When ABBA made their first visit to Japan in November 1978, they were hardly household names. Ten days later, upon their return to Sweden, the group had made such an impact on the Japanese population that it could hardly get enough of ABBA.
Much of this success was due to a television special, simply entitled ABBA Special, in which ABBA performed many of their most popular songs from Waterloo, SOS and Dancing Queen, up to Take A Chance On Me, Eagle and Summer Night City. Three of the songs were unique live performances, and ABBA also treated the Japanese audience to an exclusive preview of If It Wasnt For The Nights from their upcoming album, Voulez-Vous.
This legendary television special is now released on DVD for the first time, complete with re-mastered stereo sound. Featuring bonus selections: a rare behind-the-scenes documentary of ABBAs visit to Japan, and the TV special performance of If It Wasnt For The Nights with an early, alternate sound mix.
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