YOU would have thought that the critical and commercial phenomenon of the recent Kate Bush residency in Hammersmith may have sown a few seeds of temptation for ABBA to reform. But no, even an offer of a $1billion payday couldn’t entice the Swedish super-group back on the road.

Resolutely, founder member Benny Andersson recently stated that such a tour would “take ten years out of my life”. Perhaps of some consolation to fans is this handsomely presented book-style double CD or alternatively a gorgeous triple vinyl album collection, complete with a lavish programme. Live at Wembley was recorded on November 10, 1979.

At the time the Voulez Vous album was a new release, and features strongly among the established hits, of which most are present and correct. Hard-core fans will be overjoyed that one of the few complete remaining ABBA songs eventually gets an official release on this collection. Albeit, Agnetha Faltskjog’s I’m Still Alive is rather unceremoniously introduced by Mr Andersson as “…(a song by) Bjorn’s old friend, Agnetha, the little blonde girl”.