Abba's hit "Dancing Queen" is included on a new compilation album released in the UK next week titled "The Nations Favourite 70's Number Ones". This 3 CD collection also includes "Heart Of Glass" by Blondie, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor, "Wuthering Heights" by Kate Bush and "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer. The CD release is linked to a TV program scheduled to be shown on ITV in the UK on Thursday 5th March at 8.30 - the stations website includes the following information relating to the show - "Featuring interviews with hit makers including Art Garfunkel, Blondie, Abba, Freda Payne, George McCrae, Kike Dee, The Four Seasons and Gloria Gaynor - this 90 minute countdown of the 20 greatest musical moments from a time when everyone knew every week just what was number one. Narrated by Zoe Ball, the show tells the stories behind those irresistibly evocative hits that still hold a special place in our hearts four decades later - from Blockbuster to Bridge Over Troubled Water, Dancing Queen to Hot Love, I Will Survive to Heart Of Glass." Posted with Blogsy
Abba magazine cover from 29th May 2010....
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Abba photo shoot from 1976...
Yet another image produced for a recent article... Posted with Blogsy
This issue of Smash Hits magazine, from 31st May 1979, included a review of Abba’s “Voulez-Vous” album...
Here is the Agnetha poster from issue #21 of the International Abba Magazine... Posted with Blogsy
Abba magazine cover from 24th May 1978….
The latest Abba album on vinyl to be added to my collection is a compilation titled "Abba The Love Songs". The album was originally released in South Africa in 1983 and included the following track list - Side A Cassandra One Man, One Woman The Winner Takes It All My Love My Life Andante Andante One Of Us Side B The Day Before You Came I've Been Waiting For You Move On I Have A Dream Slipping Through My Fingers Happy New Year Posted with Blogsy
Frida photo shoot images from 1978...
The 16th issue of the International Abba Magazine was first published during March 1983 and featured a picture of Abba with Kenny Evertt on the front cover. The editorial section included the following updates - Benny and Bjorn confirmed that they were collaborating with Tim Rice to write a new musical Frida was looking to re-locate to London Agnetha was in the studio with Mike Chapman recording her solo album The magazine included two major articles the first covering the 1982 Polar Music Awards where Agnetha, Frida and Abba all received awards. The second article continued from issue #15 detailing Abba's last visit to London to promote "Abba The Singles - The First 10 Years" which included - Frida and Kenny Everett having a drink and a cuddle The group received a presentation containing 23 gold singles Agnetha and Benny were guests on the Saturday Superstore TV program The group appeared with Noel Edmonds on "The Late, Late Breakfast Show" where the video for "The Day Before You Came" is shown for the first time
Agnetha magazine cover from 22nd May 2005....
This issue of Smash Hits magazine (from 26th May 1983 to 8th June 1983) included an update on the current activity of the four members of Abba...
The picture below shows an Abba shop display from my collection which used one of the pictures from the photo shoot which took place today in 1980...
I have just received a copy of Daniel Ward's new book "Agnetha Faltskog - The Girl With The Golden Hair"... Posted with Blogsy
To read this article about the Abba single “Waterloo” click here…
I recently found this newspaper article in my archive which informed readers about Abba's UK TV appearances as well as their latest single "The Day Before You Came"... Posted with Blogsy
Abba photo shoot from 1976...
Here is Bjorn's fact sheet from "Look-In"... Posted with Blogsy
Issue 24 of the Abba Magazine was published during May 1980...
To read this article about the Abba single “Waterloo” click here….
Abba "Waterloo" EP from Bolivia which includes the following tracks - Waterloo King Kong Song Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) Sitting In The Palmtree
Click here to read this article about ABBA’s single “I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do”…
Last Abba Monopoly post for today .... here are some pictures of the playing cards from the game Posted with Blogsy
As its a wet and windy Sunday morning in the UK I am relaxing and listening to the vinyl version of Agnetha's album "A"... Posted with Blogsy
Only one week to go until the release of "Abba Live At Wembley Arena"... Posted with Blogsy
Poster for the film "Raskenstam" which starred Agnetha... Posted with Blogsy
Abba photo shoot from 1976...
From my archive here is a review of "Abba The Book" which was written by Jean-Marie Potiez. Posted with Blogsy
Abba were featured on the cover of the May 1999 issue of Record Mart magazine in the UK. The article inside the magazine, titled "Pathways", covered the group's recording history over six pages and also included an interview with Michael Tretow. Posted with Blogsy
The latest Abba 7" single to be added to my collection from Argentina is "Felicidad" (Spanish version of "Happy New Year") with a b-side of "Super Trouper". The single was released during November 1980 and reached number 5 in the charts. Posted with Blogsy
Abba's "Abba" album entered the charts in the Netherlands today in 1975 - it spent 16 weeks in the charts where it reached number 3...
