Frida Dvd

ABBA - In Concert (2004) [DVD] {Polar}
DVD9 -> 6.12 Gb | All Regions | PAL 4:3 | English (Dolby AC3, 6 ch / DTS, 6 ch / Dolby AC3, 2 ch) | ~ 100m | ISO Image | Artwork
© 2004 Polar Music / Sveriges Tel. | 0044006564692 | 5% repair rar
Pop / Euro-Pop

This reviewer wasn't too excited on buying this DVD, until he noticed the list of bonus features, which is impressive, to say the least. On its face, way back when, the video of ABBA in Concert was a kind of non-event, a last gasp in their history back in 1980-whatever. Although the related live album has some historic and technical interest, the idea of releasing a full-length concert video by this group had to be a part of the endgame strategy for their management and record label, because once the images of ABBA performing their stuff were released commercially and circulated freely, theoretically (at least) it removed the impetus for a any full-blown subsequent concert tour, and, in the absence of significant new material to expand their repertoire, any reunion.

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.

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
Pop / Euro-Pop

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.