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• Posted by sadabbalad, February 22, 2010 20:54:

  WooHoo! Never thought we'd get this!
  
  Great news :o)

  
  
• Posted by anthony, February 22, 2010 21:25:

  GOD!!!!!! FINALLY!
  
  Lets pray for the full Abba in Swiss, Mike Yarwood Xmas show, and Spanish performances!
  
  Please, Please, Please

  
  
• Posted by Peter James, February 22, 2010 21:36:

  Yes! And high time they also release "If It Wasn't For The Nights" as a single.

  
  
• Posted by Graeme Quinn, February 22, 2010 21:57:

  brill

  
  
• Posted by Ian, Essex, February 22, 2010 22:32:

  It's As Good As News... (sorry, couldn't resist that!) Can't wait!!! Hope they include some great TV clips... Mike Yarwood springs to mind or how about ABBA in Switzerland in full (or is that another release all in itself!) Anyway, some surprises would be nice...

  
  
• Posted by Henk, February 22, 2010 22:44:

  and Chess in concert, and Kristina in Concert, and ABBA World, and ABBA inducted into Rock and Roll hall of fame. Mamma Mia! 2010, what a year.....

  
  
• Posted by andrew, February 23, 2010 02:03:

  About time!
  
  Hopefully it will include the Abba In Studio 2
  TV special that has that wonderful version of Does Your Mother Know with the long piano intro
  and the rockier feel to it! Pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaase!

  
  
• Posted by Robb, February 23, 2010 04:31:

  This is huge. Finally the deluxe edition with DVD. I'll believe it when its in hand though, I'm still waiting for the ABBA Holy Grail to be released.

  
  
• Posted by Jaakko, February 23, 2010 08:45:

  Super! MAkes me smile to hear these news :D

  
  
• Posted by Terry Malloy, February 23, 2010 13:06:

  Yeahhhhh!!! Woo woo! At last!!!! I want ABBA In Switzerland, Applauso and all that crystal clear PLEASE!!!

  
  
• Posted by Darren, February 23, 2010 13:08:

  The full length Just a notion as a bonus track would be nice,then how about the Chiquitita story medley that was also going to appear on the Thank you for the music box set.
  Followed by deluxe release of Gracias por la musica and Super Trouper deluxe as a christmas present.

  
  
• Posted by sadabbalad, February 23, 2010 17:27:

  don't forget Greatest Hits Vol.2! haha we want it ALL!

  
  
• Posted by Martin Bolton, February 23, 2010 18:12:

  Great ABBA news indeed!

  
  
• Posted by Tony, February 24, 2010 10:07:

  Yippee... more bliss to be enjoyed!
  Cheers, Tony :o)

  
  
• Posted by Luca, February 24, 2010 14:16:

  Maybe Just a Notion will be on it! Who Knows?

  
  
• Posted by DEANM, February 24, 2010 15:16:

  at last VV is my fave-I cant wait-hopefully UNICEF news footage ABBA IN SWISS of course Applauso, Musikladen and any unknown nuggets!!

  
  
• Posted by Markus, February 24, 2010 19:46:

  WOW! What another great year for ABBA!This is so exciting!!!!!Hopefully ABBA in Switzerland.
  This just made my year!
  Love to all Abba fans around the world!
  Markus

  
  
• Posted by Monica72, February 24, 2010 20:14:

  Wonderful news.

  
  
• Posted by duke, February 24, 2010 21:00:

  Good news!
  
  A must to include on the" Voulez-vous" De luxe DVD : the ONLY 1979 TV performance Of "I have a dream" fom the Spanish TV program taped by Abba in Madrid in May 1979 : "300 milliones"
  
  REALLY hoping that that ONLY TV performance in 1979 of this major hit from the album "I have a dream" will figure on the DVD.
  
  
  

  
  
• Posted by Jose Luis Juarez, February 25, 2010 15:36:

  Wow!!!!! Finally!
  I hope the DVD includes the ABBA in Switerland special, and also the spanish shows APLAUSO and 300 Millones.
  That would be great!
  Nice news.I wait for the release of this album...
  

