ABBA / Voulez-Vous 40th anniversary 2LP half-speed plus seven-inch box

2LP half-speed • Coloured vinyl 7″ box • Seven-inch pic discs

ABBA‘s sixth studio album Voulez-Vous will be reissued for its 40th anniversary across a number of formats including a 2LP half-speed mastered vinyl.

The 1979 album was the first since 1973’s Ring Ring not to deliver a UK number one single, although all four 45s – ‘Chiquitita’, ‘Does Your Mother Know’, ‘Voulez-Vous’ and ‘I Have A Dream’ – reached the top four and ‘Chiquitita’ and ‘I Have A Dream’ came close, both peaking at number two.

Even though the Voulez-Vous album by this point was only six months old, in October 1979 ABBA released Greatest Hits Volume 2, to coincide with their North American and European tour. Two non-album singles Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight and Summer Night City featured on this compilation. The latter had been issued about eight months prior to the Voulez-Vous album but didn’t feature on it, while the former was released as a single in October 1979, before ABBA were done with Voulez-Vous (the single ‘I Have A Dream’ was issued for Christmas in 1979).

This not only shows us how incredibly prolific Benny and Bjorn were during this time, but explains why SIX singles are associated with Voulez-Vous, all of them top 5 hits in the UK (three of them went to number one in Ireland).

The anniversary 2LP half-speed mastered vinyl is cut at 45RPM and includes a download card. In addition to this, there will be a limited edition Voulez-Vous: The Singles seven-inch vinyl box set. This contains coloured vinyl seven-inches of all six singles mentioned above and a bonus seventh single which features the extended dance mix of ‘Voulez-Vous’ (so yes, that’s two seven-inches of ‘Voulez-Vous’). This box set is extremely limited.

If that wasn’t enough, all seven singles from the box are issued separately as seven-inch picture discs.

Everything above is issued on 14th June 2019. You can pre-order the 2LP half-speed and the seven-inch box set from the SDE shop.

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Voulez-Vous half speed 45RPM 2LP vinyl

Shop Price gbp Stock Amazon uk   38.74 Order Amazon de   44.68 Order Amazon usa   38.68 Order Amazon fr   50.66 Order Amazon it   46.09 Order Amazon es   49.44 Order Amazon ca   64.52 Order Amazon jp   4548.00 Order JPC de   47.99 Order the SDE shop uk   29.99 pre-order

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Voulez-Vous – Half Speed Master (2LP)

SIDE A

1. As Good As New
2. Voulez-Vous

SIDE B

1. I Have A Dream
2. Angeleyes
3. The King Has Lost His Crown

SIDE C

1. Does Your Mother Know
2. If It Wasn’t For The Nights

SIDE D

1. Chiquitita
2. Lovers (Live A Little Longer)
3. Kisses Of Fire

Voulez-Vous – The Singles Coloured Vinyl Box (7 x 7”)

SINGLE 1

1. Voulez-Vous
2. Angel Eyes

SINGLE 2

1. Summer Night City
2. Medley: Pick A Bale Of Cotton / On Top Of Old Smokey / Midnight Special

SINGLE 3

1. I Have A Dream
2. Take A Chance On Me

SINGLE 4

1. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
2. The King Has Lost His Crown

SINGLE 5

1. Does Your Mother Know
2. Kisses Of Fire

SINGLE 6

1. Chiquitita
2. Lovelight

SINGLE 7

1. Voulez-Vous (Extended Dance Mix)
2. If It Wasn’t For The Nights