2006) Tobler, John. ABBA Gold – The Complete Story (Century 22, Iver Heath 1993) — and Grundy, Stuart. The Record Producers (BBC Books, London 1982) Watson, Mike. Little Mike’s Big Story (Little Music, Halmstad 1993) Wendt, Wille. Topplistan– The Official Swedish Single & Album Charts 1975–1993 (Premium Publishing, Stockholm 1993) Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard albums (Record Research, Menomonee Falls, 2006) —Top Pop Singles 1955–2006 (Record Research, Menomonee Falls, 2007.)

NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES

In Australia: The Daily Telegraph, Juke, RAM.

In Germany: Bravo, Das Freizeit-Magazin.

In The Netherlands: Hitkrant, Muziek Expres, Popshop.

In Sweden: Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Damernas Värld, DI Weekend, Elektronikvärlden, Expressen, Göteborgs-Posten, Göteborgs-Tidningen, Hemmets Veckotidning, Hifi & Musik, Hänt i veckan, Kvällsposten, Musikermagasinet, Ny Musik, Röster i Radio–TV, Saxons, Schlager, Starlet, Studio, Svenska Dagbladet, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Vecko-Revyn, Västerviks-Tidningen.

In the UK: Disc, The Guardian, Melody Maker, Mojo, Music Week, New Musical Express, The Observer, Record Business, Record Collector, Record Mirror, Sound International, Sound On Sound, Sounds, Studio Sound And Broadcast Engineering, The Sun, The Times.

In the US: Billboard, The Boston Globe, The Courier-Journal, Frederick News Post, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Phonograph Record, Recording Engineer/Producer, Rolling Stone, Songwriter Magazine, Studio Sound, Variety.

FAN CLUB MAGAZINES, FANZINES AND OTHER FAN PUBLICATIONS

ABBA Appreciation Club Newsletter, ABBA Intermezzo, ABBA Magazine/International ABBA Magazine, ABBA Report, Hepnickus, Hootenanny-Bladet, International ABBA Express, The Official Agnetha Benny Björn Frida Fan Club/The Official International ABBA Fan Club.

SLEEVE NOTES

Tretow, Michael B. Liner notes for ABBA box set Thank You For The Music (Polydor 1994) Ulvaeus, Björn. Liner notes for ABBA The Singles (Polar Music 2014)

RADIO PROGRAMMES

ABBA, The ABBA Story, A för Agnetha, A för Anni-Frid, ABBA i kvadrat, Avsminkat, B för Benny, B för Björn, Livet är en fest, Skivor större än mitt liv, Skivspegeln, Svensktoppen, This is ABBA.

TELEVISION PROGRAMMES, MOVIES, HOME VIDEOS, DVDs AND PRIVATE VIDEOS

ABBA-dabba-dooo!!, ABBA In Concert, ABBA – Super Troupers, ABBA – The Movie, Dick Cavett Meets ABBA, Mr Trendsetter, O.S.A. Stikkan Anderson, Rapport, The Seduction Of Inga, The Winner Takes It All – The ABBA Story, Words And Music.

INTERNET RESOURCES

Many of the following websites are listed as much for their usefulness in general as for their value to the current project.

ABBA Charts (home.zipworld.com.au/~callisto/abba.html), ABBA For The Record (abba4therecord.com), ABBA Omnibus (abbaomnibus.net), ABBA On TV (abbaontv.com), The ABBA Phenomenon In Australia (abbaphenomenon.abbaomnibus.net), ABBA The Articles (abbaarticles.blogspot.com), icethesite (icethesite.com), Rock’s Backpages (rocksbackpages.com), Wikipedia (wikipedia.org).

Lasse Wellander & Very Wellander Musikproduktion (verywellander.se) was useful for acquiring additional biographical information about the session guitarist.

There are two major ABBA fan clubs publishing excellent magazines with many in-depth articles and interesting features:

The Official International ABBA Fan Club (abbafanclub.nl) ABBA Intermezzo International Fan Club (abba-intermezzo.de)

ABBAtalk (abbatalk.com) is the largest ABBA discussion group on Facebook.

ABBA – The Official Site (abbasite.com) is ABBA’s official website.