By miles the best remaster of "Super Trouper", for CD. Much more superior sound compared to the subsequent remasters done after 1989 for Polydor/Polygram/Universal, which are heavily compressed. For all that Atlantic didn't do to ABBA releases, especially promotion, they are to be commended for this release.
I dug a bit further in my spare room and found the box with the rest of my 1988 to early 1991 Schwanns; this is listed as a new release in the March 1989 issue of SCHWANN CD, but without a full release date; given Schwann's publishing schedule and lead times, this would mean a release date no later than February 1989, more likely January.
I'm inclined to think 1989 is probably right as well, going by a few copies of SCHWANN that I have; the Winter and Spring 1988 (quarterly) volumes only list the LP and cassette for this, whereas the Summer 1991 Schwann Spectrum (also quarterly) lists the CD (without any release date) and cassette. (I think I have some issues between those dates, but I can't find them right at the moment). IIRC, for several years US Atlantic continued to use a variation of the LP and cassette catalogue number for their CD issues (as in this case, the original LP number was SD 16023), and the barcode number was only used as the catalogue number outside the US (and probably Canada too). As Atlantic didn't have the group outside of US and Canada, then 81477-2 (or variations like 781 477-2 or 7567-81477-2) wouldn't have been available to use internationally.
I just noticed another thing and that is in the bar coding. this release could have used the catalog number 81477 2 or 7 81477-2 (note this number in the bar code)... the CD's in 1989 that either have a catalog number like that or in the bar code start with 819, not 814 (814, 815 were around 1985-6).
Please check the Atlantic label page to see and compare what I'm talking about
Also, please check Discogs Atlantic label page 33 as 81477 2 isn't available because no CD was issued with that number... if it had it would be in 1986.. instead the 1980 number (used on the LP and cassette) was used on the CD.
cussincarryinon02: you mentioned other websites point to 1989? which ones? Discogs?.. who else.. I'm just curious... because by 1989 Polar was sold to Polydor and ABBA were NOT on Atlantic anymore. In 1989, the ABBA releases were international on Polydor which made every ABBA album available all over, including Ring Ring, which was never released in the U.S. before 1989.
1986 what I submitted makes more sense as it was around then that Atlantic switched pressing by PolyGram in West Germany to a the U.S. by their own WEA Manufacturing Inc.. I provided a website which reviewed all the early ABBA pressings (Mar. 27 comment link).