OT: ABBA - Ring Ring

Paul:

So it matches the 45 from which country?

AaronsAmazing wrote: I believe all CD/digital releases of the US album remix sound suspiciously like a bad cassette dub (with NR applied), and run slightly faster than the UK remix but still slower than the original 1973 version. A vinyl rip from the Waterloo album would be interesting to hear, at least to me.

I believe I read in the liner notes of one of the ABBA CDs (or box sets) that the US single mix of "Ring Ring" was taken from vinyl - because the master tape couldn't be found in the vaults.

I don't know but if you're correct (and you very likely are), then I must be remembering another early ABBA song that was taken from vinyl for the US release on CD. Maybe it was "Honey Honey". I do remember that whatever song it was, the US mix had more horns (prominent sax overdubs) in the chorus. The fact that you mentioned prominent saxophone overdubs in "Ring Ring" might have been what threw me off. :)

Edited by EdisonLite - 01 May 2025 at 5:36pm