ABBA Magazine Number 31

I recently added some copies of the ABBA Magazine to my collection so I thought it would be interesting to highlight some of the news and articles which were included. First up is issue number 31 which was published in January 1981.

At this point the "Super Trouper" album had only been released for a few months so the magazine is pretty much focused around this - as you can tell from the cover and some of the pictures inside. Also included is an interview with Bjorn (discussing Super Trouper) and Stig as well as an article on the impact of music videos which includes a shot of Lasse Hallstrom filming the video for "The Winner Takes It All".

The back cover of the magazine includes a lovely picture of Agnetha which based on the outfit must have been taken during the shoot for "The Winner Takes It All" video.

Collection Update - "One Of Us" Sheet Music

This week I have added "One Of Us" to my now growing collection of ABBA sheet music.

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Agnetha 100 days on UK Amazon Chart

Agnetha's album"A" has now spent 100 days in the Amazon Top 100 selling albums in the UK and is currently at number 14.

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Abba Date - 8th July 1978

On the 8th July 1978 Abba's latest single release in America "Take A Chance On Me" reached number 3 on the Billboard Hit 100 singles chart - a position it kept for two weeks. With the exception of "Dancing Queen" (which reached number 1) this was the highest position any Abba single reached in the US.

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Collection Update - Australian "Ring Ring"

Just added an Australian release of the "Ring Ring" album on the RCA record label to my collection.

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Abba Date - 4th July 2008

On the 4th July 2008 all of the members of ABBA attended the premier of the film Mamma Mia in Stockholm together with the stars of the film.

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UK Album Chart Update

In this weeks UK Album chart Agnetha's "A" dropped from number 18 down to number 26.

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