ABBA Gold 1992 20th Anniversary |
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2012.01.21. 15:33 |
ABBA Gold
Ez a vlogats cd 19 Abba szmot tartalmaz teljesen j remaster vltozatban.
328 htig vezette a slgerlistkat Angliban. Hihetelen siker, ami visszahozta az Abbt a kztudatba.
Ez a cd azta tbb kiads meglt mr s mg napjainkban is a slgerlistn tartzkodik.
Kiadtak rla singles vlogatsokat is, amelyek az eredeti cd-t npszerstik.
The compliation "ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits" featured 19 newly remastered hits of ABBA. The CD/2LP saw its release on September 21st, 1992. It entered the Swedish album chart one week later on #10. In the UK "ABBA Gold" entered the chart on October 3rd, 1992 and stayed there for unbelievable 328 weeks reaching #1.
It is on charts now again.
It has single releases promoting the original Gold cd.
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Under attack 30th Anniversary |
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2012.01.15. 23:25 |
Under Attack - the single in Europe
The last single released by ABBA was "Under Attack" b/w "You Owe Me One". The both songs sounded very modern and seemed to be the first try to create a totally new sound based and dominated by Benny's synthesizers. This new sound was not appreciated by the fans in Great Britain where the single reached only #26. It entered the UK chart on December 11, 1982 and stayed there for 8 weeks. "Under Attack" was released in the UK both as a 7" and as a picture disc.
Even if Agnetha stated in the newspaper that ABBA did not exist any more it was not officially confirmed and the group's new single "Under Attack" was released in Sweden on February 21st, 1983. The single did not make the Swedish hit chart though.
Az utols kislemez ami megjelent az Abbtl az Under attack s a You owe me one c. dalok voltak. Mindkt dal nagyon modern hangzs s az els olyan prblkozs ami Benny szintetiztoraira tmaszkodik elssorban. Angliban ez az j hangzs nem nyerte el a rajongk tetszst, a slgerlistn csak 26. volt. Az Under attack c. dal megjelent kpes lemezen is Angliban, illetve maxi lemezknt is.
/Nekem is nagyon furcsa volt ez a hangzs elsre s nem is akartam elhinni, hogy ezt a szmot az Abba nekli./
Mikor Agnetha azt nyilatkozta az egyik svd jsgban hogy az Abba nem ltezik tbb, utna ezt hivatalosan senki nem jelentette be. gy 1983 februrjban megjelent az Under attack c. szmuk Svdorszgban is. A slgerlistn nem kerlt az elsk kz.
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The day before you came 30th Anniversary |
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2012.01.15. 23:24 |
The Day Before You Came - the single
The single "The Day Before You Came" b/w "Cassandra" was released on 8 October 1982. The release of "The Day Before You Came" was a big surprise for ABBA fans by that time. Completely different tune to the previous ABBA singles full of melancholy, sounding a bit computer-mechanically with Agnetha's sad voice and Frida in background vocals far away. Completely surprising and different even because of its length of 5.50 - only 1 second shorter than ABBA's longest song ever recorded "Eagle" (5.51). After the first hearing of the song everybody thought that it was not the same ABBA who performed "Dancing Queen" or "Voulez-Vous" or "Head Over Heals" only 10 months earlier - it was ABBA who tried to say good-bye to their fans even if all four members denied it strongly in the UK TV show "The Late Late Breakfast Show" one month later. The autumn 1982 was dark and rainy and hearing "The Day Before You Came" on the radio chart was a very special moment which many old ABBA fans still remember. The B-side song "Cassandra" featuring Frida in lead-vocals was much more typical ABBA song in the same style as "Fernando" and "Chiquitita".
Ez a kislemez 1982 oktberben jelent meg. A The day before you came c. dal megjelense nagy meglepets volt a rajongk szmra. Teljesen ms hangzs volt mint az eddig megszokott Abba hangzs. Miutn elszr volt hallhat mindenki azt hihette ez nem ugyanaz az Abba egyttes, aki a Dancing queen-t nekelte, vagy 10 hnappal elbb a Head over heels c. szmot. Ez az az Abba volt aki prblt bcst inteni rajonginak, ahogy azt meg is tettk a Late late breakfast show-ban. Erre a dalra minden rajong nagyon jl emlkszik s a klnleges pillanatra is. A lemez B oldaln tallhat Cassandra Frida szljval tipikus Abba dal pont olyan stlusban mint a Fernando vagy a Chiquitita.
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ABBA The singles-The first ten years 30th Anniversary |
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2012.01.11. 14:56 |
1982 novemberben jelent meg ez a dupla lemezes kiads. Egyben ez volt az utls, amelyen j stdi felvtel kerlt kiadsra. /The day before you came, Under attack/
A kt lemezen 23 Abba dal hallhat, vlogats legnagyobb sikereikbl.
