A-ha Interview (Australia) 1986

"A-ha" as co hosts on Australian television music program "Countdown" in 1986. A-ha arrived for a promotional visit to promote "Hunting High and Low". A-ha's debut album was originally released on vinyl in June 1985. The album was a huge commercial success selling more than 10 million units worldwide. The album was recorded at Eel Pie Studios in Twickenham and produced by Tony Mansfield, John Ratcliff and Alan Tarney.

Originally Pål Waaktaar and Magne Furuholmen began their music careers playing in a band called Bridges, together with Viggo Bondi and Øystein Jevanord. In 1981 the band produced Fakkeltog (Torch-light parade), an LP for which all of the music was composed by the group themselves, most of it being written by Waaktaar. Soon after, Bridges disbanded. Waaktaar and Furuholmen relocated to London to try their hand in the music industry there, but after six months of disappointment they returned to Norway.

The duo decided to try to get Morten Harket to join them as lead singer. At the time, Harket was singing in a band called Soldier Blue, but he felt that his band was stagnating, and decided to join Waaktaar and Furuholmen. They stayed together for six months, writing some songs and working on demo tapes, including "Lesson One," the song that eventually became "Take on Me." In January 1983 the trio returned to London in search of recording a contract and eventually signed with Warner Bros

As part of a re-release of their first two albums, Hunting High and Low was expanded and remastered in 2010. These new versions are available through itunes along with A-ha's additional work also available.

Official site: http://a-ha.com
Warner Music Norway :http://www.warnermusic.no/

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