New ABBA Collection Item - Aussie Jumper

These jumpers were a common sight in Australia in the 70's. Not the most stylish, or even the most attractive of garments, but still great rare Aussie memorabilia these days.
This one is a registered Reg Grundy product however there were also t-shirts and jumpers available before Reg Grundy became involved in the merchandise.
All items are the same, made by the same companies, but not all have Reg Grundy on them.

New ABBA Collection Item - Aussie T-Shirt

What a fabulous t-shirt !

This has to be my favourite at the moment - can't go past the LOIS pictures.

Great Australian memorabilia :)
This one was obviously available before the name ABBA became a registered trademark and before Reg Grundy became involved with the merchandise - both of which happened during 1976.
As most would know, these items were available from early in 1976. The trademarks were later added to all merchandise - but merchandise was still made by the same companies here in Australia.

Agnetha Out And About June 2012 - More Pics

Rare ABBA Video - So Long TOTP 1974 !

This is an extremely rare video from Top Of The Pops 1974.

Thought to be lost and no longer in the archives, this was recently sourced by Sara of abbaontv fame from a private collection.

Many thanks for her persistence in obtaining this amazing footage !

Click the link to watch it on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuk4giz70tM

More info courtesy of Alex Jones:

As with all appearances in Britain (which was why they stopped coming to Top Of The Pops after Fernando!) they had to re-record their track using British technicians.

So the song was re-done in the BBC studio and then they lip-synched back to the new "hastily made" recording for the TV broadcast. So what you're seeing probably isn't wholly live, but it is definitely a new recording just for the occasion.

This was terribly unfair as UK groups could appear on TOTP miming to their records. ABBA were, after all, masters of the "recorded sound" but they were unable to show this off on TV in Britain as they could elsewhere in Europe.

They got around this for the Mike Yarwood Show and just added slight British elements to their studio recordings of If It Wasn't For The Nights and Thank You For The Music to "fool" the British unions into thinking that they were completely "redone".

To add insult to injury, this So Long performance was reported to have never been broadcast in the UK owing to industrial action blacking out the show at the time (Unions were very strong in television and elsewhere in Britain in the 1970s) and therefore So Long became the only ABBA song not to get properly exposed and failed to chart in Britain.

For years it was thought to have been a lost recording...but now it's surfaced in someone's private collection.

Thanks to Sara for her continued endeavours in ABBA fandom in bringing this to the world's attention. The crowing glory of her ABBA On TV website! x

Agnetha Out And About June 2012 !

Last night (June 7th) was the Royal Tour to honour the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest - Loreen - at the Bernadotte Art Awards Gala at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm. Royals at the event included Prince Carl Philip, Queen Nor of Jordan, Queen Farah of Iran, Princess Isabel of Portugal to name a few. Two Swedish artists who know how it feels to win Eurovision were also in attendance - Carola and Agnetha Faltskog. Agnetha said of Loreen "Superb. I wish her every success. She is an exciting performer in every way."

New ABBA Collection Item - 2012 LOIS Poster

These fabulous posters are new and are to promote the comeback of LOIS Jeans this year !

Measures about 60 x 60cm

Gorgeous !

New ABBA Collection Item - National Poster

This fabulous National Promo Poster is from Australia.

The size is 74 x 49cm

This is not on usual poster paper but a heavy cardboard - just stunning !

New ABBA Collection Item - Sticker Fun Book

Finally ! A much sought after Sticker Fun Book from the UK.

There were 3 books in the series - this one, the colouring book and the one I am still looking for, the ABBA On Tour Press Out Book.

I now have 2 out of 3 !

New ABBA Items From New Zealand

This is a nice little set from New Zealand comprising a School Note Book and a Writing Compendium. Both are Reg Grundy products.

ABBA Australian Doodle Art Kit

Here is a better look at the Doodle Art Kit ... 5 pages in all with the 4 main pages making a fabulous poster ...

Each page is 28 x 38.5cm ...

New ABBA Collection Item - Folders

These fabulous little folders were made by the UK Fan Club for their magazine. It's nice to have the right folders for the mags :)

ABBA Australian Doodle Art Kit

I have finally added this amazing rarity to my collection.

This is the ABBA Doodle Art Kit from Australia 1976 - another fabulous Reg Grundy item and produced by 'Doodle Art (Aust) Pty Ltd ...

