Updates
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| 3rd February 2012 | Agnetha section: Added information & pics for Ukrainian cd's "That's Me" and "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" Added information & pics for Swedish cd "Nu Tändas Tusen Juleljus" Benny section: Kristina section: ABBA section: |
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| 1st February 2012 | ABBA section: Added information about European cd singles box set Added information about German 7" singles collection box set Added information about Oman 5mc box Added information about book with cd "ABBA: Interview Disc & Fully Illustrated Book" Added information about 7" Flexi Disc "ABBA In Their Very Own Words" Added information about lp "Äntligen Sommarlov" Added information about 4lp "Dick Clark's Rock Roll & Remember" Added information about cd "Die Deutsche Single Hitparade 1974" Added information about 2cd "Fetenhits" Added information about lp "Hi-Energy No. 1" Added information about 7" "Profiles In Gold" Added information about lp "The Music For Unicef Concert, A Gift Of Song" Much of the above mentioned info was included in the old ABBA Box sets / Various sections which weren't reinstalled with the overall site update in 2010. Only basic information has been added, when time permits more info and pictures will follow. |
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| 30th January 2012 | ABBA section: Added information about UK 3cd "ABBA" Added information about Australian 3cd "ABBA" Added information about Australian 2cd "Double Up" Moved the European and Dutch 2cd's "ABBA/Arrival" and "2 Original Albums" to the compilation section Added information about 3cd & video box set "The Collection" Added information about 4lp box "The Best Of ABBA" Added information about 5lp box "The Best Of ABBA" Added information about 6lp box "The Best Of ABBA" Added information about cd "Number Ones" Added information about "The Complete Studio Recordings" Added information about 9cd box "The Albums" Added information about "The Vinyl Collection" Added information about the 2011 lp re-releases: Ring Ring, Waterloo, ABBA, Arrival, The Album, Voulez-Vous, Super Trouper and The Visitors ("Back To Black" series) Much of the above mentioned info was included in the old ABBA Box sets / Various sections which weren't reinstalled with the overall site update in 2010. Only basic information has been added, when time permits more info and pictures will follow. |
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| 21st December 2011 | ABBA section: Added/updated information and pictures for 6 versions of compilation cd "The ABBA Story" Added information and pictures for Japanese compilation cd "Gold, Complete Edition" Added/updated information and pictures for 7 versions of compilation cd "The Definitive Collection" Added information and pictures for 8 versions of compilation cd "Forever Gold" Updated the Links page; those are the 15 sites I try to visit on a regular basis. |
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| 30th November 2011 | ABBA section: Added information and pictures for the 2011 limited 7" single release "Happy New Year" |
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| 12th November 2011 | ABBA section: Updated information & added pictures for "The ABBA Collection" 4cd set from Reader's Digest Updated information & added pictures for "The Ultimate Collection" 4cd set from Reader's Digest as well as adding Mexican and Polish release info. |
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| 10th November 2011 | ABBA section: Added information & pictures for the following cd's: * The Album / Super Trouper * The Album / Voulez-Vous * Ring Ring / Waterloo * ABBA / Arrival * 3 Original CDs * Waterloo * The Originals * The Hits Box * Ihre Grössten Hits Und Mehr * Die Story |
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| 8th November 2011 | Updated in the ABBA section: * added info & pictures for Japanese cd "Billboard Hits U.S.A." * updated info & pictures for Italian cd "I Successi" * added info & pictures for Italian cd "On And On And On" * added info & pictures for Italian cd "The ABBA Collection" * added info & pictures for UK interview cd "Absolute ABBA" Thanks to Alphonso Rossi for supplying information and pictures for the above mentioned Italian cd's. His name has been added to the names of those who have contributed before (see credit page). Added info & pictures for cd "ABBA - The Interview" in Björn section |
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| 8th October 2011 | It's another musicassette update in the ABBA section: Mamma Mia: added pictures of 2nd pressing German sleeve Gracias Por La Música: added info & pictures for Spanish release Ring Ring: added pictures of Swedish and Indian release Waterloo: added pictures & information of Canadian and German release Voulez-Vous: added pictures & information for American and unknown release; added pictures for Swedish release Live: added information & pictures for Canadian release (2x) and German release The Visitors: added pictures for Swedish release; added information & pictures for Spanish (Epic label), American and unknown release Arrival: added information & pictures for French and American release; added pictures for German mc (same mc with different track order!?); added info & pictures for DDR release; The Album: added information & pictures for Canadian, Italian and UK releases (2x); added pictures for German and Indian release |
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| 23rd September 2011 | ABBA section: Super Trouper: added picture for slightly different clear Polar cd label; added pictures for French "made by PMDC" cd Polydor release Voulez-Vous: added information & pictures for German cd Polydor 0040 190; added pictures & updated information for American cd Polydor 42282 1320-2 The Album: added pictures & info for French "made by PMCD" cd Polydor release; added pictures & info for Canadian cd Polydor 422 821 217-2 ABBA: added info & pictures for Australian cd Polar 549 952-2; updated info & added pictures for Canadian cd Polydor 422 831 596-2; added info & pictures for Korean cd Millennium: added pictures of slightly different cover Ring Ring: added pictures & info for Japanese Polydor POCP-2201 cd The Singles: added pictures of red coated Polydor cd; there are now 3 different label lay-outs More ABBA Gold: added info & pictures for Taiwan cd Waterloo: added pictures for Australian Karussell edition; added info & pictures for Italian cd A nice collection of ABBA, Benny, Gemini, Chess and Kristina songs, sung live, can be found on the cd "Från Waterloo Till Duvemåla" which has been added in the various section of ABBA. Chess section: |
