Bag of Trix

Bag of Trix
Bag of Trix
Box set by Roxette
Released	11 December 2020
Recorded	1986–2016
Venue	Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle; Himmelstalundshallen, Norrköping;
Studio	Tits & Ass Studios, Halmstad; Atlantis Studios, Polar Studios, EMI Studios, Skinnarviksringen, and Montezuma Studios, Stockholm; Studio Vinden, Djursholm; Abbey Road Studios, London; Capri Digital, Capri; El Cortijo Studios, Marbella;
Genre	Pop rock
Language	English; Spanish; Swedish;
Label	Roxette Recordings; Parlophone;
Producer	Clarence Öfwerman; Per Gessle; Marie Fredriksson; Mikael Bolyos; Christoffer Lundquist; Michael Ilbert; Addeboy vs. Cliff;
Roxette chronology
Singles from Bag of Trix
	"Help!"; Released: 8 May 2020; "Let Your Heart Dance with Me"; Released: 2 October 2020; "Tú No Me Comprendes"; Released: 6 November 2020; "Piece of Cake"; Released: 20 November 2020;

Bag of Trix (subtitled Music from the Roxette Vaults) is the third box set compilation by Swedish pop duo Roxette, which had a 4-LP and 3-CD physical release on 11 December 2020. It contains 47 tracks, 28 of which are previously unreleased and includes demos, live tracks, alternate versions and more.^[1]^[2] The album was announced on 2 October 2020, alongside the release of the second single, "Let Your Heart Dance with Me", which was an outtake from Roxette's 2016 studio album, Good Karma.^[3]

Prior to its physical release on 11 December, the album was issued digitally in volumes from 30 October; these volumes were released in two-week intervals, and utilise the vinyl track listings.^[4]

Formats and track listings

Vinyl and digital track listing

*Bag of Trix* – Volume 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Help!" (Abbey Road Session, 15 November 1995)	John Lennon Paul McCartney	Clarence Öfwerman	2:54
2.	"Listen to Your Heart" (Abbey Road Session, 15 November 1995)	Per Gessle Mats Persson	Öfwerman	3:33
3.	"Let Your Heart Dance with Me" (Good Karma Outtake)	Per Gessle	Christoffer Lundquist Gessle Öfwerman Addeboy vs. Cliff^[a]	3:07
4.	"Waiting for the Rain" (Studio Vinden Demo, 1997)	Marie Fredriksson	Fredriksson Mikael Bolyos	3:33
5.	"Joyride" (Brian Malouf US Single Mix)	Gessle	Öfwerman	3:58
6.	"Like Lovers Do" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	2:02
7.	"Pocketful of Rain" (Skinnarviksringen Demo, February 1993)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Bolyos	4:11
8.	"Wish I Could Fly" (Live at EMP Sky Church, Seattle, 7 October 2000)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	4:38
9.	"Happy Together" (T&A Demo, 1–2 July 1998)	Gessle	Gessle	3:55
10.	"Beautiful Boy" (Studio Vinden Demo, March 2000)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Bolyos	3:29
11.	"You Don't Understand Me" (T&A Demo, 30 July 1995)	Gessle Desmond Child	Gessle	4:16
12.	"Hotblooded" (T&A Demo, 13 December 1990)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle	3:24

*Bag of Trix* – Volume 2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Look" (Abbey Road Session, 15 November 1995)	Gessle	Öfwerman	3:46
2.	"Tú No Me Comprendes" (Spanish Version of "You Don't Understand Me")	Gessle Child Luis Gómez Escolar	Öfwerman	4:25
3.	"Soul Deep" (Tom Lord-Alge Mix)	Gessle	Öfwerman	3:38
4.	"Always the Last to Know" (Studio Vinden Demo, 1998)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Bolyos	4:42
5.	"Sleeping in My Car" (The Stockholm Demo Version, 1993)	Gessle	Gessle	3:13
6.	"Watercolors in the Rain" (T&A Demo, 24 January 1990)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle	4:02
7.	"From One Heart to Another" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	3:06
8.	"I Remember You" (T&A Demo, 15 March 1990)	Gessle	Gessle	3:33
9.	"It Hurts" (T&A Demo, 3 August 1995)	Gessle	Gessle	2:56
10.	"Perfect Day" (T&A Demo, 23 August 1990)	Gessle Persson	Gessle	3:45
11.	"New World" (Studio Vinden Demo, 1996)	Fredriksson	Bolyos	3:37
12.	"Lo Siento" (Spanish Version of "Salvation")	Gessle Escolar	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman Michael Ilbert	4:44

