Wednesday 30 November 2016

Abba Date - 1st December 1968

Today in 1968 Agnetha's single with Jorgen Edman "Nagonting Hander Med Mej" entered the Swedish Svensktoppen chart where it reached number 9...

Abba Date - 1st December 1983

On the 1st December 1983 the compilation album "I Love Abba" which included Frida's "To Turn The Stone" as well as Agnetha's "The Heat Is On" entered the charts in Austria where it reached number 5...

Abba Date - 1st December 1979

Today in 1979 Abba's "Chiquitita" entered the Adult Contemporary chart in Canada where it spent 10 weeks reaching number 14...

Agnetha Album Adverts

Here are two adverts I found for Agnetha's 1975 solo album...

December Abba Calendar

Finally made it to the last month of my 2016 Abba Calendar...

Tuesday 29 November 2016

Abba Cassette

Another version of Abba's album "The Visitors" on cassette...

Abba Cassette

Here is a version of Abba's album "The Visitors" on cassette which used a very old picture as the artwork...

Abba Picture Disc

The image below shows Abba's album "The Visitors" which was released in Bolivia as a picture disc...

Monday 28 November 2016

Abba Date - 29th November 1989

Today in 1989 Benny's album "November 1989" entered the charts in Sweden where it stayed for 14 weeks reaching number 13...

Abba Date - 29th November 1996

On the 29th November 1996 Frida appeared on a charity TV show in Sweden where she performed "Aven En Blomma" and "Ogonen"...

Sunday 27 November 2016

Abba The Singles CD Set

This version of "Abba The Singles The First 10 Years" was released in South Africa in 1991...

Abba Box Set

This Abba box set, titled "Abba Chronicles", was released in America in 2005 and contained three of Abba's albums "Abba","Arrival" and "Abba The Album"...

Abba Date - 27th November 1976

On the 27th November 1976 Abba's "Fernando" entered the charts in Canada where it would stay for 16 weeks reaching number 2...

Abba Date - 27th November 1976

Today in 1976 Abba's "Dancing Queen" entered the charts in Zimbabwe where it would spend 4 weeks at the top of the charts...

Saturday 26 November 2016

Abba Album Promotional Material

Promotional material for the Deluxe version of Abba's "Arrival" album which was issued in Sweden...

Abba Post Cards

A set of post cards for Abba's "Arrival" album...

Abba Date - 27th November 1976

On the 27th November 1976 Abba's "Arrival" album entered the UK charts where it would stay for 92 weeks including 10 weeks at number 1...

Abba Date - 27th November 1980

Today in 1980 Abba recorded a performance of "Happy New Year" for Swedish TV which was broadcast on New Years Eve...

Agnetha Photo Shoot

Pictures from an Agnetha photo shoot which took place during November 1982...

Blancmange Perform Abba Song

Last night I saw Blancmange in Bournemouth who were supporting The Human League - they opened their set with a great version of Abba's "The Day Before You Came"...

Friday 25 November 2016

Abba Date - 25th November 1979

On the 25th November 1979 Abba's single "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" entered the charts in Japan where it stayed for 26 weeks reaching number 17 - this was the best performing Abba single in Japan until "S.O.S" / "Chiquitita" was released in 2001 reaching number 15.

Abba Single From Japan

Another version of Abba's single "The Name Of The Game" from Japan which was re-issued in 1980...

Thursday 24 November 2016

Abba Date - 25th November 1977

On the 25th November 1977 Abba's single "The Name Of The Game" entered the charts in Japan...

Frida Photo Shoot

Images from a Frida photo shoot which took place in 1996...

Abba Date - 25th November 1996

Today in 1996 Frida's latest single "Ogonen" entered the Swedish chart where it reached number 24...

Abba Date - 25th November 1978

On the 25th November 1978 Abba were in Japan recording a TV special during which they performed -

  • Eagle
  • Take A Chance On Me
  • Money, Money, Money
  • S.O.S
  • Thats Me
  • Tiger
  • Dancing Queen
  • Waterloo
  • Fernando
  • Summer Night City
  • Knowing Me, Knowing You
  • If It Wasn't For The Night
  • Thank You For The Music

Wednesday 23 November 2016

Bootleg Frida CD

A bootleg Frida CD titled "Essential Frida"...

