| Filmed | December 1976 |
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| Location | Polar Music offices, Baldersgaten, Stockholm, Sweden |
| Broadcast | SVT, Sweden small part was briefly used in "ABBAMania 2", ITV2, December 2004, UK |
| Released | This clip has been released officially on the Arrival Deluxe Edition |
| Notes | ABBA are interviewed around a table at their offices in Stockholm and
asked about their success all over the world in three short years. One
of the interviewers is British DJ Richard Skinner who was interviewing them
on behalf of American radio.
Stig was also
interviewed and listed sales volumes country by country (including over
800,000 for "Arrival" in Australia) ABBA also model
the "Keep Australia Beautiful" t-shirts for the Australian "Keep
Australia Beautiful" campaign. They are photographed in the Polar
offices by Bengt H. Malmqvist (who died in 2008). The TV advert
didn't feature ABBA live/moving at all, it was just the shot taken in the
Stockholm offices with a voice over
saying "ABBA support Keep Australia Beautiful and know that those of you
who love your country will do the same".
The ad had Tropical Loveland playing underneath. Benny & Björn are shown playing piano and guitar respectively at the beginning and end of the report. Firstly, they play "Jingle Bells" and they end with a snippet of a brand new song called "Thank You For The Music". Extra scenes not included in this Rapport piece, were included in the Japanese programme "Ohayo 700" where they were interviewed by the "Ohayo 700" reporter Bosse. In that report, Bosse handed over the score of the "Ohayo 700" theme tune and Agnetha and Frida tried to sing it in Japanese and Björn and Benny tried to play it. |
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| Related Links | Keep Australia Beautiful; |
| Credits |
Thanks to Rod Kirkman, Ian Cole, Jeff Chandler, Julie Rickwood, Sam Shervz, Reiko, Mayumi Taheri and Robin Andersson YouTube link c/o kamy876 |