As part of the 25th Anniversary celebrations of ABBA's Eurovision Song Contest victory with Waterloo on April 6, 1974, PolyGram (now merged with Universal Music) decided to re-release the group's biggest-selling album ever, ABBA Gold, in 24 bit remastered form.

In conjunction with the remastering, the shorter versions of Voulez-Vous and The Name Of The Game - which featured on the original edition of this compilation - were replaced by the full-length original single and album versions. I wrote new liner notes for both the international and the Australian versions of the revamped ABBA Gold. The album was released March 29, 1999 as a limited edition signature jewel case. This packaging was only meant to be available until the end of 1999 - as it turned out, the album was manufactured with the signature jewel case for three years.

The updated version of ABBA Gold became a big hit, even revisiting the number one spot on the charts in some countries. According to Universal Music, the current worldwide sales figure is more than 25 million copies.

The 10th Anniversary of the original release of ABBA Gold in 2002 saw the second re-issue of the album. The inside of the booklet was completely redesigned by Fredrik Hurtig at In Fine Style (who did the ABBA Remasters in 2001). A couple of errors on the previous edition (spelling of song titles, songwriting credits etc.) were also corrected, and I revised and updated my liner notes.