Arrival 40th Anniversary Releases Confirmed !

I'm interested to know what the backs of the picture disc singles look like. The fronts of them utilise the single cover artwork, but not seen the back on any site yet.

I bought the DQ pic disc from wowhd. Originally, it was listed as 7th Oct, but recently has changed to 14th Oct. My apologies with the mistake I made on the coloured vinyl release.

I just ordered the one pic disc, Dancing queen. I'm looking forward to the singles box set more, though. It will be nice to finally have some Abba colour vinyl

I know what Alan means about being a completist, but I am utterly skint at the moment. I purchased just the one and it was DQ. I may buy the others in the future.

That photo certainly makes the coloured vinyls look good, along with their box. The plastic covers on the picture discs don't exactly make them look that attractive.

Did you order from the Museum or from uDiscover?

Wow HD still claim the 4 pic discs are out on 14th.

I'll never order from WowHD again after they failed to dispatch an order 18 months ago. They failed to respond to several emails. I only lost about £5 but even so, once bitten, twice shy. I did search on their site and no sign of any new ABBA releases.

I haven't heard from uDiscover either. Their website lists all items for release on 7 October (with the box set and picture discs marked as "sold out"). It seems odd that they would email some customers and not others about the same product. Separately, I recently heard some worrying things about their customer service... I hope we won't have hassle.

I have just emailed them and crossed my fingers.

I'm looking forward to hearing about the sleeve notes/Tretow interview.

Having fully inspected the box and its contents, I can safely say it's quite beautiful. The single covers are indeed glossy and use thick paper stock. And dare I say it, I don't think the artworks are scans. It's possible they've re-created the original artwork. Certainly the titles look bold and pronounced, unlike on the scans in the 2014 singles box.

The singles themselves are the thickest vinyl I've ever encountered on 7" (to be fair I don't get that much modern 7" vinyl so don't have much to compare them with). I love the colours, and the Polar labels look great on them (I wouldn't have expected photos on the labels, and I think they would have spoilt them).

And the box itself is indeed excellent quality. It came in outer cardboard packaging to avoid damage in the post.

It looks a very nice artefact to judge from blueboi's pics.  Good to hear they've done a square job in terms of the materials and finishes used. 

It's a funny business, this era of the deluxe edition/limited edition/multi-format plus exclusives edition, isn't it.  I haven't gone for this Arrival package, but I have just received the special edition of Radiohead's A Moon Shaped Pool.  It arrived and there I was, handling it as though it were a Faberge egg; poring over the condition of the book it comes housed in, checking that the corners weren't dented and that the vinyl was free of warp and pressing blemishes (I'll end up listening to files ripped from the CD, and probably won't spin the vinyl above a couple of times!).  People are losing their homes to earthquakes, and here I am, sweating over the current and future physical well-being of a pop band release made out of cardboard, paper and polyvinyl.  First world problems, eh?

Thought I should buy something to celebrate Arrival's 40th, so I've just ordered DQ picture disc before they sell out. There's still a few cheap ones left on ebay. I paid £9.99 free postage.

ABBA Arrival- The Singles is written on the side of the box.