The ABBA Phenomenon in Australia

	THE AUSTRALIAN DISCOGRAPHY The full details of all ABBA records released in Australia, including release dates, full track listings and picture sleeves. Currently available Now with cartridge (8-track) tracklists.
	AUSTRALIAN MERCHANDISE & MEMORABILIA A comprehensive list of ABBA merchandise that has been available in Australia.
	THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR 1977 Relive the excitement of ABBA's only Australian concert tour. Full tour itinerary, concert play list, and more.
	THE PROMOTIONAL TOUR 1976 Full details of ABBA's first visit to Australia in 1976 to record the television special THE BEST OF ABBA.
	ABBA - THE MOVIE The story of ABBA - THE MOVIE, including full credits, songs featured and a behind the scenes look at the making of ABBA's only feature film.
	THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL All about the commercials ABBA made for the Japanese electronics manufacturer NATIONAL.
	KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTFUL ABBA's involvement in the national anti-litter campaign
	THE ARCHIVE A collection of classic articles from newspapers, magazines and other publications.
	ABBAWORLD The Official Interactive Exhibition in Australia.
	MAMMA MIA! 2017-2018 National Tour plus previous Australasian productions of smash hit musical based on 22 of ABBA's songs. MAMMA MIA! THE MOVIE
	THE GALLERY A selection of ABBA pictures, plus links to all the picture galleries contained in each section of the site.
	ABBA LINKS Many Australian-based ABBA sites, plus some of my favourites from overseas
	CREDITS The people and resources that have helped build this site.
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This site was created 19 July 1997
It was last updated 11 September 2020

Featured in The Official International ABBA Fan Club Magazine no. 92, September 2007 Featured in the article How Could We Resist You? in The Weekend Australian Magazine, 3-4 March 2007.

Featured on Saturday Night Live with Paul Makin
30 June 2007

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SEPTEMBER

1974 Honey, Honey/Dance (While The Music Still Goes On) single released

1975 Mamma Mia/Hey, Hey Helen single released

1976 Dancing Queen single reaches number one, where it stays for eight weeks

1976 ABBA in Sweden television special broadcast

1981 More Stars single by Stars on 45 featuring a medley of ABBA hits enters the chart

1981 Berserk Warriors single by Mental as Anything enters the chart; the song is a tribute to Björn and Agnetha's break-up

1982 Frida's LP Something's Going On released

1983 Agnetha's single Wrap Your Arms Around Me/Take Good Care Of Your Children released

1984 Budget compilation LP Hits! Hits! Hits! released

1987 ABBA 1977-1987 The Tenth Anniversary Special VHS released for rent

1991 Chess musical closes in Sydney after seven-month run

1992 Dancing Queen/The Day Before You Came CD single released

1994 Film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, featuring ABBA songs and storyline, premieres

1996 Forever Gold CD and VHS released

1998 Book Fanclub - It’s A Fan’s World, Pop Stars Just Live In It by Barry Divola published; features a chapter on an ABBA fan convention

1999 More ABBA Gold - More ABBA Hits CD re-released

1999 ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits certified 12 times platinum, signifying sales of 840,000 copies

2001 Book Bright Light Dark Shadows - The Real Story of ABBA published; author Carl Magnus Palm visits Sydney and Melbourne to launch the book

2002 The Definitive Collection CD, DVD and VHS released

2002 Mamma Mia! musical opens in Sydney

2003 ABBA Gold - Greatest Hits DVD released

2004 ABBA at 30 – Super Troupers: 30 Years of ABBA first broadcast on television

2010 ABBA ICON CD released

2014 ABBA Live At Wembley Arena DL released

2017 Benny's CD/DL Piano released

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In memory of Marco Sweers 1963 - 1997
The first and most ardent fan of this web site
"I swear I could hear the fans screaming, I smell the atmosphere..."

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