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| 3rd September 2011 | ABBA section: Added and/or updated UK singles of "Knowing Me, Knowing You" (2x), "Dancing Queen" (2x), "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" and "Fernando" |
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| 28th August 2011 | Kristina: "Kamfer Och Lavendel": you can hear the intro of this song on facebook as both the album and cd single version have a different intro. ABBA section: - Added and/or updated USA cd "target" release of "Greatest Hits" - Added and/or updated UK 1990 cd re-release of "The Hits" - Added and/or updated Australia 2cd "The Singles" - Added and/or updated Japan SHM-cd & dvd "Gold, Greatest Hits" - Added and/or updated Korea 2cd "The Definitive Collection" - Added and/or updated Germany 2cd "Platin" - Added and/or updated European 2cd "2cd Original" - Added and/or updated UK 2cd "Mastermix 214" |
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| 23rd August 2011 | ABBA section: Added youtube links of trailers for "Collected" Chess section: Added track listing for studio recordings only |
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| 10th August 2011 | Chess section: - added information and pictures for German club only lp & cd release "Highlights From The Musical Chess" - added information and pictures for Danish 2cd "Complete Cast Album" - added information and pictures for 2cd "Chess In Concert" (Royal Albert Hall) - added information and pictures for cd "Highlights from Chess in Concert" (Royal Albert Hall) - added information and pictures for various artists cd "Disco Classics" in the various section |
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| 7th August 2011 | Frida section - added information about cd "Diamanter" by Björn Skifs in the various section - added information and pictures for Swedish Polar cd version of "Shine" - added information and pictures for Japanese Polydor and Swedish Polar cd versions of "Something's Going On" In the various section for both Frida & ABBA: - added information and pictures for cd "ABBA - A Tribute: The 25th Anniversary Celebration" - added information and a picture for cd single "ABBA - A Tribute: The 25th Anniversary Celebration" |
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| 24th July 2011 | Added/updated information and pictures for the French (2x), European (2x), Australian and Japanese ABBA 2cd "The Definitive Collection" | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13th July 2011 | Added information and pictures for 2011 Dutch 2cd release "ABBA/Arrival" which you'll find both in the ABBA album pages ABBA and Arrival. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12th July 2011 | Added/updated information and pictures for the following ABBA compilation cassettes: The Magic Of ABBA, Golden Hits, ABBA, Money Money Money, Dancing Queen, The Winner Takes It All, Waterloo, The Love Songs, The Best Of ABBA, The Hits 3, The Hits 2, The Hits, Greatest Hits, The Singles The First Ten Years as well as the following tapes: Josefin Nilsson: Shapes (Excerpts), Gemini: Gemini & Geminism, Chess: Chess (2x) & Chess Pieces, Frida: Shine (2x) & Something's Going On, Frida & Agnetha: The Voice Of ABBA & After ABBA, Agnetha: I Stand Alone (2x), Wrap Your Arms Around Me (4x), Elva Kvinnor I Ett Hus, Eyes Of A Woman, Stars & Schlager & Teamtoppen and mcsingles Let It Shine & I Wasn't The One, Björn: Bästa. |
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| 8th July 2011 | Added/updated information and pictures for the following ABBA cassettes: The Album (Canada, Hong Kong / Malaysia / Singapore, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Turkey & USA), Arrival (Netherlands, Portugal & 2xUSA) and ABBA (Denmark, Greece, Sweden, UK & USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5th July 2011 | Added/updated information and pictures for the following ABBA cassettes: Ring Ring (USA), Live (Netherlands), Gracias Por La Música (Sweden & UK), The Visitors (Spain & Germany), Voulez-Vous (Canada & Spain) and Waterloo (Canada, USA and Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 27th June 2011 | Added information and pictures for the new ABBA 3cd compilation called "Collected" | ||||||||||||||||||
| 21st June 2011 | Another Benny update: added promo cd single "Smakprov Från BAO 3" and another cd single promo for "Story Of A Heart". In the Benny various section added "Vilar Glad. I Din Famn", "Fru Vennermans Sång", "2nd Best To None", "Innan Gryningen" and "Älska Mej". Also added "Älska Mej" to the cd singles of Josefin Nilsson |
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| 17th June 2011 | Added information and pictures of the Benny Anderssons Orkester single "Kära Syster" as well as the cd album "O Klang Och Jubeltid". | ||||||||||||||||||
| 31st May 2011 | Added / updated information and/or pictures for the following ABBA compilation tapes: "Stars & Schlager: ABBA", "Thank You For The Music", "Voulez-Vous", "Guld Hits 4", "Collection", "Die Grossen Erfolge", "Stars & Schlager ABBA" and "Knowing Me, Knowing You Und Weitere Single-Hits" | ||||||||||||||||||
| 30th May 2011 | Added / updated information and/or pictures for ABBA's "Super Trouper" cassettes from Austria, Germany, U.K. and U.S.A. Added information and pictures of the European Deluxe Edition of "Super Trouper". Also added a page with pictures of some of the DVD contents of this Deluxe Edition. |
