"Wrap Your Arms Around Me" Promotional Material

The image below shows some of the promotional material that was issued at the time Agnetha's album "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" was released...

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Abba Date - 12th June 1983

On the 12th June 1983 Agnetha's first post-Abba solo album (and my favourite !) "Wrap Your Arms Around Me" peaked at number 18 in the UK album charts. The top five albums in the UK that week was as follows -

1. Michael Jackson "Thriller"
2. David Bowie "Let's Dance"
3. George Benson "In Your Eyes"
4. Kool And The Gang "Twice As Kool"
5. Japan "Oil On Canvas"

Despite the disappointing chart position in the UK the album did much better in other countries -

• Number 1 - Belgium, Norway (5 weeks), Sweden (4 weeks)
• Number 3 - Netherlands
• Number 4 - Finland
• Number 9 - Switzerland
• Number 13 - Germany
• Number 15 - South Africa
• Number 18 - UK
• Number 20 - Austria
• Number 34 - Canada
• Number 47 - France
• Number 49 - Australia

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Archive - "Knowing Me, Knowing URL" Article

Whilst sorting through my archive recently I found this article from Record Collector magazine (cleverly) titled "Knowing Me, Knowing URL" which takes a look at various Abba, Agnetha and Frida related websites.

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Collection - International Abba Magazine Covers

Here is a collage I created of all 24 issues of the International Abba Magazine from my collection..

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Collection - ABBA / Frida Cassette Single

Here is a cassette from my collection titled "The Day Before You Came" which includes releases from ABBA and Frida. The cassette contains six tacks (three on each side) as follows:

Side A

• The Day Before You Came
• I Got Something
• To Turn To Stone

Side B

• Cassandra
• I Know There's Something Going On
• Threnody

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Collection - Frida Japanese 7" Single

The image below shows a Japanese import of Frida's single "I Know There's Something Going On" from my collection. The single, which was released in Japan in September 1982, included "Threnody" on the b-side.

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Record Mirror February 1979 - Bjorn Article

Here is another article from the February 1979 edition of Record Mirror - this one features comments from Bjorn on Abba's touring plans as well as a mention for their new album...

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