*Bag of Trix* – Volume 3
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Piece of Cake" (Good Karma Outtake)	Gessle Persson	Lundquist Gessle Öfwerman Addeboy vs. Cliff^[a]	3:16
2.	"You Don't Understand Me" (Abbey Road Session, 15 November 1995)	Gessle Child	Öfwerman	3:42
3.	"Dangerous" (Swedish Single Version)	Gessle	Öfwerman	3:46
4.	"Every Day" (Studio Vinden Demo, March 2000)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Bolyos	3:22
5.	"The Big L." (T&A Demo, 29 March 1990)	Gessle	Gessle	3:52
6.	"It Will Take a Long Long Time" (Modern Rock Version)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman Ilbert	3:59
7.	"Little Girl" (Studio Vinden Demo, March 2000)	Fredriksson	Fredriksson Bolyos	4:24
8.	"Cry" (Live in Norrköping, 16 December 1988)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	5:42
9.	"Goodbye to You" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	2:30
10.	"Go to Sleep" (Skinnarviksringen Demo, February 1993)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Bolyos	5:04
11.	"Quisiera Volar" (Spanish Version of "Wish I Could Fly")	Gessle Escolar	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman Ilbert	4:41

*Bag of Trix* – Volume 4
No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"The Centre of the Heart (Is a Suburb to the Brain)" (Have a Nice Day Version)	Gessle
2.	"Pearls of Passion" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle
3.	"Things Will Never Be the Same" (T&A Demo, 13 December 1990)	Gessle
4.	"Entering Your Heart" (Long Version)	Gessle
5.	"Cooper (Closer to God)"	Gessle
6.	"Joy of a Toy" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle Persson
7.	"It Takes You No Time to Get Here" (Long Version)	Gessle
8.	"Before You Go to Sleep" (T&A Demo, 23 October 1992)	Gessle
9.	"I Was So Lucky" (The Golden Blow)	Gessle
10.	"Jag älskar (Surrender)" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)
11.	"Som i en dröm (So Far Away)" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)
12.	"Alguien" (Spanish Version of "Anyone")	Gessle Escolar

CD track listing

*Bag of Trix* – CD1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Help!" (Abbey Road Session, 15 November 1995)	Lennon McCartney	Öfwerman	2:54
2.	"Listen to Your Heart" (Abbey Road Session, 15 November 1995)	Gessle Persson	Öfwerman	3:33
3.	"Let Your Heart Dance with Me" (Good Karma Outtake)	Gessle	Lundquist Gessle Öfwerman Addeboy vs. Cliff^[a]	3:07
4.	"Waiting for the Rain" (Studio Vinden Demo, 1997)	Fredriksson	Fredriksson Bolyos	3:33
5.	"Joyride" (Brian Malouf US Single Mix)	Gessle	Öfwerman	3:58
6.	"Like Lovers Do" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	2:02
7.	"Pocketful of Rain" (Skinnarviksringen Demo, February 1993)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Bolyos	4:11
8.	"Tú No Me Comprendes" (Spanish Version of "You Don't Understand Me")	Gessle Child Luis Gómez Escolar	Öfwerman	4:25
9.	"Happy Together" (T&A Demo, 1–2 July 1998)	Gessle	Gessle	3:55
10.	"Beautiful Boy" (Studio Vinden Demo, March 2000)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle	3:29
11.	"Cooper (Closer to God)"	Gessle
12.	"Hotblooded" (T&A Demo, 13 December 1990)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle	3:24
13.	"The Centre of the Heart (Is a Suburb to the Brain)" (Have a Nice Day Version)	Gessle
14.	"Pearls of Passion" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle
15.	"Things Will Never Be the Same" (T&A Demo, 13 December 1990)	Gessle
16.	"Alguien" (Spanish Version of "Anyone")	Gessle Escolar