A picture of the East German release of Abba's "Chiquitita" single from my collection... Posted with Blogsy
This magazine which featured Abba on the cover included a two page article and an offer for a calendar…
Another Look-In annual from my collection which features Abba on the cover and an article about the group... Posted with Blogsy
On the 22nd May 1982 Abba's latest single in America "The Visitors" peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The single, which included "Head Over Heels" on the b-side, was released on the Atlantic record label spent a total of 8 weeks in the chart. Posted with Blogsy
Issue 37 of the Abba Magazine included a three page interview with Agnetha which I have scanned below... Posted with Blogsy
Agnetha photo shoot from 1983...
The 28th issue of the fanzine "International Abba Express" was published during December 1993 and included the following content - The first part of an interview with Bjorn originally broadcast on Swedish radio where he talks about his next musical with Benny A two page interview with Carl Magnus Palm where he talks about his forthcoming book The Complete Recording Sessions A review of "Abba Oro - Grandes Exitos" Copies of the press release for Josefin Nilsson's album "Shapes" Reviews of two Abba fan events the first of which was held in Carlisle in October and the second in Bristol in November A review of "Richard Clayderman Plays Abba" which was released in November Chart positions for "Abba Gold" and "More Abba Gold" in the UK for both the album and video collections Posted with Blogsy
On the 23rd May 2001 Abba's "Dancing Queen" was released in Japan as part of the promotion for the compilation album "S.O.S The Best Of Abba" - the CD single included the following tracks ; Dancing Queen Eagle Lay All Your Love On Me The Way Old Friends Do
Here is the two page Abba article from the Look-in magazine I posted earlier this morning. As the article was timed for the release of "Abba The Singles - The First Ten Years" a year by year history of the group is provided from 1972 ("Ring Ring") up to 1982 and the release of "The Day Before You Came" and Frida's solo album. Posted with Blogsy
Abba pictured during one of the TV performances they recorded whilst they were in Spain in May 1974…
Issue 35 of the ABBA Magazine was published in May 1981 and started with a report that the "Gracias Por La Musica" album had been selling well in Japan with over 80,000 copies sold at that point - it is also noted that the imported version from Japan (on the Discomate record label) had been spotted for sale in UK record shops Also in the editorial there is a mention of the "Words And Music" TV programme which had been shown in the the UK on the previous Good Friday. The majority of this issue was taken up with news related to Stig's 50th birthday celebrations - in fact this was spread over 9 pages of the magazine. The second major article in this issue was an interview with Buddy McCluskey who alongside his wife Mary provided the Spanish lyrics to the songs which ABBA re-recorded for Spanish speaking countries. As a follow on from the previous article the next section provides a discography from Argentine where ABBA records were released under the RCA record label. What is interesting from this list is that prior to the Spanish version of "Chiquitita" ABBA records did not do that well in the charts ; also that both the English and Spanish versions of the single charted.
The fifteenth issue of the International Abba Magazine was published in February 1983 and was focused on Abba's visit to London the previous November to promote "Abba The Singles The First 10 Years". The editorial section confirmed that Abba's latest album had reached the number 1 spot in the UK on its second week and the Agnetha was in the studio recording her solo album which wouldn't include the track "I'm Still Alive". The rest of this issue then covered in detail Abba's London visit including when they arrived, what they had for dinner, shopping trips and meetings with the press. Posted with Blogsy
Whilst sorting through my archive recently I found this article from Record Collector magazine (cleverly) titled "Knowing Me, Knowing URL" which takes a look at various Abba, Agnetha and Frida related websites. Posted with Blogsy
Issue 6 of the International Abba Magazine was published in May 1982 and was almost 100% dedicated to Frida. The editorial section contained little in the way of any actual Abba news so it must have been a fairly quiet period. The front and back cover of the magazine included pictures of Frida and inside the first main article was an overview of Phil Collins career linked to the fact that he was producing Frida's album. The magazine also included images from Abba's latest video "Head Over Heels" mostly featuring pictures of Frida.
To read this article from The Yorkshire Post click here ... Posted with Blogsy
This 7" Abba EP was released in Chile in 1980 and included the following tracks - Andante Andante Dame! Dame! Dame! Gracias Por La Musica The Winner Takes It All
Continuing on from my last post marking the anniversary of Abba's "The Visitors" entering the UK album chart at number 1 here is a newspaper advert from 1981 - I actually remember seeing this at the time and being excited about the new release...
