ABBA - The Visitors - Instrumental - STEREO - Removed Center Channel OOPS

I have found a tool in Adobe Audition called "center channel extractor" which either boosts or removes the center channel audio. This is similar to the OOPS (out of phase stereo) technique, but the main difference here is that the processed file retains its original stereo image and is not in mono. In regular mono OOPS this track sounds very interesting, but this stereo version I think sounds fantastic!

I used the West German Polydor CD version from the 1980s, widely considered to be one of the best ABBA CDs sonically and by far beating all remastered editions.

Enjoy!

Lyrics -
The Visitors (Crackin' Up)
I hear the door-bell ring
and suddenly
the panic takes me
the sound so
ominously tearing
through the silence
l cannot move
I'm standing
numb and frozen
among the things
I love so dearly
the books, the paintings
and the furniture
help me

The signal's sounding
once again and
someone tries the door-knob
none of my friends
would be so stupidly
impatient
and they don't dare
to come here
any more now
but how I loved our
secret meetings
we talked and talked
in quiet voices
smiling

Now I hear them moving
muffled noises coming
through the door
I feel I'm
crackin' up
voices growing louder
irritation building
and I'm close to fainting
crackin' up
they must know by now
I'm in here trembling
in a terror evergrowing
crackin' up
my whole world is falling
going crazy
there is no escaping now
I'm
crackin' up

These walls have
witnessed all the
anguish of humiliation
and seen the hope
of freedom glow
in shining faces
and now they've
come to take me
come to break me
and yet it isn't
unexpected
I have been waiting
for these visitors
help me

Now I hear them moving
muffled noises coming
through the door
I feel I'm
crackin' up
voices growing louder
irritation building
and I'm close to fainting
crackin' up
they must know by now
I'm in here trembling
in a terror evergrowing
crackin' up
my whole world is falling
going crazy
there is no escaping now
I'm
crackin' up

Now I hear them moving
muffled noises coming
through the door
I feel I'm
crackin' up
voices growing louder
irritation building
and I'm close to fainting
crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
they must know by now
I'm in here trembling
in a terror evergrowing
crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
my whole world is falling
going crazy
there is no escaping now
I'm
crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
Now I hear them moving
muffled noises coming
through the door
I feel I'm
crackin' up
(I have been waiting for these visitors)
voices growing louder
irritation building
and I'm close to fainting
crackin' up...

[abhinabhan]

OMG!!! Simply fantastic!!! I am in the office now but I started singing along like a mad dog. No matter what people think. The only thing I know is that I love ABBA and this song,
This is what I call a real karaoke.

[Perle]

Just checking out different The Visitors versions of ABBA. This one very interesting version indeed omitting Frida's vocals...beautiful....

[discogareth]

Thank you for this! I always thought that OOPS was amazing, but this has blown me away! Almost as good as what I imagine the original backing tracks to be like! :o)

[nabilkhazzaka]

You are right about the quality of this recording! There is something strange about the remastered (CD) versions of this song. On the original LP there is only one "bling" while on the others there are two! I like the build-up of the original better!

[Perle]

THIS VERSION IS TOTALLY BLOWIN' ME AWAY!!! AWESOME DRUMS!!!!

[sadabbalad]

Thiis is amazing! Thanks for sharing! Please can you do Take A Chance On Me & Knowing Me, Knowing You? :o)

[mozpiano]

@iAigels I am in the process of doing this for a few songs and I will upload them as soon as I can ;-)

[buckland]

This is fantastic thank you. Any more abba tracks?

[chris]

Any chance you could do If it wasnt for the nights? I would love to hear that as, I could play piano over the top :D

[iAigels]

omg this is great O.o :D can you also do this with for example dancing queen or KmKy? :D