*Bag of Trix* – CD2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Look" (Abbey Road Session, 15 November 1995)	Gessle	Öfwerman	3:46
2.	"You Don't Understand Me" (Abbey Road Session, 15 November 1995)	Gessle Child	Öfwerman	3:42
3.	"Soul Deep" (Tom Lord-Alge Mix)	Gessle	Öfwerman	3:38
4.	"Wish I Could Fly" (Live at EMP Sky Church, Seattle, 7 October 2000)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	4:38
5.	"New World" (Studio Vinden Demo, 1996)	Fredriksson	Bolyos	3:37
6.	"Sleeping in My Car" (The Stockholm Demo Version, 1993)	Gessle	Gessle	3:13
7.	"Watercolors in the Rain" (T&A Demo, 24 January 1990)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle	4:02
8.	"From One Heart to Another" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	3:06
9.	"I Remember You" (T&A Demo, 15 March 1990)	Gessle	Gessle	3:33
10.	"It Hurts" (T&A Demo, 3 August 1995)	Gessle	Gessle	2:56
11.	"Perfect Day" (T&A Demo, 23 August 1990)	Gessle Persson	Gessle	3:45
12.	"Joy of a Toy" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle Persson
13.	"Always the Last to Know" (Studio Vinden Demo, 1998)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Bolyos	4:42
14.	"It Takes You No Time to Get Here" (Long Version)	Gessle
15.	"Before You Go to Sleep" (T&A Demo, 23 October 1992)	Gessle
16.	"Lo Siento" (Spanish Version of "Salvation")	Gessle Escolar	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman Ilbert	4:44

*Bag of Trix* – CD3
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Piece of Cake" (Good Karma Outtake)	Gessle Persson	Lundquist Gessle Öfwerman Addeboy vs. Cliff^[a]	3:16
2.	"You Don't Understand Me" (T&A Demo, 30 July 1995)	Gessle Child	Gessle	4:16
3.	"Dangerous" (Swedish Single Version)	Gessle	Öfwerman	3:46
4.	"Every Day" (Studio Vinden Demo, March 2000)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Bolyos	3:22
5.	"The Big L." (T&A Demo, 29 March 1990)	Gessle	Gessle	3:52
6.	"It Will Take a Long Long Time" (Modern Rock Version)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman Ilbert	3:59
7.	"Little Girl" (Studio Vinden Demo, March 2000)	Fredriksson	Fredriksson Bolyos	4:24
8.	"Cry" (Live in Norrköping, 16 December 1988)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	5:42
9.	"Goodbye to You" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)	Gessle	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman	2:30
10.	"Go to Sleep" (Skinnarviksringen Demo, February 1993)	Fredriksson Gessle	Fredriksson Bolyos	5:04
11.	"I Was So Lucky" (The Golden Blow)	Gessle
12.	"Entering Your Heart" (Long Version)	Gessle
13.	"Jag älskar (Surrender)" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)
14.	"Som i en dröm (So Far Away)" (Montezuma Demo, 25–26 July 1986)
15.	"Quisiera Volar" (Spanish Version of "Wish I Could Fly")	Gessle Escolar	Fredriksson Gessle Öfwerman Ilbert	4:41

Notes

^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Marie Fredriksson – lead and background vocals, keyboards, engineering, production and mixing
Per Gessle – lead and background vocals, guitars, engineering, production and mixing
Per "Pelle" Alsing – drums
Mikael Bolyos – instrumentation, engineering, production and mixing (Studio Vinden and Skinnarviksringen sessions)
Jonas Isacsson – acoustic, bass and electric guitars
Christoffer Lundquist – engineering, production and mixing ("Let Your Heart Dance with Me" and "Piece of Cake"); bass guitar and background vocals ("Lo Siento" and "Quisiera Volar"); zither ("It Will Take a Long Long Time")
Clarence Öfwerman – piano, keyboards, synthesizer, bells, programming, arrangements, engineering, production and mixing

