Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
| Dick Cavett Meets ABBA | |
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Promotional photo after interview
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| Original language(s) | English German |
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| Location(s) | SVT Studios, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Original release |
12 September 1981 in Sweden (SVT, TV1) at 10pm |
12 September 1981 in Sweden (SVT, TV1) at 10pm
4 December 1981 in Germany (ZDF) and repeated in April 1982
19 September 1982 in Netherlands (KRO)
16th November 1993 (Dutch MTV)
21 November 1981 in Belgium (BRT)
July 1993 in Germany (3-SAT)
16 November 1993 in Germany (MTV)
Dick Cavett Meets ABBA is a 1981 television special featuring ABBA hosted by American television personality Dick Cavett. A one-off broadcast filmed and produced by Sveriges Television (SVT) in , it was a joint production between STV, Polar Music (ABBA's record label), and ZDF (Second German Television).
The reason for recording the special in Stockholm was the reluctance of the ABBA members to tour. The show was originally supposed to be filmed in Germany, but instead it was the SVT who filmed it.
Originally Dick Clark was supposed to host the program but the parties could not agree on money, so Cavett got the gig. ABBA themselves wanted to have Dick Cavett as a host because Björn said in the Swedish paper: "We thought long and hard and wanted to find someone who could make our 10th anniversary a memorable one. We wanted someone who was fun and the thought came up Dick Cavett. He is very skilled and humorous. We wanted a mix of singing and interviews." The audience in the studio was mostly English-speaking which was demanded by Cavett.
Rehearsals were on 25–26 April; Dick Cavett's interview with them was on 27 April 1981; and musical performances were recorded on 28–29 April.
During the interview ABBA also performed "Don't Fence Me In". Benny also performed his new song Lottis Schottis, a new instrumental version played on accordion of their unreleased track Hamlet III, but was never included in any broadcast of the show.
There are three versions of the show and none of them included all 9 songs.
There were also two PROMOS shown, "When All Is Said And Done" and "One Of Us" which included different scenes to the original PROMO.
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