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ABBA - Arrival (1976) {2006, Remastered, Deluxe Edition, CD+DVD, Polar, 985836-2}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 442 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 133 Mb
DVD9 -> 5.19 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | ~ 97 m | ISO Image
Subs: English, Deutsch, Portugues, Japanese, Svenska, Espanol, Francais
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 191 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1976, 2006 Polar Music / Universal | 985836-2
Pop / Euro-Pop

ABBA Arrival (2006 issue Deluxe Edition 2-disc [CD/DVD] set comprising a 16-track CD album features the classic hits Dancing Queen, Knowing Me Knowing You & Money Money Money alongside 5 Bonus Recordings including Fernando and 3 Spanish Versions; plus Bonus DVD containing a collection of some of the rarest interviews and most sought-after vintage television performances [previously unreleased on DVD] including the legendary 1976 special ABBA-dabba-dooo!! a cartoon version of Happy Hawaii footage from the Dancing Queen recording session and much more.

ABBA - The Visitors (1981) {2012 Remastered, CD+DVD, Deluxe Edition, Polar, 3706261}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 447 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 172 Mb
DVD5 -> 3.82 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | ~ 50 m | ISO Image
Subs: Svenska, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Portugues
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 105 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1981, 2012 Polar Music / Universal | 3706261
Pop / Euro-Pop

Any newcomer to ABBA’s final studio album – which is released this week as a deluxe CD+DVD edition – might be forgiven for thinking that they are listening to some kind of Kraftwerk/Vangelis hybrid as the title track starts, with its pulsing, ominous synths, Bladerunner twinkles, and processed vocals. But no, this is the same band that delivered Waterloo, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do and Fernando only a few years earlier.

ABBA - Voulez-Vous (1979) {2010 Remastered, CD+DVD, Deluxe Edition, Polar, 060251797145}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 471 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 148 Mb
DVD9 -> 5.12 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | ~ 81 m | ISO Image
Subs: Svenska, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Portugues
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 141 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1979, 2010 Polar Music / Universal | 060251797145
Pop / Euro-Pop

Digitally remastered and expanded two disc (CD + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) edition of the Swedish Pop quartet's 1979 album now expanded with five bonus tracks plus a companion DVD that contains television performances from 1978 and 1979. Voulez-Vou was the Pop foursome's sixth album and was released at the tail end of the Disco era, coinciding with the marital split between members Agnetha and Bjorn. The CD features the original 10 track album plus five bonus tracks including 'Lovelight', 'Dream World' and 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)'. The DVD features performances, interviews and original TV commercials.

ABBA - ABBA (1975) {2012, Remastered, Deluxe Edition, CD+DVD, Polar, 00602537123094}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 322 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 110 Mb
DVD5 -> 3.4 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | ~ 77 m | ISO Image
Subs: Svenska, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Portugues
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 126 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1975, 2012 Polar Music / Universal | 00602537123094
Pop / Euro-Pop

New 2012 remastered reissue of 1975 album expanded with 3 bonus tracks & a 24-page booklet with extensive liner notes.Also includes a DVD with previously unreleased TV footage including the 1976 'Abba In Australia' doco. The Deluxe Edition of the ABBA album is the sixth release in the series of ABBA Deluxe Editions (the seventh if you count the 30th Anniversary Edition of Waterloo). The format is the same as for previous Deluxe Editions: one disc a CD of the original album plus bonus tracks, one disc a DVD of previously unreleased television material relevant to the period when the album and its hit singles climbed the charts all over the world.

ABBA - Super Trouper (1980) {2011 Remastered, CD+DVD, Deluxe Edition, Polar, 060252746446}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 432 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 148 Mb
DVD5 -> 3.43 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | ~ 74 m | ISO Image
Subs: Svenska, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Portugues
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 140 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1980, 2011 Polar Music / Universal | 060252746446
Pop / Euro-Pop

Digitally remastered and expanded two disc (CD + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) edition of this 1980 album from the Swedish Pop icons. Super Trouper was the UK's biggest selling album of 1980 and a worldwide blockbuster. The album reflected a change in style, returning them to the Pop/Rock sound typical of their earlier albums. This Deluxe Edition features the digitally remastered version of the original album plus bonus tracks. The DVD contains a number of television performances of tracks from the Super Trouper album, none of which have been released on DVD before plus the vintage documentary Words And Music.

