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Promotional visit 1976 In February 1976 it was announced that ABBA would travel to Australia in March to film a special for the music program Bandstand. It was reported that ABBA were paid $100,000, Channel 9 reportedly …

Fifty years ago ABBA arrived in Australia to film the TV special The Best Of ABBA and other promotional appearances. Read all about ABBA’s first Australian trip here:

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Record of the month - March 2026: Fernando

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This month in Australian ABBA history: 50 years ago ABBA visit Australia for the first time, for promotion and to film the record-breaking TV special The Best Of ABBA. Read all about the trip and more at abbaphenomenon.wordpress.com#this-month-i...

New ABBA Omnibus Facebook page If you follow ABBA Omnibus on social media, you might have noticed that there have been no posts on Facebook since December. Meta, in its infinite wisdom, suspended the Facebook page due to it bein…

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New blog post: New Japanese compilation

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Record of the month - February 2026: The Best Of ABBA

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This month in Australian ABBA history: in 1976 The Best Of ABBA released nationwide, in 1977 Knowing Me, Knowing You released, in 1979 Chiquitita released, in 2010 Mamma Mia! 10th anniversary tour opens.

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New #ABBA questions and answers: I Stand Alone deluxe, 50th anniversaries in 2026, Lay All Your Love On Me single, Voyage documentary, Jag är blott en man.

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Lay All Your Love On Me 10” picture disc to be released 6 February 2026 for Valentines Day.

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Record of the month - January 2026: ABBA - The Album (1984 reissue)

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In Australian ABBA history in January: in 1975 SOS reached number 1, in 1978 ABBA - The Album was released, in 1982 One Of Us was released.

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New blog post: Flashback: opening of ABBAWORLD Sydney

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For Australian fans: musician and author Joe Matera will be discussing his book The Making Of ABBA - The story behind the band’s breakthrough 1975 album on ABC TV News Breakfast on Monday 8 December at around 8.30 am.

The book is released in Australia on 19 December 2025.

Record of the month – December 2025 A monthly look back at ABBA’s history on record The Songbook – Australian Chart Hits The Songbook – Australian Chart Hits is a single disc compilation CD of ABBA’s biggest Australian hit…

Record of the month - December 2025: The Songbook - Australian Chart Hits 🇦🇺

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Happy December! This month in Australian history: in 1977 ABBA - The Movie had its world premiere, in 1981 The Visitors was released, in 1992 ABBA Gold reached number 1, in 2010 the ABBAWORLD exhibition opened in Sydney.

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And also considering it’s been out of print since around 1990.

On this day 50 years ago The Best Of ABBA was released in Australia (in two states only the rest of the country had to wait until the following February). It went on to top the albums chart for 16 weeks and was the first million-selling album in Australia
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Greatest Hits at 50 On 17 November 1975, Polar Music released ABBA’s Greatest Hits album in Scandinavia. Today it is considered part of the ABBA canon catalogue, even though it has been out of print for decades.…

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Happy 80th birthday dear Frida ❤️ #abba #frida #annifrid
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Now added to The ABBA Phenomenon in Australia: positions in the Countdown top 10 for singles from I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do to On And On And On and I Know There’s Something Going On, where available.

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Record of the month – November 2025 A monthly look back at ABBA’s history on record Ring Ring Ring Ring was released in only a handful of countries outside Scandinavia in 1973, including Australia, where it was released in…

Record of the month - November 2025: Ring Ring (1975)

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In November in Australian ABBA history, lots of album and single releases: Ring Ring (1973), The Best Of ABBA (1975), Arrival (1976), Super Trouper (1980), The Day Before You Came (1982), Voyage (2021), and more!

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New book on ABBA’s 1975 breakthrough album Australian musician and author Joe Matera’s new book, The Making Of ABBA – The story behind the band’s 1975 breakthrough album, will be published on 30 October 2025. Joe recently …

New blog post: New book on ABBA’s 1975 breakthrough album

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ABBA’s greatest music videos: Björn Ulvaeus revisits Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia and more! YouTube video by Smooth Radio

ABBA’s greatest music videos: Björn Ulvaeus revisits Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia and more!

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Vote now on LEGO Ideas for proposed ABBA Gold set.

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New #ABBA questions & answers: Australian album sales, ABBA Netflix series?, Chiquitita sheet music, Agnetha on social media, Japanese CD box set, Merry-Go-Round, Frida and Agnetha films. Go to abbaomnibus.com/ask/ for all the answers.

Wie ein Wind: a new biography of Agnetha Fältskog German-Swedish author Micke Bayart is publishing his fourth ABBA-related book, Agnetha Fältskog. Wie ein Wind: Abba-Legende. Pionierin. Mensch (Agnetha Fältskog. Like a Wind: Abba Legend. Pioneer. …

New blog post: Wie ein Wind: a new biography of Agnetha Fältskog

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New releases Do you know of any additional release information not listed here? Please send details to abbaomnibus@gmail.com so they can be added Updated 13 October 2025 The Story of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover…

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50 years an ABBA fan Around this time 50 years ago I became an ABBA fan. It’s hard to believe that half a century has passed. It’s hard to believe I’m that old! But my Seniors Card confirms it. Christ…

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Our #ABBA50at50 celebration on Instagram for the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s first greatest hits collection has reached week 40. The 1976 Japanese compilation ALL ABOUT ABBA was reissued to coincide with ABBA’s November 1978 visit to the country.

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