Sunday, 19 April 2015

Collection - Agnetha Fan Club Magazines

The image below shows the font covers of the Agnetha Fan Club magazines from my collection...

Agnetha Fan Club Magazine #10

Issue 10 of the Agnetha Fan Club magazine was published during February 1986 and included the following content -

  • News that Abba had recently appeared together for a "This Is Your Life" style TV show for Stig where they performed "Tivedshambo"
  • Details of the "Gemini" album that had recently been released which included seven tracks written by Bjorn and Benny including "Slowly" and "Just Like That"
  • An interesting article over four pages titled "Agnetha - In Her Own Write !" which covers Agnetha's song writing from 1968 to her post-Abba solo albums
  • Details of how the Fan Club members could contribute to a "Birthday Book" which was being created for Agnetha

Archive - "Slipping Through My Fingers" Clipping

As a follow-on to my earlier post here is a clipping (I think from the Record Collector magazine) which talks about the album and single release of "Slipping Through My Fingers" by Coca-Cola in Japan...

Saturday, 18 April 2015

Collection - "Slipping Throught My Fingers" Picture Disc

The image below shows a 7" picture disc version of Abba's "Slipping Throught My Fingers" from my collection. From what I have been able to find out this was issued by Coca-Cola in Japan in 1981 as a promotional item.

Abba Magazine No. 5 Pictures #2

Here is a second set of pictures from issue 5 of the official Abba Magazine

Friday, 17 April 2015

Abba Magazine No. 5 Pictures #1

Here are some pictures of the group from the 5th issue of the official Abba Magazine...

East German Version Of "Arrival" Album

Something I just discovered this week was that in East Germany Abba's "Arrival" album was released with the title "Dancing Queen" with different artwork and a key track replaced. Apparently "Money, Money, Money" didn't go down well with the communist regime so it was replaced with "Bang-a-boomerang".