Top Of The Pops

Filmed 30 September - 2 October 1975
Location BBC Television Studios, London
Broadcast 2nd October 1975, BBC1 and was repeated on 16th and 30th October 1975 on Top of the Pops (all three clips are missing from the archives).
Released This show has not been included on any officially released video or DVD
Notes Episode 613

ABBA performed "SOS"  on Top Of The Pops according to the BBC's Top Of The Pops web-site (introduced by Noel Edmonds) but, the clip does not exist in the BBC Archive any longer. NB. this link is not currently working - if you find it works, please let me know!).  They performed LIVE.

Until researching on the BBC web-site, I had not really recalled a performance of "SOS" on Top Of The Pops. In the darkest reaches of my mind the bubbles at the back *could* be a Top Of The Pops performance and seem strangely familiar to me.

The combination of Frida in long cat dress and Agnetha wearing jeans under her short cat dress seems an odd one!

ABBA's UK visit was from 30 September - 2 October 1975.

The pictures are confirmed as Top of the Pops as one of the pictures was submitted by a book publisher for inclusion in Carl Magnus Palm's book, ABBA - The Complete Guide To Their Music.  To back this up, the picture is also used on the Top of the Pops web-site.

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Related Links Top of The Pops, 1974; Top of The Pops, 1974;  Top of the Pops, 1974; Top of the Pops, 1976; Top of the Pops, 1976
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First picture from UK ABBA magazine "Sensations of the 70s"; second picture from Trijnie's ABBA Annual
Thanks to Carl Magnus Palm for identifying this entry. Extra thanks to Jozsef, David Calverley and Roy Taylor