Permit us to take you again in time, 50 years to actual…
It’s April sixth, 1974, and the nineteenth version of the annual Eurovision Music Contest is happening The Dome in Brighton, London. Decked out in vibrant glam-rock costumes and sky-high heels, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid “Frida” Lyngstad, aka Swedish pop superstars ABBA, take to the stage to carry out a storming rendition of their tune ‘Waterloo’, then wait with baited breath because the votes are counted and the winners revealed… we expect you know the way the remainder of the story goes!
5 a long time on from the bands report breaking Eurovision win, Polar Music Worldwide rejoice the milestone with a particular fiftieth anniversary re-release of their iconic second album, ‘Waterloo’.
Reissued in quite a lot of completely different codecs, together with a Half-Pace mastered 45RPM 2LP Vinyl, a restricted version field set of the three vinyl singles, and a singular 10-inch vinyl disc that includes ‘Waterloo’ in 4 completely different languages, the report is obtainable to buy on-line HERE.
A brand new line of particular 70’s impressed anniversary attire can be to be launched.
In a joint assertion, the members of ABBA say of their fiftieth anniversary: “It’s barely dizzying and deeply humbling to assume that tens of millions of you who noticed us for the primary time within the Eurovision closing 1974 have handed our music on not solely to 1 era, however to a number of.”
“We see proof of that each time one among us visits ABBA Voyage in London and it’s due to this we are able to rejoice the fiftieth Anniversary of that occasion within the information that our songs nonetheless resonate world wide.”
‘Waterloo’ shall be celebrated internationally right this moment (April sixth) through a collection of particular occasions set to across the globe.
With the “Piano Second”, Benny Andersson has pre-recorded a brief piano piece that shall be skilled as if Benny have been there and enjoying stay. In London, Berlin, Warsaw, and Stockholm, all of the pianos shall be linked collectively concurrently and play the piece each hour through the anniversary day.
In England, the piano is positioned at Waterloo Station in Central London.
To additional commemorate this milestone in music historical past, the extremely wanted launch of songs from ABBA’s catalogue in Dolby Atmos is lastly taking place, with ‘Waterloo’ now being the primary observe to turn out to be obtainable on this format.
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