  
  
• Posted by Russell, February 25, 2010 15:59:

  I remember,as a 16 year old when V V came out, reading an article in the fan mag before it's release. It gave a possible track listing. This included a track called - No Man's Land. It never materialised. Either it was used elsewhere, or not.....
  
  Really looking forward to this release.

  
  
• Posted by Dion, February 25, 2010 17:43:

  FINALLY! Yahooo!! the one i have been waiting for!
  
  How about some extra Unicef on DVD... ?
  
  And a deluxe Greatest Hits Vol. 2 -

  
  
• Posted by Adam Dawson, February 25, 2010 22:53:

  I have heard rumours that 'Just A Notion' will be on the CD. I would also like 'Dream World' to appear as well as a Spanish version of 'Chiquitita' would be lovely anything on the DVD would be nice.

  
  
• Posted by Tony, February 26, 2010 02:08:

  Once Universal's done the 'Super Trouper' and 'The Visitors' Deluxe Editions, I hope that they consider to do the 'Gracias Por La Musica', 'ABBA' and 'Ring Ring' albums, as they certainly do have historical value, and there is some great material that could be sourced for such projects too (for example: the 'Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)' video from Sommerlørdag in 1973, for the 'Ring Ring' album would be a great inclusion: it's good fun).
  
  I'm sure that there could also be a Deluxe Edition of the 'Lycka' album. If not soon, perhaps for it's 50th anniversary in 2020 :o)
  
  Cheers, Tony :o)

  
  
• Posted by Deano, February 28, 2010 19:06:

  This is great news.
  I do remember seeing a track list of the album with a track called 'No Mans Land' maybe this is a track or been used as part of another track.
  I would love to see the single version of 'If It Was'nt For The Nights' as performed on the Mike Yardwood TV Special.
  Also maybe some of the 12" mixes done by Michael.B.Tretow (as it was ABBA's disco album)

  
  
• Posted by Roger Johansen, March 01, 2010 19:29:

  Endelig kommer den. Jeg har ventet på den i hele 09. Jeg var sikker på at de ville slippe en deluxe utgave av Voulez-Vous. Kan nesten ikke vente til den kommer.

  
  
• Posted by Darren, March 02, 2010 13:05:

  The full track list is now on the ABBA fan club site under news.
  Dream World is included as one of a few bonus tracks and the dvd does include ABBA in Switzerland and Mike Yarwood Show among other clips.

  
  
• Posted by Neil Partridge, March 02, 2010 13:51:

  Wonderful!! I just hope the alternate mixes are preserved for 'Does your mother know' and 'Kisses of fire', as featured on the original tv special! How long have i waited for this in good quality!!

  
  
• Posted by Enrique Fernando Manfredi, March 02, 2010 14:52:

  AMAZING ! ! !
  I WANT IT NOW ! ! !

  
  
• Posted by duke, March 02, 2010 16:21:

  I am totally disapointed by the DVD track listing:
  
  -No TV performance of the title track and international hit single "Voulez-vous
  -No 1979 TV performance of "I have a dream",the ONLY one from Spanish TV
  -No TV performance from Japan of "Summer night city"
  -No Spanish language TV performance of "Chiquittita""
  
  NO Spanish TV perforomances at all...and there were the nicest Abba have ever done and they belonged to the very rare TV performancesAbba did in 1979.
  
  much nicer than the boring "Abba in Switzerland" TV special....
  
  Missed opportunity really.

  
  
• Posted by bronx, March 04, 2010 17:24:

  Im really looking forward to this release. Voulez-Vous is a very special album for me. Love the DVD list. As for all the Spanish performances....mmmm...I wonder is maybe another DVD is planned in th future...this time called ABBA-In Spain? Could that be why no performances are on this DVD? Anyway, looking forward to this release.

  
  
• Posted by Jose, March 04, 2010 20:46:

  I agree with duke. I feel TOTALLY dissapointed. I am spanish guy and I wonder why any spanish show is included in this dvd, ABBA performed I have a dream in studio only in 300 Millones, and Voulez Vous in Aplauso and 300 Millones...
  I don´t think that Universal has any plans to release a deluxe edition for GRACIAS POR LA MUSICA, where they could include all the ABBA performances in the Spanish tv...
  why didn´t they include Chiquitita in Spanish???
  Really dissapointing...

