ABBA
JUST LIKE THAT
PHILIPPE DUPONT-MOUCHET REMIX
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ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION :
Arranged, overdubed and mixed by Philippe Dupont-Mouchet
Design by Philippe Dupont-Mouchet & Denise Mouchet
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ORIGINAL PRODUCTION :
Written, arranged and produced by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvæus
Vocals by Agnetha Fältskog & Anni-Frid Lyngstad (Frida)
Keyboards by Benny Andersson
Guitars by Lasse Wellander
Bass by Rutger Gunnarsson
Drums by Per Lindvall
Saxophone by Raphael Ravenscroft
Recorded and mixed at Polar Music Studios, may 1982
Engineered by Michael B. Tretow
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HOLY GRAIL OF ALL UNRELEASED ABBA TRACKS
MOST MYTHOLOGISED RECORDING
"And they [Benny & Björn] said the verse and the chorus don't fit. And i said, "What do you mean? They fit together perfectly." It's an incredible great tune – It's a hit!" MICHAEL B. TRETOW, circa 1994.
"I remember it as a very good song and recording. I don't recall why they decided not to release it. A pity! But maybe it's going to be released one day." AGNETHA FÄLTSKOG, 1983.
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SAME ORIGINAL RECORDING WITH SAME VOCAL TAKE & STAGES OF THE MIX :
4 MAY 1982 EARLY ROUGH MIX (mistakenly called "slow version") : First stage of production, consisting of the recording of the working basic backing-track with vocals, without overdubs.
17-19 MAY 1982 EARLY ROUGH MIX+GUIDE-VOCAL OVERDUB (mistakenly called "na-na-na version") : This step consists of recording an additional vocal-track on the basic EARLY ROUGHT MIX. This guide-vocal overdub by Agnetha is for saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft.
24-28 MAY 1982 MASTER (mistakenly called "saxophone version") : This final step consists of recording overdubs including Raphael Ravenscroft's saxophone. The mix made on 28 may 1982 is the Master.
1983 : Benny Andersson tries an alternate instrumental version with working title "When The Waves Roll Out To Sea".
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In 2010, Carl Magnus Palm wrote :
"The tapes […] started circulating among collectors when Björn’s car was stolen […] – this story has sometimes been presented as a ‘rumour’, but Björn confirmed to me that it did indeed happen. I also understand that one or two tracks may have been given in good faith to friends by people within the ABBA camp, or to people at the many record companies that released their music around the world. Inadvertently or not, these tapes have since ended up on bootlegs."
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The tape containing “Just Like That” have since ended up on bootlegs.
Unfortunately, the first copy seem to have been made forgetting to activate the Dobly-B filter when playing the original cassette (characteristic sound imprint). All the copies which subsequently circulated kept this bad range of frequencies, and the cassettes used for copies could not absorb these frequencies without the sound being damaged over and over. By the end of the 80s you could find bootleg-cassettes and vinyl-records. In 1990-1997, the parallel/bootleg market had "Just Like That" on CDs (manufactured in Italy). Even if some CDs seem to offer better generation sources, everything that was released in the pre-internet era came from the same source (Internet = doubtful sources).

ABBA 1982 Just Like That (remixed by Philippe Dupont-Mouchet) [new master]

ABBA 1982 Just Like That (remixed by Philippe Dupont-Mouchet) [new master]

JUST LIKE THAT

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