Bootleg Agnetha CD

This bootleg Agnetha CD titled "Maybe It Was Magic" includes a mixture of Abba and solo tracks mostly remixed...

Abba Date - 24th November 1978

On the 24th November 1978 Abba's single "Summer Night City" entered the charts in New Zealand where it reached number 37 - of the groups singles which charted in New Zealand this was the lowest position of any previous single - however the groups next single, "Chiquitita" would return them to the top of the charts...

24th November 1976

Today in 1976 Abba were in Paris where they appeared on TV performing "Money, Money, Money" and "When I Kissed The Teacher"...

Agnetha And Gary Barlow

Agnetha and Gary Barlow performing their duet "I Should've Followed You Home"...

Abba Date - 23rd November 2013

On the 23rd November 2013 Agnetha's latest single (the duet with Gary Barlow) "I Should've Followed You Home" entered the UK charts...

Abba Photo Shoot

More pictures from Abba's photo shoot which took place whilst they were in Holland during November 1976...

Abba Photo Shoot

Whilst Abba were in Holland in November 1976 they received a number of Gold and Platinum records...

Tuesday 22 November 2016

Abba Date - November 23rd 1976

On the 23rd November 1976 Abba were in Holland recording a TV show where they performed three songs...

Abba Date - 23rd November 1978

On the 23rd November 1978 Abba were in Japan where they performed "Dancing Queen" on the TV show "The Best 10"...

Abba Date - 23rd November 1969

On the 23rd November 1969 Agnetha's single "Zigenarvan" ("Gipsy Friend") entered the Svensktoppen chart where it reached number 5 staying in the chart for 6 weeks...

Indian Abba Release

The Indian release of Abba's "Super Trouper" album used a slightly different picture for the cover - one which was more similar to the single cover in other countries...

Agnetha Photo Shoot

A few pictures from an Agnetha photo shoot - one of which was used for the UK release of her single "Can't Shake Loose"...

Monday 21 November 2016

Agnetha Picture Disc

UK picture disc release of Agnetha's single "Can't Shake Loose"....

Abba Date - 22nd November 1983

On the 22nd November 1983 Agnetha's single "Can't Shake Loose" entered the UK charts reaching number 63...

Abba Date - 22nd November 1980

Today in 1980 Abba's single "The Winner Takes It All" entered the Billboard chart in America where it would stay for 26 weeks reaching number 8. This was the groups fourth best chart position as shown below -

  • "Dancing Queen" (reached number 1)
  • "Take A Chance On Me" (reached number 3)
  • "Waterloo" (reached number 6)
  • "The Winner Takes It All" (reached number 8)

Blue Abba Vinyl

Blue vinyl release of Abba's single "So Long"...

Abba Date - 22nd November 1974

On the 22nd November 1974 Abba released "So Long" in the UK...

Abba Date - 22nd November 1978

Today in 1978 Abba were in Tokyo Japan filming a TV show called "Music Fair" where they performed "Dancing Queen", "Take A Chance On Me", "Summer Night City" and "Thank You For The Music".

Sunday 20 November 2016

Agnetha Photo Shoot

Agnetha photo shoot which took place during November 1982...

Abba Date - 21st November 2005

Today in 2005 the Abba compilation album "18 Hits" entered the Australian charts for the first time where it reached number 41 - the album would re-appear in the charts several more times including June 2006, June 2008 and again in May 2013.

Abba Date - 21st November 1982

On the 21st November 1982 Abba's single "The Day Before You Came" was released in Japan...

Abba Date - 20th November 1976

On the 20th November 1976 Abba were in the Netherlands filming a TV show where they performed a number of tracks including "Money, Money, Money"...

Friday 18 November 2016

Susan Boyle Album

Susan Boyle has recoded a version of Abba's "I Have A Dream" which appears on her new album "What A Wonderful World" which is released in the UK on the 25th November. The album also includes Susan's versions of "Like A Prayer", "Always On My Mind" and "Mull Of Kintyre".