A lemez nem tartalmaz semmilyen lerst az egyttes plyjrl, sem semmilyen informcit.
Egyedl a lemezek bortja egyedi 1-1 lemez bort kpt tallhatjuk rajtuk.
Ehhez a lemezhez nagyon kedves emlkem fzdik. desapmtl kaptam meg, klfldrl hozta meg nekem, mert itthon nem lehetett kapni. Mikor elszr hallottam az Under attack c. szmukat a rdiban, nem akartam elhinni, hogy ez Abba szm. Sok ismersm csodlkozott is ezen. Ez volt az a lemez, amelyrl tbbszr meg tudtam hallgatni az j dalokat s belttam, tnyleg Abba szm.
The Singles - The First Ten Years
The double compilation album "The Singles - The First Ten Years" saw its release on November 8, 1982 in Sweden. It was the very last ABBA album containing new studio recordings (The Day Before You Came and Under Attack). Totally "The Singles" contained 23 single hits from Ring Ring to One Of Us. The album did not contain any special booklet with the story of the group or any other summary of ABBA's first ten years only four pictures from different periods of the group's career on the innersleeves. Several single hits were surprisingly not included on "The Singles" - songs as Head Over Heels, Lay All Your Love On Me, Angeleyes, Honey Honey are only some examples.
"The Singles - The First Ten Years" entered the Swedish LP chart on December 7, 1982 and it stayed there for only 6 weeks peaking at #19.
This LP has a very nice memory for me. I got it from my father he bought to me it when he was in Holland. Here in Hungary it never released.
I remember, when I listen to the song Under attack first on the radio I won't believe it is an Abba song.
Finally I could listen to the new songs from this LP again and again and I had to believe this is an Abba song.
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Music for UNICEF 1979. |
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2012.01.05. 15:07 |
1979 a gyermekek ve volt s az UNICEF gla koncertet szervezett New Yorkban janur 9-n. Az itt fellp egyttesek, nekesek felajnlottak egy-egy dalt, amelynek sszes djt az UNICEF kapta meg. Segtve ezzel a nehz sors gyermekek lett.
Az Abba egyttes vadonatj dalt ajnlott fel a Chiquitita-t. Ez a koncert volt a dal premierje is itt mutattk be elszr nagy nagy sikerrel.
Az j dal, tbb mint 4 milli dollrt hozott az UNICEF-nek.
A koncert vgn az sszes elad egytt nekelte az Abba rgi slgert a He is your brother-t.
The first public appearance of ABBA took place on the Unicef gala in New York on 9 January 1979. The group performed their brand new song "Chiquitita" with Agnetha's lead vocal.
At the end of the show all participating artists sang ABBA's 1973 hit "He is Your Brother".
Chiquitita gave more than 4 million dollars for UNICEF.
A dal megjelent UNICEF vltozatban, kzsen egy kislemezen a Bee Gees dalval a Too much heaven-nel.
The "Unicef" version of the single released by Polar in Norway contained "Chiquitita" (on Polar label) and "Too much heaven" by Bee Gees (on RSO label).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMIw_y9uRT8
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The Visitors cd 30th Anniversary / Golden gramophone |
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2012.01.03. 14:15 |
The Visitors cd-n
Ez az album jelent meg elszr cd-n. Bennyt s Bjrnt meghvtk a Polydor Cghez, hogy hallgassk meg az j cd lejtszt s hanghordozt, a cd-t. 1982. szn jelent meg, majd ksbb 1983. mrciusban Angliban is kiadtk.
Azrt vratott magra a megjelens, mert gy hallottk az egyik felvtelen hiba van. Nem tudni melyiken. De nem volt hiba a hangmrnkk elhatroztk, hogy egy rszen nem alkalmazzk a digitlis technikt az jra keversnl.
Hallgasd meg a cd-t! Listen to the cd!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XXozlSHkcY&hd=1
"The Visitors" on CD
Bjrn and Benny were invited to listen to a new record played called Compact Disc Digital Audio System. "The Visitors" was the first ABBA album which was issued on CD by Polydor in West Germanyin the autumn of 1982. In Great Britain the CD release of "The Visitors" had to wait until March 1983. While they were listening to the album they heard a fault in one of the tracks (unknown which one) which they thought was a fault on the disc. But not - the fault was in the recording! The engineers explained that that section had been mastered conventionally without the use of digital gear.
Golden Gramophone
Az Abba egyttes 1982-ben kapta meg ezt a djat a Polydor cgtl, k voltak a legsikeresebb eladk az eladott lemezek szmt tekintve. Elsk voltak abban is, hogy megkaptk ezt a djat, mert csak nmet eladk vehettk t. Ez volt az els alkalom, hogy klfldi eladnak tltk oda.
Golden Gramophone for ABBA
In 1982 ABBA were honoured with the prestigious "Golden Gramophone Award" for their success as Polydor's top selling act in 1981. The Golden Gramophone went mainly to classical artists in Germany. This was the first time five of the gramophone replicas went to an act outside Germany.
