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Post by truedogz on Oct 5, 2023 6:14:05 GMT
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Post by Alan on Oct 5, 2023 15:23:47 GMT
Hmm… “Ludvig adds: “The [multitracks containing the] lead English vocals for SOS do not exist – they deleted those and recorded over them the German version.”
There was no German version of SOS. Not by ABBA anyway. There was a Swedish version recorded as an Agnetha solo.
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Post by matt on Oct 5, 2023 17:29:46 GMT
The original vocals were recorded over with Lena Anderson's German version. Can't believe they allowed this to happen. Curiously, the multi-tracks were copied when preparing the Spanish vocals, except I Have A Dream where they erased the English vocals and replaced them with Spanish
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Post by Alan on Oct 6, 2023 9:07:38 GMT
I’m guessing this would not have affected the various remasters over the years? Presumably they used the master tapes or mixdown tapes. Certainly I’ve not heard of this before (unless they just kept quiet about it when the remasters were released).
I wonder how many songs this applies to? If SOS is the only one in the show, and I Have A Dream isn’t in it, there must be others where this happened? Especially those recorded in other languages, either by ABBA or anyone else.
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Post by Alan on Oct 7, 2023 19:27:17 GMT
I read on another forum today that the same applies to Slipping Through My Fingers - the Spanish vocals were recorded over the English ones. If three songs are known to be affected like this then there must be others. It’s no biggie really if the actual master tapes are intact.
A famous case of master tapes not being saved is Roy Wood and Wizzard’s 1973 hit “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday”. Apparently, when it came to the 1981 re-issue, the master tapes could not be located or had been destroyed. They hastily re-recorded it exactly as the original version and it’s the re-recording that has been used ever since. Presumably the two are so similar that you’d really have to listen hard to determine the differences.
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