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( 1 ) ABBA - unplugged: copyright 2004 Karl French. Author: Karl French ISBN 0-7499-5034-X hardback - 287 pages. 16.3cm x 24cm. Very small section of pix. In April 1974, 500 million television viewers across Europe witnessed the bizarrely thrilling sight of four garishly-dressed unknowns from Sweden storming their way to victory in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was "Waterloo". ABBA had arrived. Over the next three decades, the band moved on through an almost unbroken succession of hit albums and singles. ABBA have sold more than 400 million records around the world, and their songs inspired a musical which since opening in April 1999 has been seen by more than 10 million people. In "ABBA Unplugged", Karl French, a journalist and author specialising in popular culture, brings his inimitable wry perception to bear on the band's whole story. Born in Sweden, and raised in England, he comes to the subject as someone with first-hand knowledge of the very particular background from which ABBA emerged. He has been a fan - although not necessarily an uncritical one - for three decades. |
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( 2 ) Bright Lights Dark Shadows: copyright 2001 Carl Magnus Palm. copyright Omnibus Press 2001 Author: Carl Magnus Palm ISBN 0-7119-8389-5 hardback - 554 pages. 16.3cm x 24.5cm. Very small section of pix. By the time ABBA split up, no one was in any doubt that behind the glitter there was a dark side, and behind the smiling group were four troubled individuals. But even as a whole new generation of fans discovers ABBA's great music, Anni-Frid, Agnetha, Benny and Bjorn have continued to remain rather shadowy, secretive figures. Their marriages, personal break-ups and superficial biographical details are well known ... but who exactly were ABBA? How did Norwegian Anni-Frid, the illegitimate daughter of a German soldier, become a real-life princess? How did folksy Benny and Bjorn reinvent themselves as an international pop force to rival Lennon and McCartney.? And what actually happened to blonde Agnetha who smiled a lot but never really looked happy? The author answers these and many more questions about the hit group no one took seriously ... until everyone did. |
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( 3 ) Människorna Och Musiken: copyright 1996 Carl Magnus Palm. Author: Carl
Magnus Palm hardback - 206 pages, several black and white photographs.
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( 4 ) The Complete Recording Sessions: copyright 1994 Carl Magnus Palm. Author: Carl
Magnus Palm hardback - 128 pages, large selection of colour and black and white pix. 22.5cm x 28cm size.
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( 5 ) From ABBA to Mamma Mia: - English Version - Japanese Version - Swedish Version
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( 6 ) Verdens Største Popeventyr: - Norwegian Version
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