Wednesday, 20 May 2015

"Chess In Concert" DVD Booklet Pictures

Here are a few pictures (which include Josh Groban and Marti Pellow) from the booklet included with the "Chess In Concert" DVD...

Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Collection - "Chess In Concert" DVD

Here are some pictures of the 2009 "Chess In Concert" DVD which was originally recorded at the Royal Albert Hall in London featuring Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Adam Pascal and Marti Pellow.

"Voulez-Vous" Photo Shoot

Here are some pictures from the photo shoot at the Alexandra Disco in Stockholm one which would eventually grace the "Voulez-Vous" album cover...

"Voulez-Vous" Album Promotion

The image below shows a number of the adverts which were used to promote Abba's "Voulez-Vous" album at the time of its release...

Monday, 18 May 2015

Abba Date - 19th May 1979

Today in 1979 Abba's latest album "Voulez-Vous" entered the UK album chart at number 1 where it would stay for four weeks. The top five selling albums in the UK that week were -

  1. Abba "Voulez-Vous"
  2. Leo Sayer "The Very Best Of Leo Sayer"
  3. Art Garfunkel "Fate For Breakfast"
  4. Thin Lizzy "Black Rose (A Rock Legend)"
  5. James Last "Last The Whole Night Long"

"Voulez-Vous" would stay in the UK album chart for 43 weeks and would go on to become the fifth biggest selling album of 1979. Chart positions from other countries around the world are shown below -

  • Number 1 - Argentina, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Zimbabwe
  • Number 2 - Austria, New Zealand
  • Number 3 - Spain
  • Number 5 - Australia
  • Number 6 - Canada
  • Number 13 - France

Frida Picture...

A beautiful picture of Frida that I recently received...

Sunday, 17 May 2015

Collection - Hungarian Single

Abba's "Knowing Me, Knowing You" / "Money, Money, Money" from my collection which was originally released in Hungary in 1977...