  
  
• Posted by Christian, March 05, 2010 03:20:

  I'm dissapointed too. What happened with "Just a Notion", "In the Arms of Rosalita", or even "Sång till Görel" for intance?. Again Universal release the same songs over and over again... no comments the omition of Estoy Soñando and Chiquitita in spanish, which were recorded in 1979 too.
  
  The DVD is ok, but the omitions of the spanish perfomances are quite evident. And I'm agree with "duke", Abba in Switzerland is boring, too much static, but anyway, Abba didn't do very much besides the 79' tour that year, so I guess that's THE special to include, but I'm more dissapointed with the bonuses on the CD anyway.
  
  Plus, Björn and Benny could do FINALLY the single mix of "If it Wasn't for the Nights" -that they should have made in 1979, but never did- to promote this release, and reivindicate themselves for that big mistake!
  
  Lets hope Universal include next year for Super Trouper deluxe, the rare videos of Gracias por la Musica or Conociendome, Conociendote, only made for "Aplauso", for instance, or the TV appeareances and interviews in 300 Millones and Aplauso (and seeing Björn speaking in fluent spanish).

  
  
• Posted by Tim, March 05, 2010 16:34:

  Am really thrilled that Voulez-Vous Deluxe is FINALLY due for release but am also a little dissapointed that there were not more interesting tracks released.
  
  Great to have Dreamworld on it though as I don't have this! Shame about Just a Notion not there but still...

  
  
• Posted by Brendon, March 07, 2010 03:22:

  This is great news, but yes, it is disappointing not to see some of those fantastic Spanish tv performances. It would have been a good opportunity to have finally released Just a notion and live versions of GF/VV, If it wasn't for the nights and As good as new.

  
  
• Posted by Brendon, March 09, 2010 10:01:

  An extract of an email I sent to Universal Music. It'd be great if others could also do so!
  
  "Dear Sir,
  
  Like many other ABBA fans, I am very excited about the upcoming deluxe release of ABBA's Voulez Vous album.
  
  Although the release is fairly imminent, would it be possible to include ABBA's 1979 appearances on the Spanish programs, Aplauso and "300 Millones" as part of the accompanying DVD? Many fans have expressed great disappointment that these exciting and unique performances of songs such as Does your mother know, Voulez vous, I have a dream and the Spanish version of Chiquitita have not been included. Many fans consider these Spanish performances to be some of the very best ABBA performances from that period and it would be a shame for the DVD not to include them. These performances can be found on YouTube in only poor to medium quality.
  
  I look forward to your reply and am happy to assist further.
  
  Yours sincerely,"

  
  
• Posted by Terry Malloy, March 09, 2010 16:43:

  I'm astounded that some fans find A8BA In Switzerland "boring" ..!! I love this show and the girls look stunning in it!! Its the only place we see The King Has Lost His Crown, Kisses of Fire and Lovers Live A little Longer, as well as the fab original mix of Does Your Mother Know!! I bet if Aplauso had always been shown, and Abba In Switzwerland never shown apart from in say- Switzerland- we'd all be shouting for it!! lol lol ..Enjoy it!!!

  
  
• Posted by Terry Malloy, March 09, 2010 16:53:

  Like Russel above, I remember "No Man's Land" listed as a song for the "upcoming new album" Voulez- Vous... Years later ,the song "In The Middle of Nowhere" weas included on the first Gemini LP..and has a line in it which goes ".. in no Man's Land..." just before the 2nd verse...Does anyone know if this is the same song???

  
  
• Posted by John, March 09, 2010 17:14:

  I wish they would put the ABBA and VOULEZ VOUS back to where they belong... Top Left... Top Right... thats what the original sleeve always was!

