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Not definitive, but still excellent
I loved all the clips of the pre-ABBA days and the early-ABBA days. I would have loved to see more of the post-ABBA days, including more Frida and Agnetha. Of course, if I would have been left to edit this, it would have ran at least 10 hours and played as a mini-series on PBS. But being realistic, sticking to the short format, this is very well done. It is so nice to see a tribute to ABBA that is not complete kitsch.

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BRILLIANT INSIGHT INTO ABBA
This video traces the history of ABBA from their early days as solo artists through to the days when ABBA ceased to be. The story is told through video performances from throughout ABBA's careers as well as interviews with all four members. Interestingly, we even get an insight into their personal lives and we see the toll of being in the glare of the media and fans for so long had on the members, particularly Agnetha. Incidently you do not see her being interviewed, only hear her voice speaking since she is a recluse these days. The footage of ABBA performing comes from a varierty of sources including some live performances and much of it is pure heaven. Have a look at the girls singing "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" in the grass, pure bliss. It is hard to recognise them as being the same group who later sing "Thankyou For The Music" unplugged around the piano. This video version has additional footage from the TV special, but why isn't it on DVD??

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A Must for Abba Fans
For any really fanatic Abba fan around the world this video must be pure heaven. I miss the clips of songs like Take a Chance on Me and some songs from The Visitors album, but the whole video is a wonderful gift for Abba fans, with interviews with Benny, Frida and Bjorn as they look now, and with many of the persons involved in the work behind Abba along the years. And with the original video of the presentation of band singing Waterloo at Eurovison contest in 1974. Is not a good option for a new Abba fan and for those fans that want to enjoy the Abba most famous song's video clips because it shows only a bit of every video and every one of them is interrupted with the narration of the story of the band, but is really good for those people who want to know more about the story of the band related in the own words of the memebers of the group (each of them abord many subjects, like their divorces sand their feelings like persons and stars during and after Abba) and about technical aspects about their music and their way to create the songs, but for a really fanatic that already have seen all the videos and only want to know more about the band and enjoy with previously unreleased images of the group at stage and in the studio -even in their own island where Benny and Bjorn created most of the songs of the group-, and that ask for a long ttime to see how each member of the group looks today (except Agnetha, that only read with her voice in off parts of her book Just as I am), is a precious and unvaluable thing. Is good too for those people who remeber the live concert in 1979 because it shows many of the songs during the concert. Splendid, precious, but just for hard Abba fan..like me!