Hunting High and Low gets 6 LP box set

A-Ha has announced that its iconic debut album, Hunting High and Low, will be released for the first time ever in a stunning 6 LP box set on February 24th via BMG. The band’s iconic 1985 album has been expanded to include demos, extended versions, alternate mixes, and b-sides.

The package will feature a highly collectible rigid slipcase box, containing the album with 60 tracks on black 140-gram 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.

“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,” the band shares.

With huge hit singles such as “The Sun Always Shines On TV,” “Love Is Reason,” “Hunting High and Low,” and 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 groundbreaking music video which featured a mix of pencil sketch animation and live action footage.

The song has become an everlasting legacy, earning No. 1 in 15 countries worldwide, achieving two billion streams globally — including being the most streamed song from the year 1985 — garnering over 1.5 billion views on YouTube, and over one billion views from various TikTok challenges.

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

Hunting High and Low has been certified three times Platinum in the UK, and certified Platinum in the United States, selling over ten million copies worldwide.

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6 LP

LP 1: The Original Album:

  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

LP 2: The Demos 1982-1984

  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)

LP 3: The Demos 1982-1984

  1. You Have Grown Thoughtful Again
  2. What’s That You’re Doing To Yourself In The Pouring Rain
  3. Take On Me (Demo)
  4. Hunting High And Low (Demo)
  5. Dreaming Myself Alive (Demo)
  6. And You Tell Me (Demo)
  7. Here I Stand And Face The Rain (Demo)
  8. Love Is Reason (Demo)
  9. The Blue Sky (2nd Demo)
  10. Never Never
  11. The Sun Always Shines On TV (Demo)
  12. Presenting Lily Mars (Rendezvous Demo)

LP 4: Singles, Extended Versions & B-Sides

  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)

LP 5: Singles, Extended Versions & B-Sides

  1. The Sun Always Shines On TV ( Instrumental)
  2. Train Of Thought (7” Remix)
  3. Train Of Thought (US Remix)
  4. Train Of Thought (Dub Mix)
  5. Hunting High And Low (7” Remix)
  6. Hunting High And Low (Extended Remix)

LP 6: The Alternate Mixes

  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)