Abba Magazine No. 4 Pictures #1

Today I will be posting pictures from the fourth issue of the official Abba Magazine - the image below shows the cover and a couple of images from inside the magazine...

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Look-in Abba Poster

Last update from the December 1980 issue of Look-in magazine which featured Abba on the cover - here is the pull out poster from the centre of the mag...

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Look-in "Super Trouper" Article

Here is the article which discusses "Super Trouper" from the December 1980 issue of Look-in which I posted earlier today...

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Collection Update - "Look-In" Magazine From December 1980

I recently added two "Look-in" magazines to my collection both of which have Abba on the front cover. The issue below, from week ending 13th December 1980, is all about "Super Trouper" and includes a two page article, a pull out poster and a competition to win the album.

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Abba Date - 9th April 1977

On the 9th April 1977 Abba's "Dancing Queen" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in America. The top 5 selling singles in America that week were -

1. Abba "Dancing Queen"
2. David Soul "Don't Give Up On Us"
3. Thelma Houston "Don't Leave Me This Way"
4. Daryl Hall And John Oates "Rich Girl"
5. Glen Cambell "Southern Nights"

The single was replaced at the top of the chart the following week by David Soul's "Don't Give Up On Us".

Collection - "The Name Of The Game" Sheet Music

The latest sheet music I have added to my collection is for Abba's single "The Name Of The Game"...

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Agnetha Fan Club Magazine #9

Issue 9 of the Agnetha Fan Club magazine was published in January 1986 and included the following news -

• The TV Special "A For Agnetha" had been shown over Christmas on some regional TV stations in the UK
• Elvis Costello wrote a song for "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" titled "Shatterproof" which was eventually recorded by a singer called Billy Bremner
• The readers letters section mostly covered reviews of "A For Agnetha"
• A two page special covering all of Agnetha's Swedish album and single releases

This issue also included a Top 20 chart of Abba songs (where Agnetha had the lead vocal) voted for by the magazine's readers the top five of which are shown below...

1. The Winner Takes It All
2. The Day Before You Came
3. One Of Us
4. Slipping Through My Fingers
5. Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

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