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Released Feb 24, 2023

Hunting High and Low Six Disc Super Deluxe Vinyl Boxset (2023)

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The boxset of the iconic 1985 album was released on 24th February 2023, featuring an expanded track selection including demos, extended versions, alternate mixes, and b-sides.

It features a highly collectible rigid slipcase box, containing the album represented across 60 tracks on black 140g vinyl, and a 64 -page 12”x12” booklet with extensive liner notes and photography.

Hunting High and Low is regarded as one of the most successful debut albums of all-time and spawned an incredible career for the Norwegian band.

With huge hit singles such as ‘The Sun Always Shines On TV’, ‘Love Is Reason’, ‘Hunting High and Low’, and of course the iconic ‘Take On Me’; a-ha achieved international acclaim, and the album saw them nominated for a Grammy Award in 1986 for Best New Artist (the first Norwegian band to ever be nominated for a Grammy.)

‘Take On Me’ itself became a No.1 single in the USA and remained on the chart for several weeks, propelled by its seminal and ground-breaking music video which featured a mix of pencil sketch animation and live action footage.

The song has gone on to have an everlasting legacy, becoming No.1 in 14 further countries worldwide, achieving 2 billion streams worldwide including being the most streamed song from the year 1985, and garnering over 1.5 billion views on YouTube, and over 1 billion views from various Tik Tok challenges.

In October 2022, the song received the BMI Multi-Million Performance Award for more than 8 million airings on the US airwaves since it was released.  

Hunting High and Low has gone onto be 3x platinum in the UK, and certified platinum in the United States, and has sold over ten million copies worldwide. 

On the 6LP boxset release, the band said:

“Recording Hunting High And Low was such a defining moment and an exciting time in our career and joint collaboration, so revisiting this body of work now – more than 30 years later – feels like inspiration rather than obligation.”

Track List

Disc 1 Hunting High and Low Six Disc Super Deluxe Vinyl Boxset (2023)

  • 1: Take On Me
  • 2: Train of Thought
  • 3: Hunting High And Low
  • 4: The Blue Sky
  • 5: Living A Boy's Adventure Tale
  • 6: The Sun Always Shines On TV
  • 7: And You Tell Me
  • 8: Love Is Reason
  • 9: Dream Myself Alive
  • 10: Here I Stand And Face The Rain

Disc 2 Hunting High and Low Six Disc Super Deluxe Vinyl Boxset (2023)

  • 1: Lesson One (Autumn 1982 “Take On Me” Demo)
  • 2: Presenting Lily Mars (Nærsnes Demo)
  • 3: Så Blåser Det På Jorden (Nærsnes Demo)
  • 4: The Sphinx (Nærsnes Demo)
  • 5: Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale (Nærsnes Demo)
  • 6: Dot The I
  • 7: The Love Goodbye
  • 8: Nothing To It
  • 9: Go To Sleep
  • 10: Train Of Thought (Demo)
  • 11: Monday Mourning
  • 12: All The Planes That Come In On The Quiet
  • 13: The Blue Sky (Demo)
  • 14: You Have Grown Thoughtful Again
  • 15: What’s That You’re Doing To Yourself In The Pouring Rain
  • 16: Take On Me (Demo)
  • 17: Hunting High And Low (Demo)
  • 18: Dreaming Myself Alive (Demo)
  • 19: And You Tell Me (Demo)
  • 20: Here I Stand And Face The Rain (Demo)
  • 21: Love Is Reason (Demo)
  • 22: The Blue Sky (2nd Demo)
  • 23: Never Never
  • 24: The Sun Always Shines On TV (Demo)
  • 25: Presenting Lily Mars (Rendezvous Demo)

Disc 3 Hunting High and Low Six Disc Super Deluxe Vinyl Boxset (2023)

  • 1: Take On Me (Original 7” Version 1984)
  • 2: Take On Me (1984 12” Mix)
  • 3: Stop! And Make Your Mind Up
  • 4: Take On Me (1985 12” Mix)
  • 5: Take On Me ( Instrumental Mix)
  • 6: The Sun Always Shines On TV (7” Mix)
  • 7: The Sun Always Shines On TV (Extended Version)
  • 8: Driftwood
  • 9: The Sun Always Shines On TV (Extended Version)
  • 10: The Sun Always Shines On TV ( Instrumental)
  • 11: Train Of Thought (7” Remix)
  • 12: Train Of Thought (US Remix)
  • 13: Train Of Thought (Dub Mix)
  • 14: Hunting High And Low (7” Remix)
  • 15: Hunting High And Low (Extended Remix)

Disc 4 Hunting High and Low Six Disc Super Deluxe Vinyl Boxset (2023)

  • 1: Take On Me (Video Version)
  • 2: Train Of Thought (Early Mix)
  • 3: Hunting High And Low (Early Mix)
  • 4: The Blue Sky (Alternative Long Mix)
  • 5: Living A Boy’s Adventure Tale (Early Mix)
  • 6: The Sun Always Shines On TV (Alternate Mix)
  • 7: And You Tell Me (Early Mix)
  • 8: Love Is Reason (Early Mix)
  • 9: Dream Myself Alive (Early NYC Mix)
  • 10: Here I Stand And Face The Rain (Early Mix)

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