  
  
• Posted by Richard, March 09, 2010 20:51:

  Come on now.
  I remember very well what it was like being an a ABBA fan both in the 70's and 80's right up till now.
  When ABBA finished and there there was no new output it was pretty devastating. But that was nothing compared to the incredible negativity that happened straight afterwards. I still scoured the sales shelves and found Absolute ABBA, ABBA The Colections 1 and 2, ABBA the Hits 1,2 and 3 as well as ABBA Live. But still ABBA were regarded as has-beens until Erasure and ABBA Gold hit the scene. Then they were back! Then we got ABBA More Gold with the unreleased "I Am The City" on it. I remember very well what it was like to hear an unreleased track and wishing there was more. Then came the Undeleted CD on the 1994 box set. Heaven! It couldn't get any better!
  What I'm trying to say is that the reality is there is only so much unreleased/cleaned up material out there that is presentable.
  Believe me I am not a fan of the huge corporate behemoth which is Universal, but they are releasing more now than was ever acessible a few years ago. Who would have thought 20 years ago that there would have been an international release of something like "ABBA In Japan". Never in a million years! But that's happened.
  When I see comments that are immediately posted about the Voulez Vous De-luxe track list not being good enough I get quite annoyed. There's not a chance that this kind of release is in any way commercial, they're not making big money,if any, out of this. What I'm saying in a roundabout way is that we shouldn't slam Universal and immediately say you should have done this or that. Atleast what we now regard as ABBA's record company is prepared to release things like the 30th anniversary albums with new features on, and I'm pleased to see it.
  ABBA's material will be around for a long long time to come, but let's not push it, there's nothing new, maybe Bjorn and Benny will continue to put excellent records together. Maybe the Girls will do more in the future, who know's?
  But for now let's just enjoy what's out there and being re-leased and stop complaining.

  
  
• Posted by Ice, March 09, 2010 22:15:

  I'm with you Richard! Thank you for your excellent commentary.

  
  
• Posted by Christian, March 10, 2010 00:44:

  I have to disagree with Richard. I'm a huge fan of Bucks Fizz, which are INFINTELY less known than ABBA, and from 2004 onwards it has been released an ENORMOUS amount of unedited material, like demos, remixes, extended versions, CDs ENTIRELY made with rare tracks and not just few bonuses on each CD, so my point is, I compare and I can say THAT IS a real interest to release something new from an artist (even if we have had to make donations for some of the releases), so I think there isn't a matter of to earn more or less money, it's a matter of interest. OK, this Deluxe maybe is a good release, but we all know that Universal could had done it A LOT better... my complaint is for the constant half made job.

  
  
• Posted by Ice, March 10, 2010 06:30:

  Thank you Christian. I think you are at slightly cross purposes with Richard on some of the points he was making. However, thank you also for your great comments.
  
  I'm still in the 'grateful for whatever I get as long as I get something' camp!

  
  
• Posted by Bernard62, March 10, 2010 09:33:

  Can't wait to get this new Voulez-Vous release. As a fan of Kate Bush also, I hope they will put the whole Swiss show, instead of just putting the abba parts. Does anyone know what il will be?

  
  
• Posted by Ice, March 10, 2010 10:03:

  @Bernard62 I heard a while back that it was only the ABBA parts of the show.

  
  
• Posted by Russell, March 10, 2010 11:00:

  Hello Terry Malloy. If I'm correct - and it's a long time ago now, I also wondered exactly the same thing when I bought the excellent Gemini album. However, I'm pretty certain that that was one of the few songs on it not written by B&B. I don't have access to the album at the moment, but, just a notion, that's all........
  
  Richard, I'm partly with you on this one, but........
  
  You can go on to you tube and look at all sorts of 'shabby' versions of various bits and pieces - Just like that, Just a Notion etc etc. I cried when I heard the afore mentioned there, the first time.Just the sound of those gorgeous voices, singing something 'new'together, for the first time in nearly thirty years.
  
  We've already had Dreamworld on the box set. Would it be beyond the realms of possibility to have had at least one , cleaned up 'new' piece
  of archive? Would it really have been too much to have expected?
  
