CDs 1 to 8 featured each of the band's studio albums, plus all non-album singles and B-sides, and versions in Spanish, German, French and Swedish. CD 9 contained a selection of rarities, most of which were originally released after the band's heyday.

The nine CDs comprised every single studio-recorded piece of music commercially released by the Swedish group (under the name ABBA and/or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid/Frida) on single, LP or CD. This included alternate mixes, but not edited versions nor extended versions (that did not feature alternate mixes). Some of the tracks had never been released on CD before.

The Complete Studio Recordings also included two DVDs, featuring all the promo videos ever released by the band, a documentary entitled The History, and a five selections from a previously unreleased concert, which was originally a part of the television special Dick Cavett Meets ABBA.

ABBA - The Complete Studio Recordings was a strictly limited edition release, only available for a limited period of time and in limited numbers. However, a simpler version of the box set - featuring only the 9 CDs and the timeline booklet - was released in Denmark in 2006.

ABBA The Complete studio recordings features:

Disc 1: Ring Ring with additional bonus tracks

Disc 2: Waterloo with additional bonus tracks

Disc 3: ABBA with additional bonus tracks

Disc 4: Arrival with additional bonus tracks

Disc 5: ABBA - The Album with additional bonus tracks

Disc 6: Voulez-Vous with additional bonus tracks

Disc 7: Super Trouper with additional bonus tracks

Disc 8: The Visitors with additional bonus tracks

Disc 9: Rarities

1. Waterloo (Alternative mix)
2. Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton / On Top Of Old Smokey / Midnight Special (original German charity album remix released in 1975)
3. Thank You For The Music (Doris Day mix)
4. Summer Night City (Long version)
5. Lovelight (Remixed edit version)
6. Dream World
7. Voulez-Vous (Extended remix)
8. On And On And On (Full lenght version)
9. Put On Your White Sombrero
10. I Am The City
11. Abba Undeleted (Medley)

Bonus tracks on disc 1-8:

1. Ring Ring (Bara du slog en signal)
2. Åh, vilka tider
3. Merry-Go-Round
4. Santa Rosa
5. Ring Ring (Spanish version)
6. Wer Im Wartesaal Der Liebe Steht
7. Ring Ring (German version)
8. Ring Ring (US remix 1974)
9. Waterloo (Swedish version)
10. Honey, Honey (Swedish version)
11. Waterloo (German version)
12. Hasta Mañana (Spanish version)
13. Ring Ring (1974 Remix, single version)
14. Waterloo (French version)
15. Crazy world
16. Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton / On Top Of Old Smokey / Midnight Special
17. Mamma Mia (Spanish version)
18. Fernando
19. Happy Hawaii
20. La Reina Del Baile / Reina Danzante
21. Conociéndome, Conociéndote
22. Fernando (Spanish version)
23. Al Andar
24. Gracias Por La Musica
25. Summer Night City
26. Lovelight
27. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
28. Estoy Soñando
29. Chiquitita (Spanish version)
30. Dame! Dame! Dame!
31. Eleine
32. Andante, Andante (Spanish version)
33. Felicidad
34. Should I Laugh Or Cry (Intro version)
35. No hay a quien culpar
36. Se me està escapando
37. The Day Before You Came
38. Cassandra
39. Under Attack
40. You Owe Me One

DVD 1: The Complete Videos

1. Waterloo
2. Ring, Ring
3. Mamma Mia
4. SOS
5. Bang-A-Boomerang
6. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
7. Fernando
8. Dancing Queen
9. Money, Money, Money
10. Knowing Me, Knowing You
11. That's Me
12. The Name Of The Game
13. Take A Chance On Me
14. Eagle
15. One Man, One Woman
16. Thank You For The Music
17. Summer Night City
18. Chiquitita
19. Does Your Mother Know
20. Voulez-Vous
21. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
22. I Have A Dream
23. On And On And On
24. The Winner Takes It All
25. Super Trouper
26. Happy New Year
27. Lay All Your Love On Me
28. When All Is Said And Done
29. One Of Us
30. Head Over Heals
31. The Day Before You Came
32. Under Attack
33. Estoy Soñando
34. Felicidad
35. No Hay A Quien Culpar
36. Dancing Queen
37. The Last Video

DVD 2: The History + Live In April 1981

1. ABBA - The History (as told by Börn Ulvaeus and Michael B. Tretow)
2. Live In April, 1981
3. Live In April, 1981