ABBA - Gracias Por La Musica (1980) {2014 40th Anniversary Polar Remaster, CD+DVD, Deluxe Edition 00602537865734}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 437 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 145 Mb
DVD5 -> 2.54 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | ~ 43 m | ISO Image
Subs: Svenska, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Portugues
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 82 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1980, 2014 Polar Music / Universal | 00602537865734
Pop / Euro-Pop

The celebrations of ABBA’s 40th Anniversary year of 2014 continue with the latest release in the acclaimed ABBA Deluxe Edition series. In April of this year, Waterloo Deluxe Edition was released, attracting 4-star reviews in the music press, and in November, ABBA’s Spanish-language 1980 album Gracias por la música will receive the Deluxe Edition treatment. The original album has been expanded with 5 bonus tracks, plus a 40-minute DVD featuring vintage promo clips and previously unreleased television material. Gracias por la música Deluxe Edition will be released November 10, 2014.

ABBA - Ring Ring (1973) {2013 40th Anniversary Polar Remaster, CD+DVD, Deluxe Edition 00602537349449}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 487 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 177 Mb
DVD5 -> 789 Mb | All Regions | NTSC 16:9 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | ~ 14 m | ISO Image
Subs: Svenska, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Portugues
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 88 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1973, 2013 Polar Music / Universal | 00602537349449
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2013 Deluxe edition CD with DVD. The original album comes with 13 bonus tracks, four of which are new to CD, while the DVD will feature some rare TV performances and the now familiar `International Sleeve Gallery'. Amongst the bonus cuts are the rare original versions of the album tracks I Saw It In The Mirror and I Am Just A Girl; the 1970 recording There's A Little Man, featuring Agnetha on backing vocals (her first contribution to a recording written and produced by Bj”rn and Benny); Man vill ju leva lite dessemellan, a 1972 hit single for Frida featuring backing vocals by her fellow ABBA members; and En h„lsning till v†ra parkarrang”rer, a spoken-word promotion single from 1972 on which the four ABBA members talk up their 1973 tour of Sweden. The package also includes a 20-page illustrated booklet featuring an extensive essay on the making of the album.

ABBA - Waterloo (1974) {2014, 40th Anniversary Polar Remaster, CD+DVD, Deluxe Edition 00602537645374}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 409 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 139 Mb
DVD5 -> 2.49 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | English (Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | ~ 45 m | ISO Image
Subs: Svenska, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Portugues
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (jpg) -> 87 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1974, 2014 Polar Music / Universal | 00602537645374
Pop / Euro-Pop

ABBA‘s deluxe edition reissue series continues with a CD+DVD 40th Anniversary Edition of 1974’s Waterloo. The format will be very familiar to fans who have bought previous deluxe editions. The eight bonus tracks on the CD include the usual foreign language versions of singles and this Waterloo deluxe adds a few single remixes. The DVD looks reasonably good with 13 TV appearances, most of them previously unreleased. As you would expect the Eurovision Song Contest performance of Waterloo is included and there is also an interview. The rather dull ‘International Sleeve Gallery’ contains to be a feature all of the ABBA deluxe editions. The booklet will contain an essay on the making of the album, with new insights from Björn and Benny.

Michael Chapman is often cited as one of the unsung heroes of the British folk music community, but that tends to shortchange the eclecticism of his approach. While the melodic sense of British folk plays a large part in Chapman's music, one can also hear much of the "American Primitive" sound pioneered by John Fahey, and like Fahey in his later years, Chapman has a strong taste for experimental sounds, and all of these elements make themselves heard on The Polar Bear, the third in a series of free-form releases Chapman has recorded for Blast First Petite.