  Surely, when Universal sat down to consider this project, one person must have asked the question "what could we give them (the fans) that they haven't had before?"
  
  If nobody knew there was anything 'left' to listen too, fair enough. But, come on guys, it's not as though we haven't heard the 2nd hand bootlegs and youtube snippets. Come on guys, please....
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
• Posted by Terry Malloy, March 10, 2010 12:43:

  Thanks Russell..I didn't realise Gemini wrote some songs on the first lp!! Thanks for info, matey..lets hope we hear "No Man's Land" one day...tho another thought of mine is was it the original version of "As Good As New" ?? The words would match...Its A No Man's Land...A No Man;s Land" ..just a notion...lol!! ;-)

  
  
• Posted by jose, March 10, 2010 14:03:

  I disagree with Richard. Of course I am happy to get Abba in Switerland in a great dvd quality, but you can´t compare our times as fans back in the 70´s than now...and another point is: How many times have you paid for the Voulez Vous album?
  I guess it is the maybe 7th time I buy a VV copy and I had higher hopes on this edition, that is the point.
  I have bought the normal issue on the 70´s (cassete), then the LP when I got the record player, then the Cd, then the remastered Cd version and now the deluxe edition... At least I think us fans have a voice to express our opinions when we feel that both the tracking list on the Cd and the Dvd have many missing tracks...
  I totally agree with Christian, when you pay 7 times for slightly the same piece of Art you have something to say about ...or not?

  
  
• Posted by Edward, March 10, 2010 17:54:

  @Russel
  You're right, "In The Middle Of Nowhere" was written by Anders Glenmark and Ingela Forsman

  
  
• Posted by Gary, March 10, 2010 19:16:

  I can understand some people's disappointment at the lack of 'Spanish' clips on the DVD. But I think Universal try very hard to get what they can for us.
  
  I am still completely overjoyed with what we 'are' getting !!

  
  
• Posted by Richard, March 11, 2010 19:21:

  How many times have you paid for the Voulez Vous album?
  
  Jose, you made me think there and I had to go and check, over the years I've bought the LP, the CD when first available, the remastered CD (mainly for the liner notes)and I'll now get the Deluxe, so that's 4 in total.
  
  Going back to the discussion I guess there's lots of different opinions about what should have been included. But going forward let's hope that Universal continue the series with "Super Trouper" and "The Visitors" 30th editions, after all, up until a couple of weeks ago it seemed unlikely that they were going to release any more.
  
  Ice, appreciate your comment, and really enjoy your site.

  
  
• Posted by bronx, March 11, 2010 22:50:

  I have to say I am not sure why anyone thought anything rare would be on the VV deluxe edition, neither Arrival or The Album had anything rare (unreleased) on them. I am thrilled to be getting this edition as I thought it would never happen once 2009 passed. It is a lovely collectors item and it will be great to see the DVD ( we even get to see the TV ad for GHV2).
  Considering ABBA finished in 1982 I think we are very lucky to still be getting quality products. I really hope they continue and both Super Trouper and The Visitors get the same great treatment.
  A very happy Abba fan :-)

  
  
• Posted by marco, March 12, 2010 00:46:

  A lot of good points,but as hard core fans I guess we always know the more obscure stuff....but is it suitable for c.d. ? Yeah I guess I could have wished for a slightly different result,but my god who knew that all abba fans would still be going on about this since the early 90's of revival! Surely abba must have set some record alone as longest running revival alone! And I do look forward from more recordings of Benny and perhaps one more c.d. from Agnetha ...and Frida! She led us on "so to speak" that she was getting closer to recording a full c.d. with Jon Lord (Berlin interview ,Mamma Mia premiere,Oct 2007).....and then nothing!..BIG sore spot for me personally!!Anyone else agree with me on that one? I got my hopes up! I'm a Canadian by the way living in Berlin,cheers all!

