06 April 2014

New Release Celebrates ABBA Eurovision Win in 1974

ABBA: 1974
Forty years ago today, ABBA performed Waterloo at the Eurovision Song Contest and it has since entered the competition's archives as the best song (so far).

To celebrate this landmark anniversary, the group's second studio album of the same name has been expanded with eight bonus tracks. To make this a truly deluxe release, fans will also receive a DVD of previously unreleased television material, including appearances from the BBC's Top of the Pops.

You'll also get to see the group performing Waterloo at Melodifestivalen and the Contest, as well as rare performances of Honey, Honey. To top it all off, there's also an interview with Frida and Stig after the Eurovision victory. 

Full CD bonus material:
  • Ring, Ring (U.S. remix 1974)  
  • Waterloo (Swedish Version) 
  • Honey, Honey (Swedish version) 
  • Waterloo (German version) 
  • Hasta Mañana (Spanish version) 
  • Waterloo (French version) 
  • Ring Ring (1974 remix, Single version) 
  • Waterloo (Alternate mix)
Bonus DVD material:
  • Waterloo (Eurovision Song Contest Performance I, BBC)
  • Waterloo (Melodifestivalen Performance I, SVT)
  • Waterloo (Melodifestivalen Performance II, SVT)
  • Waterloo (Eurovision Song Contest Preview Performance, SVT)
  • Waterloo (Eurovision Song Contest Performance II, BBC) Interview with Frida and Stig After the Eurovision Victory (Rapport, SVT)
  • Waterloo (Top Of The Pops Performance I, BBC)
  • Honey, Honey (Disco, ZDF)
  • Waterloo (Top Of The Pops Performance II, BBC)
  • Honey, Honey (Spotlight, ORF)
  • Waterloo (German version) (Musik aus Studio B, NDR)
  • Honey, Honey (Ein Kessel Buntes, Fernsehen der DDR)
  • Waterloo (Top Of The Pops Performance III, BBC)
  • International Sleeve Gallery

The collection also includes a 20-page booklet which throws more light on the making of the Waterloo album, together with some very fine images from the period.

It's all available on April 7 from Amazon. The purchase of the CD will include a free MP3 version of the album.







Image by AVRO (FTA001019454_012 from Beeld & Geluid wiki) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

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