The forthcoming Super Trouper Deluxe Edition is an exciting double disc package of a classic ABBA album, in the vein of previous Deluxe Editions of Arrival, ABBA x96 The Album and Voulez-Vous. We have already revealed the track listing of the CD and the DVD included in this package, the latter of which features previously unreleased television performances. We would also like to share some information on the work that has gone into the remastering of the original album.

On Super Trouper Deluxe Edition, all tracks on the CD have been remastered especially for this release. All of the recordings used in this process have been taken from the original master tapes of each individual track on the original album. In other words, these tapes are as close to the original recording as they could possibly be, making for the pure, unadulterated sound of ABBA in the studio. The same is also true of the bonus tracks.

The philosophy behind the CD mastering, made by Erik Broheden at Masters Of Audio in Stockholm, Sweden, was to remain as close to the original tapes as possible, retaining the original dynamics. Any enhancements have only been made to further bring out the sound as originally produced by ABBAx92s Benny Andersson and Bjxf6rn Ulvaeus in collaboration with their invaluable sound engineer Michael B. Tretow.

Super Trouper Deluxe Edition is released May 9, 2011.

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote a new tune to celebrate Christmas 2010 @ Benny's RIVAL HOTEL in Stockholm.

The hotel staff is singing the song with much joy and you can see that they have a lot of fun.

"Chiquitita" (which roughly means "little girl" in Spanish) was the first single release from Swedish mega pop group ABBA's Voulez-Vous album, their sixth for Polar, and their fifth for Epic and Atlantic.

Originally, the track "If It Wasn't for the Nights" was going to be the album's lead single, but after "Chiquitita" was completed these plans were abandoned, and it would remain an album track.

Many preliminary versions of "Chiquitita" exist. It had working titles of "Kxe5lsupare", "3 Wise Guys", "Chiquitita Angelina" & "In The Arms of Rosalita".

A revised version, which had a sound that was partly influenced by the song "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" by Simon and Garfunkel, was recorded in December 1978 and released as a single in January 1979.

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"On and On and On" is a pop song recorded by ABBA in 1980 for their Super Trouper album.

The track, which had working titles "Esses vad det svxe4nger nxe4r man spelar jazz" (roughly translated as "God Almighty How it Swings When You're Playing Jazz") and "'Til the Night is Gone", was released as a single in a few countries, namely the United States, Japan, Argentina, France and Australia. The B-side was "The Piper", also taken from the Super Trouper album.

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Voulez-Vous Deluxe Edition

Track Listing

The Voulez-Vous album was first released in April 1979. And now, a Deluxe Edition featuring the original album remastered and expanded with bonus tracks, plus a companion DVD with television performances from 1978 and 1979, is released.

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