Nagyon szerencss vagyok, ezt a djat lthattam eredetiben az Abbaworld killtson Gyrben.
Ott vagyok a httrben ppen fotzom.
I am so lucky, I could see this very special award live in Abbaworld Gyr.
You can see me in the background making a photo.
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Agnetha Never again SP 30th Anniversary |
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2012.01.01. 16:16 |
Never again duett Tomas Ledinnel
Agnetha s Tomas a felvteleknl nem tallkoztak a stdiban, kln-kln vettk fel a szlamokat. Mgis gy hangzik, mintha egytt lettek volna. A B oldalon Tomas nekli a Just for the fun c. szmt.
Never Again - duet with Tomas Ledin
The single "Never Again" performed together by Agnetha and Tomas was promoted internationally. The B-side of the single contained "Just for the Fun" performed by Tomas Ledin. Agnetha and Tomas did not meet each other in the studio. They recorded their vocals separately even if it sounds as a very near studio collaboration.
Spanyolorszgban angol s spanyol nyelv vltozata is megjelent. Ez a spanyol vltozat Dl-Amerikban is kiadsra kerlt.
In Spain the single was released in two versions - the first single featured an English language version of "Never Again" and the second single featured a Spanish version which was entitled "Ya nunca ms". The Spanish version was even released South America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYtOwJzYbpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqDxZH4Ilis
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Frida Something's going on 30th Anniversary |
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2012.01.01. 15:06 |
A stdiban
Frida Phil Collinst szerette volna felkrni j lemeze producernek. Ez a vgya teljeslt is. Collins egyttesvel a Genesis-szel Stockholma replt s az Abba zenszeivel kzsen megkezddtt a lemez felvtele. Miutn Frida kivlasztott 11 j szmot, amit Stephen Bishop, Bryan Ferry, Phil Collins, Tomas Ledin and Per Gessle a Roxettbl rtak. Teljesen j hangzs szmokat vlogatott ki a lemezre. j s klnbz hangzst szeretett volna.
Something's Going On - the recording sessions
Frida's wish was that Phil Collins would produce the album and she got as she wanted. Collins schedule was not so tight by that time and he came to Stockholm together with his musicians. Collins' group Genesis and Lyngstad's group ABBA had not so much in common musically and maybe that's why Frida chose Collins as a producer. She wanted to do something new and completely different. Frida had chosen 11 songs for her new album. They were written by well-known international composers as Stephen Bishop, Bryan Ferry, Phil Collins as well as her Swedish friends: Tomas Ledin and Per Gessle (of Roxette).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn92KgrQb2s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh5duhzq-wo&feature=related
Az album
1982. nyarn jelent meg az album.
Frida els angol nyelv albuma volt az Abbn kvl az egsz vilgon megjelen lemez. Nagyon klnleges hangzs album lett. Nehezn vlasztottk ki a szmot, amely kislemezen is megjelent. Vgl a cmad dal kerlt fel az SP-re. Ez nagy sikert aratott mind Eurpban, mind az USA-ban.
"Something's Going On" - the album
The album "Something's Going On" was released at the end of the summer 1982. Frida's first English language album was the very first solo project of an ABBA member which was released world-wide. Lots of publicity around the production of this album and of course the star cooperation Frida-Phil made all fans extremely curious about the result. The album had a very special sound which was a mixture of Collins, Earth Wind and Fire and of course Frida's voice. It contained 11 tracks but it was quite difficult to find songs for single releases which according to several ABBA biographers made co-producer Stikkan Anderson worried about commercial future of the album. The first single "I Know there's something going on" became though a big success for Frida both in Europe and USA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=372436tJiaM
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ABBA exhibition in Vallentuna / Abba killts Vallentunban |
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2011.11.16. 23:33 |
ABBA killts Vallentunban
Az Abba egyttes tagjai 1972-1975 kztt Vallentunban ltek. A vros killtst rendezett az egyttest bemutat emlkekbl, hangyslyt helyezve a vros jsgjban megjelent hrekre s klnleges eddig mg meg nem jelent kpekre.
ABBA exhibition in Vallentuna
The local authorities in Vallentuna outside Stockholm promote the municipality with ABBA's help. The ABBA members lived in Vallentuna between 1972 and 1975 and the authorities promote the commune by among others an ABBA exhibition in Vallentuna center in autumn 2011. Earlier in the autumn 2011 there was a big ABBA feature in Vallentuna's local newspaper with several previously unpublished pictures of the group taken just in Vallentuna in the early days.
/Info Raffem/
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ABBA tulip |
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2011.11.08. 19:13 |
ABBA Tulip
Az ABBA tulipn tnyleg ltezik!
Ez a tulipn az egyttesrl kapta a nevt.
This is real ABBA tulip!
This flower got its name by Abba.
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