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Summary: I love ABBA but..
Review: This video told a nice story, sort of like VH1's Behind the Music, but when it came to the music, the videos were talked over, clips were shown, and it was frustrating..
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Summary: Some of the Best of ABBA music videos.
Review: When I first saw this video I wasn't sure what to expect. When the first video came on then I was enthralled. I was very shocked at first about their wardrobe. It was shocking to see what we actually wore back in the 70's. But it is no surprise that they are still one of the most loved groups in music today
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Summary: Greed
Review: Why release this, when the definitive collection is available for a similar price, and contains more videos? Simple answer ... greed! All they have done is add three videos not available on The definitive Collection DVD, and a 25 minute doco to drag you in. But look closer, and you will see that two of the videos are not true videos: Lay All Your Love on Me - this is nothing more than extracts from other ABBA videos. ABBA never made an actual video for this song. Dancing Queen 1992 - this is the original 1976 video re-edited with some extracts from other videos added. People should not expect anything new in this regard. I Have a Dream - This english video may not be available on the Definitive Collection, but the Spanish version is included as an added bonus. Depends on how much you love the song. The Doco - 25 minutes of stuff taken mostly from the documentary "The Winner Takes it all". 'ABBA GOLD' DVD is therefore an unnecessary purchase if you already own 'The Definitive Collection' DVD and 'The Winner Takes It All' DVD.
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Summary: Greed
Review: Why release this, when the definitive collection is available for a similar price, and contains more videos? Simple answer ... greed! All they have done is add three videos not available on The definitive Collection DVD, and a 25 minute doco to drag you in. But look closer, and you will see that two of the videos are not true videos: Lay All Your Love on Me - this is nothing more than extracts from other ABBA videos. ABBA never made an actual video for this song. Dancing Queen 1992 - this is the original 1976 video re-edited with some extracts from other videos added. People should not expect anything new in this regard. I Have a Dream - This english video may not be available on the Definitive Collection, but the Spanish version is included as an added bonus. Depends on how much you love the song. The Doco - 25 minutes of stuff taken mostly from the documentary "The Winner Takes it all". 'ABBA GOLD' DVD is therefore an unnecessary purchase if you already own 'The Definitive Collection' DVD and 'The Winner Takes It All' DVD.
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Summary: Just get The Definitive Collection instead
Review: With a lot of the Abba product they could release (Abba The Movie, Abba-In Concert, hell, maybe even a solo Frida/Agnetha video collection), Abba Gold on DVD is a copout. This video collects the biggest of the big Abba videos, but wouldn't anyone who wants an Abba video collection go spring for the entire collection. The History documentary is extracts from which is also available in it's entirity on the excellent THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL documentary. Abba is great, but a repackaged inferior video collection is lame on Polygram's behalf.
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Summary: Just get The Definitive Collection instead
Review: With a lot of the Abba product they could release (Abba The Movie, Abba-In Concert, hell, maybe even a solo Frida/Agnetha video collection), Abba Gold on DVD is a copout. This video collects the biggest of the big Abba videos, but wouldn't anyone who wants an Abba video collection go spring for the entire collection. The History documentary is extracts from which is also available in it's entirity on the excellent THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL documentary. Abba is great, but a repackaged inferior video collection is lame on Polygram's behalf.
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Summary: Redundant and strictly for the hard-core Abba fans
Review: With the availability of "The Definitive Collection" DVD, there really is no reason to own "ABBA Gold," unless you need to complete your collection of ABBA videos. "ABBA Gold" offers up previously unavailable (on DVD) videos for "I Have a Dream," "Lay All Your Love on Me" and the 1992 version of "Dancing Queen." "Lay All Your Love on Me" is really just highlights from other videos. In addition to the videos is a short featurette, which essentially covers the same material that was covered in the documentary "The Winner Takes it All," and the only band member interviewed is Bjorn. I may be wrong on this point, but the video quality seems a tad worse than "The Definitive Collection." "The Winner Takes it All," for instance, is washed out in some segments and the contrast is too bright in others. Other clips seem sharper than they appear in TDC, so I've no idea if any remastering of the original prints was involved. The sound quality seems to be identical to "The Definitive Collection." If money were the issue, I'd definitely spend it on TDC. "I Have a Dream" is a good song, but to me, not reason enough to purchase "Gold" over TDC.
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Summary: Redundant and strictly for the hard-core Abba fans
Review: With the availability of "The Definitive Collection" DVD, there really is no reason to own "ABBA Gold," unless you need to complete your collection of ABBA videos. "ABBA Gold" offers up previously unavailable (on DVD) videos for "I Have a Dream," "Lay All Your Love on Me" and the 1992 version of "Dancing Queen." "Lay All Your Love on Me" is really just highlights from other videos. In addition to the videos is a short featurette, which essentially covers the same material that was covered in the documentary "The Winner Takes it All," and the only band member interviewed is Bjorn. I may be wrong on this point, but the video quality seems a tad worse than "The Definitive Collection." "The Winner Takes it All," for instance, is washed out in some segments and the contrast is too bright in others. Other clips seem sharper than they appear in TDC, so I've no idea if any remastering of the original prints was involved. The sound quality seems to be identical to "The Definitive Collection." If money were the issue, I'd definitely spend it on TDC. "I Have a Dream" is a good song, but to me, not reason enough to purchase "Gold" over TDC.
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Summary: Redundant and strictly for the hard-core Abba fans
Review: With the availability of "The Definitive Collection" DVD, there really is no reason to own "ABBA Gold," unless you need to complete your collection of ABBA videos. "ABBA Gold" offers up previously unavailable (on DVD) videos for "I Have a Dream," "Lay All Your Love on Me" and the 1992 version of "Dancing Queen." "Lay All Your Love on Me" is really just highlights from other videos. In addition to the videos is a short featurette, which essentially covers the same material that was covered in the documentary "The Winner Takes it All," and the only band member interviewed is Bjorn. I may be wrong on this point, but the video quality seems a tad worse than "The Definitive Collection." "The Winner Takes it All," for instance, is washed out in some segments and the contrast is too bright in others. Other clips seem sharper than they appear in TDC, so I've no idea if any remastering of the original prints was involved. The sound quality seems to be identical to "The Definitive Collection." If money were the issue, I'd definitely spend it on TDC. "I Have a Dream" is a good song, but to me, not reason enough to purchase "Gold" over TDC.
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Summary: Highly recommend!
Review: Wonderful collection of clips! 19 video clips, from Waterloo (1974) to One Of Us (1981), show us the evolution of ABBA, of their songs and of their look. Enjoy it! Though I agree with the previous reviewer - such a pity that such clips as Lay All Your Love On Me and Dancing Queen are only compilations of other clips.
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