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Most of the Australian singles from 'Dancing Queen' to 'Under Attack'
had picture sleeves. The only ones that didn't were 'Chiquitita (Spanish
version)', 'Super Trouper', and 'One Of Us'. Most of the later singles
(from 'Summer Night City', when they started to be issued with a folded
piece of paper in a plastic sleeve) it seems that only the first
pressing had picture sleeves, later pressings were available in generic
record company sleeves. I've never seen any of the singles prior to this
without their picture sleeve.
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Could you write me a release date for the singles 'I Know There's Something Going On' by Frida and 'Head Over Heels' by ABBA?Thanks, Matej, Slovakia
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Head Over Heels was released as a single on 19 March 1982. 'I Know There's Something Going On' was released on 17 August 1982.
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Yes, a second or so of vocals can be heard right as 'That's Me' fades out. It's quite likely that the "I can't help my ways" verse was repeated in the original recording, but faded out for release as the song was probably getting a bit repetitious at that point. The same happened with 'Honey, Honey' - bootleg recordings reveal that the first and second verse were repeated, but the released version fades at the end of the repeated first verse.
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Imagine you had the role of deciding the actual ABBA UK single discography
running order throughout their active years, what would you select, replace or
add?
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Tricky question. I'm not sure I'd change much. Maybe release 'Honey, Honey' in 1974, though it would have competed with Sweet Dreams version (as it did in Australia, where they were lumped together on most charts). Release 'Eagle'/'Thank You For The Music' in 1978, though Epic probably would have flipped the single, and I'm not sure what 'Thank You For The Music' would have done for ABBA's image at that time, when they were trying to be more progressive. Release 'When All Is Said And Done' in around August 1981, though that should have been a worldwide single at that time. Release 'The Visitors' as the A-side in 1982 instead of 'Head Over Heels' in 1982. It might have fared better in a chart alongside the likes of The Human League, Gary Newman, Visage, Ultravox, etc.
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I wonder, where are all the ABBA Voyage costumes now. Or do they only exist in digital form? Kind regards
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The ABBA Voyage costumes were created in the real world before they
were digitised for the avatars. There are a couple of photos in the
Voyage concert programme. I don't know where they are now, but it would
be ideal for them to be on display in the foyer of ABBA Arena or at ABBA
The Museum.
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