MCA DiscoVision

Catalog Number 74-006

Format Standard Play CAV

Stereo
Pressing Location	DiscoVision Carson
Label Color	Green
Retail Price	$19.95
Issued	August 1980

Side	Chapters	Frames	Running Time
1	6	40,078	22min 16sec
2	6	45,400	25min 13sec
	12	85,478	47min 29sec

Ratings
Video Transfer
Audio Transfer
Replication

Packaging
Printed

Pressing Notes

The first collection of "music videos" to be pressed on LaserVision, ABBA arrived during the later part of 1980. ABBA was pressed late in DiscoVision's career; a time when CAV discs had reached a better quality. The defect rate for copies of ABBA was low compared to other DiscoVision titles.

There are 3 different label variants, all Green. The first edition does not have a "STEREO" badge at all on the disc labels. The moniker was added to later pressings, and the third and final edition contained both the "STEREO" marking as well as the "LaserVision" logo. date, there are up to 13 different masters attributed to this title. Some have reported later editions of the title have the "LaserVision" logo on the jacket itself, but I've never seen one. Some copies suffer "missing chapters" on side 1 on some players.

The Video transfer is excellent, however the source material varies from video to video. The audio presented on this disc is possibly the best DiscoVision ever produced. It doesn't come close to the same audio you'll get off ABBA Gold, a compilation of the groups music on CD, but it's still excellent for DiscoVision.

Release History

This collection of ABBA videos was never reissued on LaserDisc. Most of the videos from this disc have re-surfaced on the collection "ABBA GOLD" from PolyGram Video.

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