"Ring Ring" Deluxe Edition

I have just received my copy of the Deluxe Edition of "Ring Ring" - please see below some pictures of the outer and inner packaging.

 

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Collection Update - 7" Australian "Money Money Money"

One of the latest additions to my collection is a 7" import from Australia which has "Money Money Money" on the A side and "Crazy World" on the B side. Released on the RCA record label in 1976 the single reached the number 1 spot in the Australian singles chart.

 

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ABBA Date - 11th October 1976

On the 11th October 1976 ABBA released their latest album "Arrival" in Sweden. In the UK the album hit the number 1 spot in the Album chart - it was also the biggest selling album of 1976 and the 11th biggest selling album of the 70s.

 

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ABBA Date - 8th October 1982

On the 8th 1982 October ABBA released their latest 7" single "The Day Before You Came" which reached number 32 in the UK - their lowest chart position since "I Do I Do I Do I Do" which reached number 38 in 1975.

The single did better in other countries reaching number 2 in Finland, number 3 in Sweden and Belgum and number 4 in Switzerland.

This is probably my second favourite ABBA track (after "The Winner Takes It All") and it's a little sad that it didn't do quite so well in the UK charts however at that time I don't believe anything ABBA released would have done well as the general record buying public had moved on. Although of course they would eventually come back.…. 

The single also had one of my favourite videos where I think Agnetha showed her acting talents. In some countries the single was also released as a 12" although the actual running time was exactly the same as the 7" single.

Two years after ABBA released the single the UK the British synth group Blancmange released a version which did slightly better in the UK chart reaching number 22. I remember buying the 12" version of this and loved the middle section which at the time was probably the first remix of an ABBA song I had ever heard.

 

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ABBA Date - 6th October 1978

On the 6th October 1978 Benny and Frida were married on the island of Lidingo. The ceremony was attended by Bjorn and Agnetha as well as Frida's father. The image shows a newspaper article from the time. 

ABBA Magazine Number 34

Issue number #34 of the Abba Magazine was published in April 1981- the magazine has a picture of Bjorn on the cover from the "Super Trouper" video.

The magazine mentioned the TV programme "Words And Music" and that in America the single "On And On And On" reached number 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. There is also a small piece that confirms the sad news of Frida and Benny announcing their divorce in February.

The majority of the magazine is taken up with an interview with Bjorn who had just returned from a trip to New York with Benny where they had seen a number of musicals (including Evita) on Broadway. Bjorn also mentioned that he and Benny were soon to begin writing for ABBA's next album.

The second major article details how a German fan reading Bravo connected the dots which lead to Frida being re-united with her father.

As usual the magazine also includes a number of recent pictures of the group from TV performances and video shoots.

 

ABBA Date - 3rd October 1980

On the evening of 3rd October 1980 ABBA were at the Europa Film Studios in Stockholm where Lasse Hallstrom filmed the circus crowd scenes which were used for the "Super Trouper" video and album artwork..

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