Cat. No. VV 1236: ABBA ~ ARRIVAL. RCA VICTOR VPL1-4034.
USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.
WE THINK THE WHOLE WORLD WOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH ABBA SO WE WILL ONLY BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THEIR HISTORY.
ABBA FORMED IN STOCKHOLM IN 1972. THEY ARE AMONG THE MOST RENOWNED AND COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL MUSICAL GROUPS IN HISTORY, RANKING AS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING MUSIC ACTS IN THE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC. IN 1974, ABBA WON THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST FOR SWEDEN WITH THEIR SONG "WATERLOO". DURING THEIR PEAK, ABBA COMPRISED OF TWO MARRIED COUPLES: AGNETHA FALTSKOG AND BJORN ULVAEUS AND BENNY ANDERSSON AND ANNI-FRID LYNGSTAD. AS THEIR FAME GREW, THEIR PERSONAL LIVES SUFFERED, LEADING TO THE DISSOLUTION OF BOTH MARRIAGES. ABBA DISBANDED IN DECEMBER 1982.
THIS ALBUM "ARRIVAL" WAS THE FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM BY THE GROUP RELEASED IN 1976 BY POLAR RECORDS AND RELEASED IN AUSTRALIA BY RCA VICTOR. IT BECAME ONE OF ABBA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUMS, PRODUCING THREE OF THEIR BIGGEST HITS: "DANCING QUEEN", "MONEY, MONEY, MONEY" AND "KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU". THE TRACK "FERNANDO" WHICH HAD BEEN RELEASED IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR WAS INCLUDED ON THE AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND VERSIONS OF THE ALBUM. THE ALBUM WAS THE BEST-SELLING ALBUM OF 1977 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WAS CERTIFIED GOLD BY THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
THE SLEEVE IS BI-FOLD AND IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR INCLUDING MINOR RING WEAR ON THE FRONT AND REAR OF THE SLEEVE AND MINOR WEAR ALONG A COUPLE OF EDGES AND CORNERS. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.
TRACK LISTNG: Side 1 - When I Kissed The Teacher / Dancing Queen / My Love, My Life / Dum Dum Diddle / Knowing Me, Knowing You. Side 2 - Money, Money, Money / That's Me / Why Did It Have To Be Me / Fernando / Tiger / Arrival.
12" VINYL RECORD