So rare .. I thought I'd never seen one except for the one Trudy has :)

New ABBA Collection Item - TV Week Street Poster

My latest addition to my collection of newsagent street posters ... this one is TV Week from 10 December 1977 .... I just love these !

New ABBA Collection Item - Spunky Magazine

I must be getting close to having all the Aussie magazines with ABBA on the cover now.

I just love these Spunky! magazines !!

This one came courtesy of my good friend Trudy :)

New ABBA Collection Items - Posters

These are New Zealand posters that I recently acquired .. the Ring Ring poster is quite large - really lovely !

New ABBA Collection Items - Aussie Posters

I have also added these beautiful Australian posters to my collection - love these !

These are the large official posters that were available here in the 70's

New ABBA Collection Items - National Posters

I have just added these fabulous 'National' store posters to my collection - such a rarity !!

New ABBA Collection Item - 1977 Tour Banners

These banners are the latest additions to my collection.

Designed by myself.

Frida and Agnetha in Australia 1977.

On quality lightweight vinyl - they are just stunning !

Large size at 90 x 50 cm

Look fabulous hanging on the wall !

The Winner Of My ABBA Competition

Here is Karine, the winner of my ABBA competition showing off her prize .. beautiful photo !

Thanks so much Karine for sharing :)

Congratulations one again !

My ABBA Book

I have received the first feedback on my book from an overseas fan and I am glad to say it's all good ! Here is what he had to say:

"What can I say ???  I love it !!!! The thing that makes this so professional is its hard back and I love that. Also its a fab coffee table style picture book. Not full of words. The set list, the dates, the odd caption and "your story" say it all. The pix say the rest. And we all LOVE photos of the band in their heyday. There were pix in there I hadn't seen and I love seeing press cuttings in a book because they don't fade or get creased. I just love it and it shows your love of ABBA and the fact you have spent a lot of time and effort on it. One word - FABBA."           Peter - United Kingdom

Be sure to check it out here:

http://www.abbafanatic.com/#/1977-australian-tour-book/4559632343

ABBA 12" Limited Edition Vinyl

In follow up to my previous post regarding this single being released on 21 April, it will apparently not be available from all record stores listed on the Record Store Day website. It will definitely be available from The Official International ABBA Fan Club and select record stores in some countries. More information to follow as it becomes available.

http://www.abbafanclub.nl/

ABBA To Release A Limited Edition 12-inch Single For Record Store Day

ABBA will release a limited edition 12-inch vinyl single for Record Store Day on Saturday, April 21. Side A features Voulez-Vous (Extended Dance Remix), originally released as a promo-only single in the United States and France. This marks the first commercial vinyl release of this remix. On side B is the equally danceable If It Wasn't For The Nights, originally released on the Voulez-Vous album.

This special Record Store Day release is pressed on blue glitter vinyl and packaged in a cardboard sleeve. The 12-inch single, which is limited to 4,000 numbered copies (catalogue number 00602527957302), is for sale exclusively in participating stores. For more information, please visit recordstoreday.com .

New ABBA Collection Item - 1977 Tour Banner

Beautiful large vinyl banner

ABBA Live In Australia 1977 - Celebrating The 35th Anniversary

I designed this and am having it printed professionally

It is 90 x 50cm - just awesome !

For more details go to my website:

http://www.abbafanatic.com/#/1977-australian-tour-book/4559632343

My Book

I have finally finished editing and reorganizing my book for printing !

Check out the new details here:

http://www.abbafanatic.com/#/1977-australian-tour-book/4559632343

I decided to change the cover - love this new one

New Cover For My ABBA Book

I have changed the cover for my 1977 Tour Book now to take into account that this year it is 35 years since ABBA toured here:

My ABBA 1977 Australian Tour Book

I have finally put together a little book about ABBA's Tour of Australia in 1977.

It's full of great photos and tour details.

It is A4 size in landscape with a hard cover and is 116 pages.

I may still do some alterations to it but am pretty happy with it so far.

A nice keepsake of their tour here :)

Shown here are a few of the pages.

Agnetha At The Elle Awards Ceremony 2012

Some more fabulous photos of Agnetha accepting her award for Fashion Legend at the Elle Awards 2012.