  
  
• Posted by terry boultby, March 12, 2010 07:56:

  perhaps gracias por la musica will be re-released with bonus dvd of spanish performances who knows

  
  
• Posted by StephenUK, March 12, 2010 12:06:

  Well did wonder if they were going to label it the dance or disco album but from the updated picture they have gone back to Classic as per Arrival.
  I have looked on these deluxe versions as a ways to bring the albums back into public view and would hope they appeal to many of the people who brought the original LP/Tape but only have ABBA Gold on CD/download. We all know Arrival/Voulez Vous/Super Trouper really are bursting with top quality songs where each and every track could have been a single and as a collection of songs there is not a weak or filler track amongst them yet. All are musically inventive and timeless yet ABBA still get labelled as a singles band and these multi million selling albums don’t get the recognition they deserve. Arrival got a 5 star review in the Times for the deluxe version and really with a dedicated push there's no reason why these albums shouldn’t be charting.
  
  I really am looking forward to this release as while I could dig out one of my several copies I admit to tending to listen now to ABBA via compilations released CD's and it was great almost rediscovering Arrival/The Album/Waterloo via the released deluxe version and I really am looking forward to this new release of Voulez Vous.
  
  It has already brought back many great memories of 1979. After waiting months between singles in 1977/1978 and the shock of SNC only just getting into top 5 we had five singles in the Uk plus our first 7" picture cover for VV/AE then the special Gatefold special for IHAD, Abba in two major TV specials, the Abba magazine was in full regular issue, we at least two fold out poster mags and of course the ultimate treat of ABBA live in the UK. Both the UK and Australia fan clubs were providing great information in the days before the internet and ice. We had Dick Wallis photography selling ABBA photos and Adrian's the record store offering mail order for loads of previous impossible to get foreign picture sleeves, 12" singles , coloured vinyl and even VV Picture discs and to top it off Woolworths carried a large range of scandour ABBA posters - what a year! the only thing missing despite the sheer power of the VV album was a number one single in the UK. I have still have not forgiven Blondie and Pink Floyd for denying ABBA two additional number ones. One tiny admission is that I am sure I am not the only fan who much preferred the Love light b side of Chiquitita to the main song?

  
  
• Posted by Stuart, March 12, 2010 20:25:

  I'm really looking forward to this one. After 'The Album' deluxe edition I had wondered if we would get this one given the wait.
  
  I too thought Lovelight was great. I used to play this one on the jukebox at the local pub when I was about 14. All that pocket money !
  
  It would be a really great thank you to fans around the world if ABBA were to issue something new or 'lost'. I can understand them not wanting to have a reunion as such or tour, but their music is timeless.

  
  
• Posted by Paul Clements, March 13, 2010 12:10:

  I've interviewed Benny twice in the past year (http://bit.ly/bzV7MZ), and on both occasions I've brought up the thorny subject of missing/unreleased tracks.
  
  Both times he has said that there are none. Of course, we know that's not the case, thanks to bootleggers. The cupboard was cleaned out when they compiled Abba Undeleted - so his story goes.
  
  So officially, there are no tracks that were sufficiently polished at the time to warrant a full release today.
  
  It's galling I know, but I can understand that neither Benny or Bjorn have the appetite to return to the studio thirty years after Just Like That was recorded to bring it up to scratch.
  
  However, perhaps Universal could be persuaded to release the elements of track - vocals, instrumentals, etc - so that fans could finish it off for them?
  
  It's not so far fetched a notion, given that fans were invited to do something similar with a couple of existing tracks at Abbaworld. A couple of hours on Garageband and the track could be completed...
  
  Thoughts?

  
  
• Posted by Daniel, March 18, 2010 08:27:

  Finally the Voulez-vous Deluxe Version is on it's way. But the bonus DVD is a HUGE dissapointment(!,)apart from the fact there's no unreleased material from the recording sessions. Yes the spanish TV performances should be on the list and as a special treat, the american documentary of tour in the States which is only available non-commercially in very bad quality, but absolutly brilliant.
  I'm sure, there must have been have be more unreleased stuff during that period, to satisfy the fans. But what can i do, i'm a huge Abba-fan and i'm gonna buy it!
  Knowing they where always very selective about what they gonna put out (which is to a certain point fine), i feel they should be at this stage a bit more giving to the fans! Shame!

