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Music on vinyl: The winner takes it all - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The winner takes it all - Abba
The final Japanese Abba single for today is the monumental track 'The winner takes it all'. It should be fitting to end with this one, becau...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Music on vinyl: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A man after midnight) - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/gimm...
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A man after midnight) - Abba
'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)' was written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, with the lead vocal sung by Agn...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Music on vinyl: Chiquitita - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/chiq...
Chiquitita - Abba
'Chiquitita' proved to be one of Abba's bigger hits. It was featured in the Music for UNICEF Concert, broadcast worldwide from the United N...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Music on vinyl: Summer night city - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/summ...
Summer night city - Abba
While 'Summer night city' was recorded during sessions for the group's then-upcoming sixth studio album Voulez-Vous (1979), it was scrapped...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Music on vinyl: Eagle / Thank you for the music - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/eagl...
Eagle / Thank you for the music - Abba
This double A-side single was also released as a double A-side single in Japan, with almost exactly the same sleeve - with some added Japane...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Music on vinyl: Take a chance on me - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/take...
Take a chance on me - Abba
Contrary to most of those earlier Abba singles, 'Take a chance on me' came with a similar sleeve to European ones in Japan. The only thing a...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Music on vinyl: The name of the game - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The name of the game - Abba
Yet another copy of 'The name of the game', this time from Japan. Originally, another track entitled 'Hole in Your Soul' was intended for re...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Music on vinyl: Dancing queen - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/danc...
Dancing queen - Abba
Abba (especially Benny Andersson) wanted to release 'Dancing Queen' as the follow-up single to 'Mamma Mia' but their manager, Stig Anderson,...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Music on vinyl: Fernando - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/fern...
Fernando - Abba
I went through some recent acquisitions pertaining to Abba yesterday, but I also bought a few Japanese pressings a bit longer ago, which I w...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Music on vinyl: Voulez-vous / Angeleyes - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/voul...
Voulez-vous / Angeleyes - Abba
In the UK, the double A-side single was called ' Angeleyes / Voulez-vous ', but in Europe the non-alphabetical order 'Voulez-vous / Angeleye...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Music on vinyl: Money, money, money - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/mone...
Money, money, money - Abba
The song you knew as ' Money, money, money ' was called 'Money, money' in Italy. At least, it seems that way when you look at this sleeve. O...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Music on vinyl: The name of the game - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The name of the game - Abba
I know I did an entry on ' The name of the game ' in September, but that was before I went to Vienna and found this copy of the same single....
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November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Music on vinyl: Knowing me, knowing you - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/know...
Knowing me, knowing you - Abba
Along with ' I do, I do, I do ' I bought another Abba single in Vienna with a strikingly different sleeve. And again, this one was made in A...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Music on vinyl: Strangelove - Depeche Mode musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/stra...
Strangelove - Depeche Mode
When I bought ' Blasphemous rumours / Somebody ' on red vinyl earlier this year, it was a bit of a lucky buy along with a few other singles....
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November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Music on vinyl: Amiga Quartett - Nena musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/amig...
Amiga Quartett - Nena
Another one of those delicious Amiga Quartett EP's is dedicated to Nena. It was their first of two EP's released by the East-German state-ru...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Music on vinyl: Freunde der Nacht - Pascalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/freu...
Freunde der Nacht - Pascalis, Marianna, Robert & Bessy
With ' Mathema solfege ' the quartet consisting of Paschalis Arvanitidis, Marianna Tolli, Robert Williams and Bessy Argyrake represented Gre...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Music on vinyl: I do, I do, I do - Abba musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/i-do...
I do, I do, I do - Abba
The song most people know as 'I do, I do, I do, I do, I do' was presented as 'I do, I do, I do' on this colour Austrian sleeve of this 1975 ...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Music on vinyl: Phased - All About Eve musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/phas...
Phased - All About Eve
After All About Eve signed to MCA Records, incredibly, the releases on various formats kept coming, but they weren't as exciting as before. ...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Music on vinyl: In the heat of a passionate moment - Princess musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/in-h...
In the heat of a passionate moment - Princess
After I found 'I'll keep on loving you' on 12", I also found this one by Princess. 'In the heat of a passionate moment' is a lesser known tr...
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November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Music on vinyl: I can't give everything away - David Bowie musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/i-ca...
I can't give everything away - David Bowie
With the recent release of the box set  I Can't Give Everything Away , David Bowie has been promoted heavily by the 'serious' music press. T...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Music on vinyl: Electric blue - Icehouse musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/elec...
Electric blue - Icehouse
Every time when I order something from far away - in this case, an American promotional cd-single by Cock Robin that I'd been after for some...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Music on vinyl: I'll keep on loving you - Princess musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/ill-...
I'll keep on loving you - Princess
Although I have become hesitant to buy 12" singles of late, because a lot of them have been released on cd recently on the excellent series ...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Music on vinyl: Never / These dreams - Heart musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/neve...
Never / These dreams - Heart
I have been buying a lot of singles by Heart recently, but 12" singles weren't on my radar yet. I was quite surprised to bump into one with ...
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November 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Music on vinyl: For America - Red Box musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/for-...
For America - Red Box
After the release of the box set  Anthology 1980-1990  last year, you might think that there's no reason to buy any Red Box vinyl from that ...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Music on vinyl: Non ho l'eta - Gigliola Cinquetti musiconvinyl.blogspot.com/2025/11/non-...
Non ho l'eta - Gigliola Cinquetti
Although I already own several copies of 'Non ho l'eta', I never saw this one. It's an EP, released soon after her impressive win at the Eur...
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November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM