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Over the years, there have only been a few various artists tribute
albums dedicated to ABBA. In 1999 one such CD was released in the United States,
and I wrote the liner notes.
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During
the last few years of the 1990s, long time ABBA fan Jeffrey de Hart was working
at the US record label Relativity Records. For several years he had been pushing
for an ABBA tribute album, to be released by the label's Repeat imprint. Finally,
in conjunction with ABBA's 25th Anniversary, a collection of cover versions was
released, featuring performances by artists such as The Real Group with Frida,
Evan Dando of the Lemonheads, Bananarama, Ash, Erasure and Mike Love of The Beach
Boys.
Jeffrey asked me to write the liner notes for the album. In my
text I tried to tell the ABBA story from the perspective of the group's impact
in America - or lack thereof - interweaving this with background info on the cover
versions included on the album. It was an enjoyable challenge, and ABBA - A Tribute
remains a personal favourite among the liner notes I have written.
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ABBA
- A Tribute, The 25th Anniversary Celebration (Relativity 1733-2) was released
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