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I am from Wolverhampton UK, and was lucky enough to be at this concert in Stafford on 11 November 1979. When Frida performed 'Why Did It Have To Be Me', we all know that she wore a different sports top for each date. I am sure that she wore a Wolverhampton Wanderers FC shirt for this date, but in over 40 years have not been able to find proof in photos. I was at the ABBA museum earlier this month, and even they cant help me on this one. I wonder if amongst your vast followers there might be just one fan who has a photo to prove I am not quite mad yet Kindest regards
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Unfortunately, no one seems to know which sports jersey Frida wore at that particular concert. I checked with a few fans who attended that concert, or have been studying the 1979 tour and keeping record of what jerseys she wore at each concert. They think it was either Wolverhampton or Aston Villa. One remembers it as being purple, so it might have been Aston Villa. If anyone reading this knows for sure, could you please tell us at ask@abbaomnibus.com. (thanks to Sara Russell, Ian Jones, and Andrew Casey for help with this answer)
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I was just wondering when the book ABBA: Song by Song is going to be available in Australia. Conflicting dates show from 1st April, 16th April thru to October & November.
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I don't know right now when the book will be available in Australia. Most local bookstore websites originally showed a release date of 1 or 16 April, but now they all show 1 July 2020, with supplies delayed due to the slowing down of international cargo. But I know people who ordered from Angus & Robertson who received their book several weeks ago. Ordering links can be found here.
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Why didn't the song 'The Name Of The Game' appear in the original ABBA in Japan special? Yair, Israel
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'The Name Of The Game' may have been cut simply to reduce the length of the special for TV broadcast. 'Fernando' was also shortened in the original special. Unfortunately, the exact reason is not known.
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About the original version of ABBA The Site, what was the song selection for the "custom playlist" section which according to the "Please Sign Up" message was 148? I suppose this includes the entirety of The Complete Studio Recordings and ABBA Live, but then when the site was launched the early [Swedish but English-language recording] 7" version of 'Waterloo' with Bjorn and Benny's "oh yeah!" at 0:13 was only wide-spread knowledge and the message still said "148" after it was officially released, so that might be an exclusion and a few tracks from Thank You For The Music Disc 4 (the language medleys and 'Slipping Through My Fingers'/'Me And I' especially) might've still ended up here. Maybe a few more exclusions or not? Aaron, Australia (Trying to separate my questions and not do a few in a single post. Leave this part so people understand why my last questions were like that)
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Well, that's a blast from the past. I had to go digging in the internet archive, as I couldn't remember the details on the old version of the official site (plus I'd never really bothered with the tracks online, as I already had everything multiple times over on CD, LP, and SP) The playlist included audio of most the songs on the 2001 remastered CDs of Ring Ring, Waterloo (missing 1 track), ABBA (missing 1 track), Arrival, ABBA - The Album (missing 1 track), Voulez-Vous, Super Trouper, The Visitors, plus Gracias Por La Musica (missing 2 tracks), Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits Vol. 2, The Singles - The First Ten Years, ABBA Gold, ABBA Oro (missing 3 tracks), More ABBA Gold, and Thank You For The Music (missing 6 tracks) - a total of 116 songs. I'm not sure of the 148 total, unless some songs were counted more than once. It was missing the following tracks: It was also missing the following tracks, which at the time the site
was created had not been released on CD. They were not added after they
were released: As a bonus, the site included 30 second snippets of the special birthday recordings Sång till Görel, Hovas vittne, and Tivedshambo.
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The North American leg of the tour finished on October 7. The official release date of the single was 15 October (in the break between the American and European legs of the tour), but it was not released until February 1980 in North America, so any impact from the tour was lost. The American single was also heavily edited (down to 3.35).
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What's the difference between the songs 'Rubber Ball Man' and 'Under The Sun'. I found the two songs in YouTube, but I can't decide who was the demo for which. Thank You,
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Both songs were in development at around the same time. Recording for 'Rubber Ball Man' started on 8 August 1979, and continued through that month. In late July and into August ABBA were also rehearsing for their upcoming tour of North America, and 'Under My Sun' was tried out during the rehearsals.
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With the precedent set with the 40th anniversary releases of Arrival, ABBA - The Album, and Voulez-Vous, I think we can assume that this year we will get similar this year for Super Trouper, and on through the remaining albums' 40th anniversaries, and possibly then the 50th anniversaries of the first three albums to complete the set.
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