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Carl Magnus Palm, ABBA historian, on puzzling lyrics and ABBA'S career defining songs?

Carl Magnus Palm

35m 59s
First published: February 15, 2024

Five of ABBA's career defining songs with ABBA authority and Historian Carl Magnus Palm. Stay tuned to the end of the interview to discover what Carl believes is ABBA's most significant track and why at the end of the interview.

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Carl's been featured on the Podcast twice before talking about ABBA, he's a popular authority into the SWEDISH phenomenon and always has some great anecdotes about the band having written 9 books on the Subject.

ABBA On Record – Packaged Promoted Reviewed by Carl Magnus Palm explores what happened with ABBA’s music after it had left the studio. The book details the stories behind the iconic album sleeves and shows how the records were received through the ups and down’s of ABBA’s career, including review excerpts and chart positions.

Two supplementary sections in ABBA On Record reveals the contents of the Michael B. Tretow Tapes – hours of unheard recordings from the archives of ABBA’s trusted sound engineer – and describes the making of the group’s 2021 comeback album, Voyage.

If you are interested in ordering this book, then go to:
http://www.abbatalk.com/abbaonrecord/

Follow Carl Magnus Palm on Instagram and Twitter.: @carlmagnuspalm

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