Technical personnel

Addeboy vs. Cliff – co-production ("Let Your Heart Dance with Me" and "Piece of Cake")
Michael Ilbert – engineering and production ("Lo Siento" and "It Will Take a Long Long Time"); programming and production ("It Will Take a Long Long Time"); engineering, programming, production and string arrangement ("Quisiera Volar")
Mats "MP" Persson – instrumentation and engineering (T&A sessions); twelve-string guitar and additional engineering ("It Will Take a Long Long Time"); string arrangement ("Quisiera Volar")
Alar Suurna – engineering and mixing

Additional personnel

Micke "Nord" Andersson – twelve string acoustic and Rickenbacker guitars ("Quisiera Volar")
Tommy Cassemar – bass guitar ("Soul Deep")
Uno Forsberg – trumpet ("Soul Deep")
Lennart Haglund – engineering assistant ("It Will Take a Long Long Time")
Mats Holmquist – conducting ("It Will Take a Long Long Time" and "Quisiera Volar")
Christer Jansson – percussion ("It Will Take a Long Long Time"); cymbals and drums ("Quisiera Volar")
Ronny Lahti – mixing ("Let Your Heart Dance with Me")
Brian Malouf – mixing ("Joyride")
George Marino – mastering engineer ("It Will Take a Long Long Time" and "Quisiera Volar")
Mats Persson – percussion ("Soul Deep")
Mikael Renlinden – trumpet ("Soul Deep")
Tomas Sjörgen – trumpet ("Soul Deep")
Stockholms Nya Kammarorkester (credited as SNYKO) – strings ("It Will Take a Long Long Time" and "Quisiera Volar")
Robert Wellerfors – engineering ("Soul Deep")

Release history

Release history and formats for *Bag of Trix*
Region	Date	Format	Edition(s)	Label	Catalog #	Ref.
Various	30 October 2020	DL streaming	Volume 1	Roxette Recordings Parlophone	—	^[4]
	13 November 2020		Volume 2
	27 November 2020		Volume 3
	11 December 2020		Volume 4
	11 December 2020	CD LP	Physical box sets		—

References

^ "Join the Joyride: Roxette Pull Rarities from Bag of Trix". The Second Disc. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ "Bag of Trix – Music from the Roxette Vaults". Roxette Blog. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
^ "Roxette – "Let Your Heart Dance With Me" Unreleased Single Available Digitally On October 2". Rhino. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Unveröffentlichte Roxette-Aufnahmen auf Bag Of Trix" ["Unpublished Roxette recordings on Bag Of Trix"]. Der Vinyl List (in German). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ "Bag Of Trix Vol. 1 (Music From The Roxette Vaults)". Tidal. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ "Bag Of Trix Vol. 2 (Music From The Roxette Vaults)". Tidal. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ "Bag Of Trix Vol. 3 (Music From The Roxette Vaults)". Tidal. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

[SD-1] "Join the Joyride: Roxette Pull Rarities from Bag of Trix". The Second Disc. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[2] "Bag of Trix – Music from the Roxette Vaults". Roxette Blog. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

[trix-3] "Roxette – "Let Your Heart Dance With Me" Unreleased Single Available Digitally On October 2". Rhino. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[vinyl-4] "Unveröffentlichte Roxette-Aufnahmen auf Bag Of Trix" ["Unpublished Roxette recordings on Bag Of Trix"]. Der Vinyl List (in German). 29 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

[5] "Bag Of Trix Vol. 1 (Music From The Roxette Vaults)". Tidal. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

[6] "Bag Of Trix Vol. 2 (Music From The Roxette Vaults)". Tidal. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[7] "Bag Of Trix Vol. 3 (Music From The Roxette Vaults)". Tidal. Retrieved 27 November 2020.

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