RING RING AZ ELS� ALBUM

Az egy�ttes bemutatkoz� lemeze 40 �ve jelent meg 1973.m�rcius v�g�n.

Az els�  lemez m�ra m�r sok j�l ismert dalt tartlamaz. A Ring ring c. dalt sv�d �s angol nyelven is. Ez az album megfelelt a nemzetk�zi bemutatkoz�sra, de m�g egy�ltal�n nem az igazi Abba sz�lalt meg rajta. N�h�ny dal igencsak sl�gergyan�s volt m�r megjelen�sekor is. A k�s�bbi dalokban fellelhet�k az els� szerzem�nyek is, amelyek ekkor m�g mindenf�le zenei divatir�nyzatot k�vettek. Az eredeti �s egyedi Abba hangz�sra m�g v�rni kellett.

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The first ABBA album "Ring Ring" was released on 26 March 1973 in Sweden.

Ring Ring - the first album

The first album entitled "Ring Ring" was released by Polar Music on 26 March 1973. It included some already well-known hits as "People Need Love" and "He Is Your Brother" as well as some upcoming singles "Love Isn't Easy", "Nina Pretty Ballerina" and of course the title song "Ring Ring" in two language versions: Swedish and English.

The album was good enough to be promoted internationally but it was no "real" ABBA yet. The songs were a mixture of all possible trends. It was quite easy to recognize which songs had been planned for Bj�rn and Benny's second album if you listen to "I Saw It In The Mirror" or "Rock'n'Roll Band". The latter one was in fact performed live on their tours with lead vocals sung by Frida. The old-fashioned sounding "I Am Just A Girl" was maybe an early version of the future success tunes as "I Do I Do I Do...",  "Hasta Manana" and "I've Been Waiting For You". Three songs that had a big potential were "Nina, Pretty Ballerina", "Another Town Another Train" and "Love Isn't Easy" and they would be released as singles in other countries in Europe. Agnetha contributed for the first and last time during the ABBA period with her own composition "Disillusion" (released as "Mina �gon" earlier on one of her solo LPs) and Frida sang leadvocal on the quite underestimated "Me And Bobby And Bobby's Brother".

/Raffem/