DealsDeal alert: ABBA Studio Albums 8LP box
Great price on Amazon Germany right now for ABBA‘s Studio Albums VINYL box set…
The 8LP box set contains 180g pressings of the band’s eight studio long-players; Ring Ring, Waterloo, ABBA, Arrival, The Album, Voulez-Vous, Super Trouper and The Visitors and at the time of writing (6pm GMT, 9/4/2016) it is just £35 or less than £4 per record.
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Feeling slightly underwhelmed, having just listened to The Visitors and found it lacking in dynamic punch :-( Played back to back against my 35 year old vinyl album, the mastering of this one is quieter, the percussion and bass lack depth and the vocals are often less distinct and clear. And far more crackle and pop on the final track than exists on my reverentially preserved 1981 copy. A similar story with the artwork and inner sleeve: a very good copy, but depth of colour and clarity of definition not as good as the original… But for only £40 delivered, it’ll do for now!
maybe the best price was the last day of 2015 on Amaz.IT , € 33 delivered in Italy !
Some really good deals on amazon.de at the minute McCartney ‘Tug of War’ deluxe for €49, Johnny Cash ‘Unearthed’ for €50, Nirvana ‘Nevermind’ super deluxe for €40, Simple Minds ‘Once Upon a Time’ deluxe for €38. March’s budget has been blown.
A great (and most importantly a great sounding) set at a fantastic price. The sound quality on these records I have been most impressed with.
Interestingly, my one criticism of it turned out to be invalid. I’m sure I remembered Super Trouper coming in a gatefold sleeve when I was given for my birthday in ’79 and this one doesn’t.
However I found an original copy at a record fair last weekend and it turns out all packaging is faithful to the original releases.
Actually, packaging is faithful to the Swedish releases not the UK ones….. ABBA the Album was issued as a gatefold in the UK with a blue front cover. This is the only disappointing thing about a box set that is otherwise superb.
Interesting. Thank you! So was super trouper released as a gatefold anywhere do you know? I know I was nine at the time I got it but I usually have a pret anal memory for these things! Wonder if I was looking at a reissue at the record fair maybe.
Super Trouper was not released as a gatefold in any territory, as far as I have been able to establish. All the Greatest Hits albums (1975, 1979 and 1982) in the UK were issued with gatefold sleeves, and The Album was the only studio album with a gatefold sleeve.
Wow, such a good deal, I almost bought one and I already have the first box, which I think contains basically the same pressings. I came to my senses and did a “catch and release.”
Cor!! That’s fantastic. And here’s me thinking I had scored a goal by picking it up for £50 at my local record store!!
Incidentally, shame there’s no sign of an ABBA release for record store day.
Noticed the CD box set was only €15 too another bargain!!
http://www.amazon.de/Albums-ABBA/dp/B001F9Y2CM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457564264&sr=8-1&keywords=Abba+the+albums
Yeah £40.80 including delivery. I went for this. See what happens this time after 31/12/15 debarcle!
Thanks again Paul £40 including delivery
Thank’s so much Paul. Ordered!.
Also available here http://thesoundofvinyl.com/*/*/The-Studio-Albums/3J220000000
Sehr fantastische! Just could not resist to getting this one, ship to the US is roughly $56 ! Yowza!
Grabbed – not quite as good a price as in the amazon italy debacle from a few weeks back. I was ultimately unsuccessful in persauading them to honour the order.
@Martin -yes I couldn’t get amazon . it to honour the abba debacle either altho I tried; – so pleased to get this one which is nearly as good.
Celebrations all round! Praise to SDE!!
amazon.de has an english version of the site since some time
Ordered ! nice alert
Thanks Paul! I was quick enough to grab this one (unlike Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’ immersion box set!).
It’s an irresistible practical giveaway, less than $7 and album – delivered!!! WOW!!!