''Dick Cavett Meets ABBA'' is a 1981

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in which the American television personality

Dick Cavett Richard Alva Cavett (; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States from the 1960s through the 2000s. In later years, Cave ...

interviewed the Swedish pop group ABBA.

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also took to the stage, performing nine songs in a so-called "mini-concert". A one-off broadcast was filmed and produced by

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(SVT) in

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and broadcast 12 September 1981 as ''"Dick Cavett Meets ABBA".'' Rehearsals took place at the end of April; while Cavett's interview with the four members was conducted on 27 April 1981. The live performances were recorded on 28–29 April 1981. The show consisted of a casual interview and a short concert, where the band performed nine songs, including two from the forthcoming album '' The Visitors''. This was ABBA's last (live) concert. *"

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" *" Super Trouper" *" Two for the Price of One" *"

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" *" Me and I" *"

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Thank You for the Music "Thank You for the Music" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally featured on the group's fifth studio album, '' The Album'' (1977), and was released as a double-A sided single with "Eagle" in May 1978 in limited territories ...

" Six of the nine songs performed on the show have been officially released: The following songs and videos from this performance appear on DVD 2 of the compilation album '' The Complete Studio Recordings''.: *"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" *"Super Trouper" *"Two for the Price of One" *"Slipping Through My Fingers" *"On and On and On" The following songs appeared on ''

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:'' *"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" *"Super Trouper" *"Two for the Price of One" *"On and On and On" The following songs appeared on the ''Thank You for the Music'' box set: *"Slipping Through My Fingers" *"Me and I"

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