More new songs from Voyage sessions? Or perhaps not…

There's probably plenty of other comparisons out there.....

Just listened to UK Radio 2 Vernon Kay, playing Beverly Knight ' Not Prepared For You " and a line in it my Heart was Hit Like A Train, ( mentioned more than once)
So that elusive track/ title may not be to far off the mark if it exists......
After all it is just figuratively speaking and nothing dark and sinister... to much " woke" these days...


Isn't Bjorn a tease, what is he up to......
Benny being his usual self in no comment....

Maybe that photo has already been taken with all four of them! Releasing this one now, maybe Benny will appear in the photo with Bjorn in February, Frida in March, then Agnetha in April! in the same positions/poses as the earlier photo!! That would be lovely. And maybe we'll get Voyage 2 with that as the front cover photo and the old photo on the back??!! Wishful thinking!

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Hi, it's been a while since I checked in round here.
Am I right in thinking that the consensus is we're probably not going to here the (two) new-ish songs now after all?
Thanks.

any updates on these rumours maybe?

O dear - every time I come here hoping for news and there's just nothing in this thread.
Guess we've all given up on the prospect of new songs...

Given the massive cost of the production, I'm sure there's some reason to keep it "hidden" as you describe it. On the other hand, many a West End/Broadway show is matched with a cast album. Exhibit A: Chess. There are so many great surprises in the show, that an album could take some of the shine away. But given how many people have now seen the show, there could be merit in releasing at least some of the tracks.

I guess any decision they make will be built around strategies to recoup $140 million.

That would be great. And if they decide to shake up the setlist, there's scope for the later release of a deluxe edition with extra tracks. Every little helps, I suppose, when those massive investments need to be recouped.

If they ever decide to release a VR edition, my son can kiss his Metaquest headset goodbye!

I, for one, am really psyched that Mystic Meg has joined the discussion.

I was thinking the same but I checked and apparently not. We have had over 1,200 “guests” viewing the forum in the last 24 hours so I suppose it shouldn’t be too much of a surprise that one or two trolls will post…

I have read that B and B didn't want to give any info about the songs to him

Despite everything, my gut feeling is that we will get some new ABBA music this year, be that brand new, the leftover Voyage tracks, or old previously unreleased stuff from their heyday. It just feels like they doth protest too much re: nothing left to release. When you add the Catherine Tate faux pas, and Agnetha being non-commital on Zoe Ball and saying she can't say too much regarding ABBA, I still think that some things are being kept under wraps for some big announcement. My dream (although this bit is a bit of a stretch) is that Benny recording new music with BAO is a smokescreen and really it's a new ABBA album.

I have now read through the entirety of this thread as a guest, to the point of which I felt the need to register as a member on the forum to at least share my thoughts about all the rumours, speculation etc. . Talk about encouragement, eh? 
I do not know anything more that anyone on this thread knows, I have no insider information, nothing exciting to share. But, I do want to give my 2 cents on this, considering that we are now less than a month away from the Eurovision Final Anniversary!


We all know that to take Bjorn or Bennys word literally in regards to new material, announcements, or anything new revolving ABBA, is rather trivial in this context . This business regarding 'There is nothing left to be released / in the vaults' is surely smoke and mirrors (I apologise to regurgitate what many members have already said !!). There are unreleased tracks in the vaults. CMP had access to the vaults whilst writing his aforementioned book - so for Bjorn to say that this isn't the case is surely some sort of white lie ? I hardly see him being outright dishonest, and judging by his track record of dealing with rumours and speculation, I am fairly confident there is more than just "nothing" . B&B know about the mythical ethos surrounding ABBAs unreleased material; they are aware. I am wondering as to whether Bjorn's comments in the interview are related to next month / this year for ABBA - and still cannot make my mind up , but regardless strongly feel that his statement does mean something for old unreleased material . How many times have we heard that there is nothing left. That it is over. We all hear that right up until an announcement of X, Y, and Z most of the time .

Regarding the unreleased songs from the Voyage sessions, it is very interesting that the 'Radio 2 incident' was edited out. I suppose on the contrary it could be a very clever marketing stunt, but I struggle to see this, knowing that we have been made aware of these tracks through more than one source. We also know that CMP has some knowledge regarding the future of the two tracks (at least, he DID at the time) and so for them to simply sit on a hard drive or shelf eternally now seems inaccurate. This year, through various sources (and quite obviously ourselves), has been hyped up as being somewhat of a biggie, you all know the reasons, milestones etc. In my opinion, the question really boils down to if we are getting just a bit, or the whole shooting match. Keep in mind - Voyage is still plugging away, and there is every chance we could end up hearing about future plans, new songs added to the setlist, or something along those lines. But to fans hungry for every last drop, could that really constitute as a 'Big Year' ?

An anthology - or collection, spanning the groups entire career, to me seems somewhat plausible. There is old unreleased material sitting doing nothing, and also 'new' unreleased material now. As I wrote above - will most of these things really just sit on a shelf for the rest of their (and our) lifetimes? B&B are their own harshest critics, but to hide these things away eternally when there is such demand does seem slightly counter-intuitive. We are getting HSMs of (supposedly) all of the albums on their retrospective 50th anniversaries, and I am unsure what would be released after that point. More reissues ? More singles box sets ? It seems that there are only so many times you can employ these tactics with physical packages on a wider consumer/commercial sense - especially when streaming is thrown into the mix these days. Again, if an anthology, or collection were to happen, it is rather hard to say when, and I do struggle with the idea of it being sooner rather than later. It would make sense for something like this to be released following any further HSMs, but I suppose it isn't impossible to be sooner rather than later.

Bjorn at the Stockholm canopy does seem rather suggestive when paired with the notion of 'revisiting old material'... Ever the optimist, I suppose !!

In retrospect with all this in mind - I can't see it being too long before we get an announcement for something, whether it be relating to Voyage, whether it be new or old material, or simply whether it be a new video on the YouTube channel ... Time will tell !! Again, I'm only mulling things over in my head- the thread has been a really interesting read, and I'm greatly looking forward to seeing what we do get  .

Well, they're my thoughts. Off to get a Cuppa now !!!

A warm welcome to the forum, flynnic. Almost every new account lately has been a spammer so it’s nice to see a long post that isn’t some unfathomable nonsense that I have to delete!

Reading through six pages is some commitment! I hope you’re right. It’s too hard to believe that all we’re going to get this year is the Waterloo anniversary stuff that’s merely part of an ongoing series. That would be such a damp squib.