But on the other hand, some songs were mixed and released from that tour. I think it just needs a little work here and there. Hopes are still high for a double live album from Australia 1977 to be released.
I just thought Benny and Bjorn didn't want the live 1977 shoes on cd I have heard nothing about Benny's son saying anything about the condition of the recoredings
I might be mis-remembering, but I have a feeling that B&B weren't keen on releasing live material in general - preferring the complete control they were able to exert on the studio versions. Apart from two B-sides, they totally avoided live recordings during their heyday. The (pretty grim) 1986 live album came out after everyone thought that ABBA was extinct.
I know that Ludvig oversaw the eventual Live At Wembley album - but was the initial idea his too? He was asked directly about a similar release for the 1977 tour but said that the recordings weren't up to muster. If he was being really purist in wanting one clean, start-to-finish show like the 1979 set, then maybe there were challenges. But I can't help thinking that it might have been possible to replicate the setlist from across any number of dates. Unless there was some reluctance to expose how heavily things were overdubbed/"corrected" for The Movie?
It would be fantastic if they could even make the effort to assemble a live EP of The Girl With The Golden Hair. If not this year, then for the 50th anniversary of The Movie/The Album.
There was supposed to be a 15 minute digital download that was available if you purchased the live CD from Wembley, I think it was rumoured to be from Royal Albert Hall.
I had completely forgotten that! Yet more fodder for an anthology, if such a thing were under consideration. It would make sense to round out the live recording releases with a 1977 set and a 1981 Dick Cavett set. Both audio and video. It would be amazing if audio from the 1974/75 tour were available too.
