KNOWING ABBA
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, HISTORIAN CARL MAGNUS PALM PUBLISHED ABBA – THE COMPLETE RECORDING SESSIONS, THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO THEIR MUSIC. NOW HE’S REVISED HIS OPUS AND – MY! MY! – FUNDED BY ABBA FANS.
WITH MARC ANDREWS
ABBA IN 1976. (PREMIUM ROCKSHOT) (INSET): CARL MAGNUS PALM.
You crowdfunded the revised version of the book. How did that come about? Carl Magnus Palm:
Even though millions of people love ABBA, a book that takes an in-depth look at their music is regarded as a “special interest” title. I thought, why not see if there are enough fans interested in an updated version of the book. There was, it turns out. There’s a certain beauty in ABBA fans coming together to finance this.