  
  
• Posted by np2nbb, March 19, 2010 05:41:

  Too bad the dvd can't contain OR a new dvd contain all ABBA's appearances....they were great when VV came out & were guesting on the Raes show in Toronto. ABBA emitted from the stale TV signal so much adrenaline & fun & love when they did Does Your Mother Know I think....Gosh it'd be great to see all their appearances & re-live my abba days in my own inner abbaworld....in abba's name ...ABBA!
  

  
  
• Posted by Kevin, March 21, 2010 13:15:

  I wonder if its the unseen "If It Wasnt For The Nights" from Mike Yarwood, that's never been shown.....

  
  
• Posted by Terry Malloy, March 22, 2010 16:12:

  I too always preferred Lovelight to Chiquitita!!!And the long entro especially!!!

  
  
• Posted by Huw, March 31, 2010 00:12:

  Humph...I knew the rumours about Just A Notion being included were too good to be true. My money stays firmly in my wallet for now, I fear!

  
  
• Posted by Henk, April 21, 2010 21:04:

  ABBA Voulez-Vous trailer: http://www.youtube.com/user/abba

  
  
• Posted by nino, April 24, 2010 08:41:

  i hope they're going to make Super Trouper Deluxe Edition and The Visitors Deluxe Edition

  
  
• Posted by Chris Williams, April 25, 2010 15:44:

  @ Terry Boultby
  
  I agree. It's strange that none of the performances of the Spanish tracks are included (either of the CD or DVD) and, although I'm usually pretty pessimistic about forthcoming releases, I am wondering whether these might form an expanded 15-track CD/DVD. If ABBA in Japan was a fairly successful release, then I'm relatively hopeful of a Gracias Por La Música Deluxe Edition. Famous last words :( !
  
  @ Paul Clements
  
  I'll eat Frida's Shine gloves if Björn and Benny allow the release of Just Like That to fans as an unmixed recording. It'll never happen. Admittedly, I'm beyond caring passionately about the release of any more rarities. We've got the bulk of it and ABBA themselves are clearly bored of talking about it.
  
  Having said that, I guess they could make a lot of fans happy by releasing Just Like That as a download or fan club special, with all royalties going to charity.
  

  
  
• Posted by Calum, April 25, 2010 16:04:

  Has anyone been able to pre-order this yet???
  
  It's not showing on searches on Amazon, Play or HMV yet (at least unless I'm being dumb). Or (does anyone know) will we have to wait until the 31st before it can be ordered? Seems strange that it's not even showing on those sites yet. Hope it's not a bad sign! Can't wait though!

  
  
• Posted by Terry Malloy, April 26, 2010 10:26:

  Hi,Kevin says The If It Wasnt For The Nights HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN BEFORE- BITS OF IT ARE ON THE RELEASED "ABBA - The Winner Takes It All" docu.dvd. And Youtube! Just thiought I'd mention nit! Cheers, Terry

  
  
• Posted by Grant Howard, April 26, 2010 14:24:

  I'm on the fence with this. Yep, it would be lovely to get something new or extra special on this release, but remember Benny and Bjorn are such perfectionists, there's no way anything in demo form is going to make it to a deluxe version. "Just a Notion" however lovely is poor quality, even sung out of tune in places. No way would I want people hearing it on a major release! As for other gems, the original "Does your mother..." and "...Nights" could easily be mastered for the CD, so it's a bit mean for the die-hard fans when you hope there's the possibility of a real rarity released, but I guess the vaults have just been exhausted. Most tracks were never completed. I'll buy it cos I'm loyal and love all the packaging etc, but I am disappointed with the potential track list.

  
  
• Posted by Gary, May 01, 2010 07:38:

  Confirmed release dates so far are:-
  
  Germany - 28 May 2010 - orderable via http://bit.ly/9zp5c7
  
  Sweden - 31 May 2010 - orderable via www.cdon.eu

  
  
• Posted by phillip, May 03, 2010 21:17:

  I'm looking forward to this release - especially with the Mike Yarwood Christmas Show Version of If It Wasn't... I've been thinking perhaps we should have a campaign to get If It Wasn't For The Nights to the UK #1 spot! I always think of it as the greatest Abba Single that never was!

