Today in 1985 Murray Head's single "One Night In Bangkok" from the musical Chess entered the Billboard chart in America where it spent 20 weeks reaching number 3...
Wednesday, 22 February 2017
Abba Compilation
This Abba compilation CD was released in Belarus in 2013 and included the following track list -
- Super Trouper
- Take A Chance On Me
- Mamma Mia
- Money, Money, Money
- Dancing Queen
- Lay All Your Love On Me
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- S.O.S
- Summer Night City
- I Have A Dream
- Fernando
- Hasta Manana
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- Thank You For The Music
- Head Over Heels
- Voulez-Vous
- The Winner Takes It All
- Happy New Year
- Waterloo
Hazell Dean Interview - Part 1
For as long as I can remember I have been a fan of Hazell Dean, in fact I remember buying her single "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" and playing it to death on my stereo. So when I heard the news at the end of 2016 that she was going to releasing an album of Abba tracks titled "Re:Visited" I thought I must try and get an interview with her.
As luck would have it I managed (via her record company Energise Records) to get in touch with Hazell and here is the results of the interview with the lady herself...
Where did the idea come from to record an album of Abba tracks and did you have any concerns about re-recording such iconic records ?
I have to confess it was not originally my idea. I was approached by Carlton Records with the concept that eventually became the 1996 “The Winner Takes It All” album. I really enjoyed recording this album with my dear friend and co-producer, Pete Ware. It became a fan favorite, and one that was quite difficult to get hold of, so re:recording, re:mixing and re:visiting the album felt right for a 2017 release.
How did you go about selecting the songs to include on the album ?
Basically trawling through all of my ABBA albums and creating a shortlist. It’s as simple as that. I listened to a lot of ABBA during the selection process. There were discussions and suggestions, I played with some of the ideas and eventually narrowed it down to the selection that was on “The Winner Takes It All”. For “RE:VISITED” I dropped a couple of tracks and added some new ones to keep it fresh.
You included a couple of album tracks, "Andante, Andante" and "The King Has Lost His Crown", was there any particular reason for choosing those songs ?
I chose all of the tracks because I like them, and more importantly they suit my vocal style, and I knew I would make a good job of interpreting them. ABBA are such wonderful writers/musicians and their original versions so definitive, selecting songs was never going to be an easy mission.They were chosen with love and the deepest respect.
I bought the CD single of "Happy New Year" when it was released at the end of last year - are there any plans to release more singles from the album ?
Oh, without doubt there will be at least one more single release from RE:VISITED.
I will publish part two of the interview with Hazell tomorrow ; for more information on Hazell visit her website by clicking here, to order the album visit Energise Records by clicking here.
Tuesday, 21 February 2017
Abba Vinyl
This Abba compilation titled "Greatest Hits" was released on vinyl in South Korea in 1977 and included a mixture of tracks from the official "Greatest Hits" and "Greatest Hits Vol. 2" albums...
Side 1
- S.O.S
- Dancing Queen
- Ring Ring
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Honey, Honey
- So Long
- Mamma Mia
- Another Town, Another Train
Side 2
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- People Need Love
- Waterloo
- Nina, Pretty Ballerina
- Bang-A-Boomerang
- Dance (While The Music Still Goes On)
- Fernando
Monday, 20 February 2017
Abba Date - 21st February 2011
The Abba compilation album "Icon" entered the charts in New Zealand on the 21st February 2011 ; the album track list was as follows -
- Waterloo
- S.O.S
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
- Mamma Mia
- Fernando
- Dancing Queen
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- The Name Of The Game
- Take A Chance On Me
- Chiquitita
- The Winner Takes It All
Abba Date - 21st February 1979
On the 21st February 1979 Abba's "Summer Night City" entered the Canadian singles chart where it reached number 34 - at this point this was the first of the groups singles not to reach the Top 20 ; however their next single "Does Your Mother Know" was a much bigger hit peaking at number 8.
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