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1. Is there any likelihood of Djupa Andetag being given the deluxe
treatment at some point?
2.
3.
Best regards
Simon, UK
1. It's possible, but as far as I know there are no plans at present.
A rerelease with the Interaktiv section that works on today's computers
would be nice.
2. Both the Official International ABBA Fan Club and ABBAtalk have
reported through contacts from Warner Music that it is under
developement and should be out this year. That's all the news that's
around at the moment.
3. See Mike's question below.
I have a question about your database of ABBA songs:
'Lay All Your Love On Me' and 'The Way Old Friends Do' has applause
bridging the songs on the original vinyl releases, but every release
since 1992 doesn't have them at all! Your database states that all
releases since 2005 have them, but they don't really. Just give it a
re-listen. I think that the sounds were created by Polar's vinyl
processing studio by adding these onto all vinyl releases, and got kept
on all international master tapes (but of course not Polar's). Why about
this? Please expain
On another note, your answer to my third question states that Carl
didn't say a thing about ABBA in Eurovision 1973, but he did! Just check
his compilation notes and the Photo Book. He might be twisting ABBA's
world history a bit! And what really came third on Eurovision 1973 was
the UK. Why do people still think this when many unauthorised ABBA
historians like you know the truth?
Thanks, from Aaron (my 4th question!), Australia
The original Polar/Polydor CD, created in 1982/83 and available until
1997, was mastered from PolyGram's 1980 LP master. The 1997 and 2001
remastered CDs had each song mastered from its individual master tape,
not the LP master, so was missing the applause segue between the two
songs. The applause had been applied to the completed, compiled album
master tape. The version of the album in the 2005 box set The
Complete Studio Recordings was again mastered from the album
master, not the individual track masters, so it features the applause
seque. Finally, the Delxue Edition released in 2011 had the songs
mastered from the individual track tapes, but recreated the applause
segue, which actually comes in a little later than on the original
album.
I'm not sure where you get the idea that Carl Magnus Palm ever wrote
that ABBA represented Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 (see
December 2017 answers). He has written in all
books and CD booklets that Björn, Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid performed
'Ring Ring' at Melodifestivalen, the Swedish heats for the ESC, and came
third there. The closest I can find to anything that could be
interpreted as otherwise is from the booklet in the 2001 remastered
Ring Ring CD:
Performing the song in the Eurovision selections
in February, the group felt certain of their victory.
Unfortunately, the music business experts residing in the jury - a mix
of singers, composers and journalists - felt otherwise, and 'Ring Ring'
finished third.