  
  
• Posted by Markus, May 06, 2010 22:47:

  Where can I buy the Voulez-Vous Deluxe edition in the U.S.? I have checked all the major retailers.
  
  Much love to all ABBA Fans around the world ,
  
  Markus

  
  
• Posted by Russell, May 07, 2010 13:04:

  Phillip, I completely agree re 'the greatest ABBA single that never was'. I would place as second 'Just like that'. I think a double A side release would be dynamite.

  
  
• Posted by Henk, May 08, 2010 11:14:

  Remember this: for all the die-hard fans, this DVD is nothing new, but for all the other "normal" fans, this DVD will be very special. My sisters are ABBA fans to, but they are not interested in bootleg or demo's etc.
  ABBA in Japan was very new to them. So this release is for a non diehard-fan very special!!

  
  
• Posted by Henk, May 08, 2010 11:22:

  Ps
  There is so much more that waits for an official release:
  ABBA in Studio 2
  Olivia!
  ABBA down under
  The complete Dick Cavett
  Don Kirshner´s rock concerts
  
  But remember± ABBA doesn´t own the copyrights of these TV shows, only the songs and performances.
  So there´s a lot of work to be done!
  
  Henk
  

  
  
• Posted by Robert, May 08, 2010 14:02:

  Is the DVD all regions?

  
  
• Posted by Sara Russell, May 14, 2010 12:15:

  As for what's on it and what's not on it ... well the guys behind it know what the potential inclusions are and I'm sure they've done whatever they can to get as much as they can. So while some seemingly obvious omissions are glaring, I don't suppose it's for the lack of trying!
  
  Aren't we just so lucky to continually have a drip, drip, drip of fabulous things coming our way?
  
  Top of my wish list - Top Club from French TV 1978.

  
  
• Posted by Darren, May 14, 2010 18:09:

  Apparently the version of 'Dream world' is a previously unreleased full length version without the fade in.
  It was discovered on the master tapes.....

  
  
• Posted by Steve R., May 16, 2010 22:26:

  My only gripe is the alternative version of Does Your Mother Know isn't on the CD. The DVD track listing is excellent.

  
  
• Posted by john b, May 18, 2010 22:54:

  regardless of whether there will be a Super Trouper delux version is there any way we can lobby for the 12 inch version of Lay All Your Love On Me to be included on a CD because it is even better than the original?
  
  John.

  
  
• Posted by Martin Bolton, May 19, 2010 06:21:

  @john b - Any 12 inch version of Lay All Your Love On Me that is different from the album version would not have been anything to do with Benny and Björn as far as I know. The 12" version released as a single was, in fact, the album track (without the fade into The Way Old Friends Do.

  
  
• Posted by Nick Hardy, May 19, 2010 13:33:

  Yes - the 12" if LAYLOM was a realy disappointment. Around the time, 12" extended mixes were becoming all the rage... why, oh, why did ABBA (B&B?) think it acceptable to simply put the standard album version onto a 12" single? There was some word at the time that it would mean better quality but that only made them look like they were fishing for a decent excuse, if, indeed, it came from them.

  
  
• Posted by Jake, May 21, 2010 15:21:

  The official 12 inch was the album version as stated but there was a remix version that was circulating at the time / little later. A Dj had obviously spliced up the original version and extended it. I have a copy somewhere but have seen it on bootlegs over the years.
  
  Jason

  
  
• Posted by Ian Cole, May 22, 2010 01:28:

  @Nick: it wasn't ABBA or B&B that made the decision, it was the record companies. Sure, B&B didn't want to make a remixed extended version, but it was Epic, Polydor and Vogue that put it out as is.

  
  
• Posted by Sara Russell, May 28, 2010 11:31:

  I've got mine! It just arrived at work. The packaging is exquisite and there are several alternative shots to the cover picture photo-shoot. Probably all seen before but not in this great quality. Can't wait to be able to play it and watch the DVD later. Thank you Universal!