Competition Time

Here is your chance to win a copy of Hazell Dean’s new album of Abba tracks “Re:Visited” along with a signed photo of the lady herself.

To enter the competition all you have to do is send an email to hazelldeancompetition@gmail.com with a note confirming the name of the Abba track Hazell released as a single at the end of 2016.

The competition will close on the 24th March 2017 - note that due to postage the competition is only open to those who live in Western Europe and North America.

Of course if you want to ensure that you receive a copy of the album you can order it via Energise Records www.energiserecords.com ; and for more information on Hazell please visit her website at www.hazelldean.net.

Abba Compilation

The picture below shows the cassette version of an Abba compilation which was released in France in 1976...

Abba CD Single

This promo Abba CD single was released in Sweden in 1989 included the following tracks -

• Dancing Queen
• Knowing Me, Knowing You
• Voulez-Vous
• Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
• Waterloo

Abba Date - 7th March 1977

Today in 1977 Abba's "Knowing Me, Knowing You" entered the charts in Australia where it stayed for 15 weeks reaching number 9...

 

Compilation Album

This compilation album titled "Abba Story" was released in France in 1991...

Abba Date - 6th March 2004

Today in 2004 the Abba compilation album "The Abba Story" entered the charts in France where it stayed for 25 weeks reaching number 2.

Abba Magazine

Issue 17 of the International Abba Magazine was published during April 1983 and featured a picture of Bjorn on the cover - the editorial section provided the following updates -

• News of Agnetha's acting debut
• Confirmation the "I'm Sill Alive" would be on Agnetha's solo album (of course this proved to be wrong)
• Stig presented King Gustav of Sweden with a copy of Abba The Singles The First 10 Years
• Frida appeared at the San Remo Song Festival in February

The first major article in this issue was an interview with Micke Tretow where he discussed how he created the Abba sound in the studio. There then followed an interview with a fan who met Abba during their last visit to London.