ABBA - Words And Music

Filmed 3-5 & 8 October 1980
Location Polar Music Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Broadcast 17th April 1981 at 5.15pm (all ITV regions except Southern and Westward) in the UK &
12th June 1981 in Netherlands on Dutch television (TROS) (ABBA in Woord en Muziek)
Released This performance has not been included on any officially released video or DVD - yet
This will be released on 9 May 2011 on the Super Trouper Deluxe edition
Notes Documentary to promote the "Super Trouper" album.

According to ABBA Magazine No.35 (May 1981), "When CBS wanted to advertise "Super Trouper" on TV they took a film crew over to Stockholm to do some interviews. When they got back to London the production company (called 'The Shooting Lodge') found they had over an hour's worth of extra video 'footage'. CBS thought it would be crazy to waste it all and so they added a few promotional cuts and, hey presto, a 'TV Special'."

The programme includes a complete live clip of "The Way Old Friends Do." and also featured the PROMOs "The Winner Takes it all", "I Have a Dream", "On & On & On", "Super Trouper", "Chiquitita" and "Happy New Year"

The interviews from this programme were used on the Dutch programme "ABBA '82" broadcast by TROS which also featured parts of the PROMOS for "On and On and On", "One Man, One Woman", "One Of Us", "When All Is Said And Done ", "The Way Old Friends Do" (from Words & Music), "Head Over Heels" and (again) "On and On and On."

Footage from the programme was used in an TV advert to promote the Super Trouper album:
Duration 33 minutes
Watch Out For Different footage of the "Super Trouper" sessions from the PROMOS for Super Trouper and Felicidad and Happy New Year (perhaps it wasn't used in those PROMOS as it's quite bright)
Transcript  
Lyrics  
Pictures Click on image for a larger view:
Related Links Super Trouper PROMO, 1980; Felicidad PROMO, 1980; Happy New Year PROMO, 1980;
Credits Thanks to Jos Heselmans, Michel Evers and Henk for information.  Extra thanks to Jozsef
Information also from ABBA Magazines No.34 & 35.
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