Abba Live DVD - coming soon!

[lolly]

From abbamail.com

February 17, 2004

ABBA LIVE DVD -
Posted at 12:59 AM
Hang on to your hats, the rumour is that the "ABBA IN CONCERT" DVD is set for release in the next couple of months.

Initial reports confirm the bonus tracks and interviews already reported (including a never before seen performance of "Thank You For The Music".

For those who don't remember, this officially released DVD from Universal contains the 50 minute 1980 television special "ABBA ON TOUR". This special featured ABBA performing in concert at Wembley Arena in London in November 1979. It also features a "behind the scenes" montage of ABBA during the U.S. part of the tour.

Unconfirmed rumours: the cover art and the enclosed full colour booklet will be spectacular. The cover art remaining true to the original art concept for the 1979 tour and the booklet containing excellent liner notes and some incredible photos both on and off stage from ABBA's 1979 tour.

The word on the street is: buy this DVD when it's released or stop calling yourself an ABBA fan!

[Sheena]

Oh I AM pleased

But 50 minutes ? Surely they could have wheeled out a full length concert. Im presuming film of one DOES exist somewhere....?

[Tommy]

Excellent! Defo purchasing this. And yes, surely photage of an entire concert must exist somewhere. What about the concert on ABBA Live, was that filmed?

[Toyah]

50 minutes? Not like Universal to fuck us over! Expect a super duper deluxe extended edition for Xmas then!

[lolly]

Originally posted by Toyah
50 minutes? Not like Universal to fuck us over! Expect a super duper deluxe extended edition for Xmas then!


Remastered! With the missing second verse of 'The Name Of The Game'!

[Andricicle]

Originally posted by Tommy
Excellent! Defo purchasing this. And yes, surely photage of an entire concert must exist somewhere. What about the concert on ABBA Live, was that filmed?

That "concert" was actually a cut-and-paste job of various gigs, recorded over three different years!

[Tommy]

Oh!

[lolly]

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February 18, 2004

ABBA CONCERT DVD READY TO GO! - Website Link
Posted at 9:54 AM
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New story that accompanies this from ABBA The Site:

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ABBA In Concert released on DVD

• The complete concert film on DVD for the first time
• Three rare bonus performances
• Interviews with ABBA’s tour promoter and the film’s director
• Fully illustrated booklet with extensive essay

Compared to their top-level competition on the international rock music scene in the 1970s, ABBA made very few international concert tours. Their only major outings were the 1977 tour of Europe and Australia and then the tour of North America and Europe in 1979. This last tour was made into a film, ABBA In Concert, which vividly captures the four Swedes on stage at the height of their fame. ABBA In Concert will be released on DVD for the very first time at the end of March 2004, and comes with a number of rare bonus performances, one of which has never been seen before.

The documentary scenes in ABBA In Concert, offering an intimate look at the group’s life on the road, were filmed in the United States in September and October 1979. The sparkling concert performances were captured at Wembley Arena in London, England, in November. ABBA In Concert, a co-production between Sveriges Television and Polar Music International, was directed by television producer Urban Lasson. The film was first broadcast in Japan in March 1980, and has been seen all over the world since then.

This new DVD version of ABBA In Concert comes with three bonus performances, filmed in conjunction with the television special. The Way Old Friends Do was a part of the film when ABBA In Concert was broadcast in Japan and the United States, but was not included elsewhere. I Have A Dream was featured in ABBA In Concert, but in the film the performance is interrupted by rehearsal footage. This bonus track version is the complete version of the song, without the rehearsals. Thank You For The Music, finally, has never been seen anywhere before _ the filmed performance was not even edited at the time _ and is an exclusive feature on this DVD.

The ABBA In Concert DVD contains brand new interviews with ABBA’s trusted promoter and tour producer, Thomas Johansson, and with the director of the film, Urban Lasson. In the interviews, Johansson and Lasson share their memories of the 1979 tour and the making of ABBA In Concert. The DVD will also feature a picture gallery and trailers. The booklet for ABBA In Concert is fully illustrated and features a 5,500-word essay by Carl Magnus Palm.
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[Agnetha]

*plays with self*

[lolly]

abbamail again...


TRACK LIST - ABBA IN CONCERT DVD -
Posted at 3:00 PM
ABBA IN CONCERT DVD listed now at EIL.COM

1.Waterloo
2.Eagle
3.Take A Chance On Me
4.Voulez Vous
5.Chiquitita
6.I Have A Dream
7.Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
8.Knowing Me, Knowing You
9.Summer Night City
10.Dancing Queen
11.Does Your Mother Know
12.Hole In Your Soul
13.The Way Old Friends Do (Previously unreleased
version on video & DVD)
14.I Have A Dream (Unedited and complete live version)
15.Thank You For The Music (Brand new version,
previously unreleased/broadcast)
EXTRAS:
* Filmed interviews with the men behind the scenes -
director Urban Lasson and promoter/tour producer
Thomas Johansson.
* Picture gallery - the original Tour program
* The Movie trailer
* Mamma Mia! 5th Anniversary trailer
* Subtitles
* 28-page booklet
* 5.0 surround sound

[Joseph]

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