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ABBA- Fully Illustrated Book and Interview Disc

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This is a limited edition set of a picture CD and a miniature, thoroughly illustrated book on the most glamorous pop group of all time. Although this collector's item is mostly geared towards fans, it is very well produced and documented. The interviews are not gossipy, but they explore instead the ABBA phenomenon and its music. The CD covers 2 interviews; the first one is with the whole group in October 1976, when they visited the United States for a short promotional tour. The second interview took place around 10 years later with Bjorn Ulvaeus alone, when he was promoting the first musical that he and Benny Andersson wrote post-ABBA (called "Chess"). In both interviews ABBA's music past, present and future is discussed, compared and explored. If you are a fan of the group and its members as soloists as well, you just have to have this CD.

I love this little book and CD that I got from Borders in 1999. The book has a photo of ABBA that was taken from the 'Dancing Queen' photo shoot and the book is incased in a sleeve. The photo on the sleeve, that you can see in the photo, is the exact same photo that is on the disc. This disc comes in a pocket that is glued to the inside of the front or back cover. To be honest, neither interview on the disc is good and the sound quality is poor. The only interesting thing on it is when Agnetha said that in Swedish schools they're taught to speak English 'at the age of ten.' The book is great and has lot of photos too. There is a full album/singles discography in the back. The book is the size of a cd jewel case.