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Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

CLASSIC ALBUM COVERS: «Minor Earth Major Sky» by a-ha

15 September 2020 SB 0

After the Memorial Beach tour wrapped up in 1994, the band went their separate ways for a while. Nobody knew for how long the hiatus […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: «Cold As Stone» by a-ha

11 June 2018 SB 0

Eight minutes and eighteen seconds. The longest a-ha song that was ever put on an album. Cold As Stone is the third track on their […]

THE STORY BEHIND THE SONG: “Here I Stand And Face the Rain” by a-ha

2 March 2018 SB 0

a-ha has had an interesting career trajectory. After being starving artists for a few years, they exploded onto the world music scene with their debut […]

a-ha Hits South America (live 1991)

10 December 2017 SB 0

a-ha’s contribution to last year’s Record Store Day was a mini album titled Hits South America, where we are brought back to a show recorded […]

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