Friday, 9 January 2015

UNICEF Event Poster

As a follow on from my last post here is a poster for the UNICEF concert during which Abba performed "Chiquitita" on the 9th January 1979...

Thursday, 8 January 2015

Abba Date - 9th January 1979

On the 9th January 1979 Abba performed "Chiquitita" at the Music For Unicef : A Gift Of Song concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The concert also included the Bee Gees, Earth Wind And Fire, Olivia Newton-John, Rod Stewart And Donna Summer. The opening number included a medley with all of the performers which ended with Abba's "He Is Your Brother".


Liverpool Echo Website Abba Quiz

To celebrate "Mamma Mia" returning to Liverpool next month the Liverpool Echo website has an Abba quiz - click the image below to jump to the website and give it a go...

 

Abba's Greatest Hits From Japan

Today I have been listing to a double Greatest Hits album from Japan which includes the following tracks -

Side A

  • Dancing Queen
  • What About Livingstone
  • Hey Hey Helen
  • Honey Honey
  • Mamma Mia
  • Waterloo

Side B

  • Gonna Sing You My Lovesong
  • Another Town Another Train
  • Nina, Pretty Nallerina
  • Ring Ring
  • Suza-Hang Around
  • Bang-A-Boonerang

Side C

  • That's Me
  • Hasta MaƱana
  • My Mamma Said
  • I Am Just A Girl
  • Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
  • Intermezzo No. 1

Side D

  • Fernando
  • S.O.S
  • Rock Me
  • I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
  • People Need Love
  • I've Been Waiting For You

 

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Collection - 12" Abba Singles

Here a some pictures of four 12" Abba singles from my collection -

  • Voulez-Vous / Does Your Mother Know
  • Chiquitita
  • Voulez-Vous / Angeleyes
  • Lay All Your Love On Me

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

More Photos From 1980 Abba Annual

Here are some more pictures taken from the 1980 Abba Annual...

 

 

Agnetha Albums Back In UK Amazon Charts

Following the re-showing of the Agnetha documentary last night in the UK Amazon's "Movers And Shakers" chart this morning showed Agnetha having four of the top five selling CDs...

On the main Amazon CD chart Agnetha's last album "A" is at number 11.