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| 5th May 2011 | Added / updated information and/or pictures for the ABBA single "Super Trouper" from Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, France, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal, Poland, Philippines, Poland and Mexico. Thanks to Bernd for supplying pictures and information for the Polydor "Super Trouper" mc releases in Germany, Austria and Switzerland! Updated the "thank yous" in the "notes & credits" section; also added information about record company sleeves and record labels. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd May 2011 | Added / updated information and/or pictures for the ABBA single "Super Trouper" from Australia, Brazil, France, Japan, Spain, Sweden and Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16th April 2011 | Added pictures from the free gifts from the ABBA Fan Club Day 2011. Added / updated information and/or pictures for ABBA's "Super Trouper" cassettes from the Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, France and Spain. |
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| 24th March 2011 | Added / updated information and pictures for the ABBA singles "Andante, Andante", "On And On And On", "Lay All Your Love On Me", "Our Last Summer", "Felicidad" and "Happy New Year" | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15th March 2011 | Added information and pictures for the ABBA single "The Piper" | ||||||||||||||||||
| 26th February 2011 | Added information about the cd single "Waterloo [Alternate Mix]", a free gift from the ABBA Fan Club for its members | ||||||||||||||||||
| 14th February 2011 | I've been thinking of using a blog for updates. A first attempt can be found at http://www.abbathereleases.wordpress.com | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13th February 2011 | In this update I've added information and pictures for two remixes as well as updated information and added pictures for ABBA: Oro Grandes Exitos. Also added information about the Argentinian and Japanese cd release of "Oro Grandes Exitos". ABBA: "Lay All Your Love On Me [A Raul Dance Mix]" This remix was made by Disconet which was a DJ remix club which made many remixes of popular (dance) tracks. The original release was on 12" single and is very hard to find in good condition. ABBA: "The Visitors [They're Back CD Edit]" This remix was made by Hot Tracks which was also a DJ remix club which made many remixes of popular (dance) tracks. The original release was on 12" single and is very hard to find in good condition. ABBA: "Oro Grandes Exitos" This compilation album was first released in 1992 and includes 10 tracks. This edition was basicly a re-release of the "Gracias Por La Música" album which was released in 1980. Later re-releases include all 15 Spanish ABBA tracks. Collectors info: all tracks are the full length versions. Some edition have only English liner notes and others have Spanish as well as English liner notes. There are not many different cover sleeves released; there's the gold coloured one and the black coloured one. A nice Asian edition uses a picture sleeve and a wraparound obi strip. |
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| 10th February 2011 | ABBA compilation album "Love Stories" has been updated with information and pictures. Also added details about the Argentinian cd edition. "Love Stories" has been released in 1998 and it includes 17 tracks. Collectors info: all 17 songs are the full length 1997 remastered versions (including the annoying volume increase on "I Let The Music Speak"); the same cover and booklet were used everywhere. Exceptions are the French re-release with a white slipcase; some musicassette releases and the Taiwanese edition includes an obi, an extra booklet and a black slipcase. ABBA compilation album "Master Series" / "Master Serie" (in France) has been updated with information and pictures. "Master Series" was first released in 1996 and later re-released in 1998. A French edition called "Master Serie" was released in 2003. All versions include the same 18 tracks Collectors info: 17 songs are the full length versions while "Eagle" is the 4.23 edit version. While the liner notes are all the same there are 3 variations of the sleeve while the Taiwanese edition has an extra obi strip. |
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| 18th January 2011 | Added "various" items to Frida and Agnetha section. Updated info and added pictures for "The Voice Of ABBA" cd while adding the following cd albums | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th January 2011 | Benny: updated info and added pictures for the following 16 cd albums: | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Reintroducing the "various" section; this time for Benny and added the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 4th January 2011 | Benny: updated info and added pictures for the following 4 Hep Stars cd albums | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 21st December 2010 | Björn: updated info and added pictures for the following 12 Hootenanny cd albums | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 19th December 2010 | Gemini: added "Mio My Mio" single and added pictures to "TLC" and "Wild About That Girl" 7" singles. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 16th December 2010 | Chess: updated information and added pictures for the following 7" singles | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Find older updates by clicking on one of the following links: ABBA * Agnetha Fältskog * Björn Ulvaeus * Benny Andersson * Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad Chess * Gemini * Josefin Nilsson * Kristina Från Duvemåla |
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| 21 March 2010 | The ABBA section as well as the credits (notes) have been updated. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| For the time being the sections "charts", "box sets", "bootlegs", "various" and "track listing" for all artists/projects have been removed. There's no date known yet if and in what form they'll return. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Changed lay-out | ||||||||||||||||||
