Chris and Jane (copyrightliteracy.org) talk to researcher, author and the world's leading expert on all things ABBA - Carl Magnus Palm. They discuss ABBA's origins and the division of creative labour in the band, how the band got their name, the ABBA revival in the 1990s and how they have responded to the huge number of tribute acts. They also share stories of the authorised and unauthorised uses of ABBA's music and once again get dragged into the weird world of the KLF.

Links to things mentioned in the show:

Abba at 50 in the news and BBC documentary:
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2024/the-bbc-celebrates-abba-in-april-50-years-since-their-eurovision-win-in-1974 and https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b03lyzpr/abba-at-the-bbc

Carl Magnus's book Abba at 50: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ABBA-at-Carl-Magnus-Palm/dp/1786751011

Carl Magnus's website including his new book (Abba on Record): https://www.carlmagnuspalm.com/
https://www.carlmagnuspalm.com/abba/abba-books

Link back to Mark Lewisohn Copyright Waffle podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/user-243274189/copyright-waffle-episode-20-with-mark-lewisohn-part-1

Pop Pantheon podcast with DJ Louis XIV and Carl Magnus Palm: http://share.transistor.fm/s/1455862b?fbclid=IwAR0khgA-PDB3dUjTQn6B1hP20Ftj1yy76DWwZ8X-WkDQf3BHUr3s7tMwjY0

Abba Mania and trade mark infringement case:
https://collyerbristow.com/shorter-reads/abba-sues-official-tribute-band/
https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/abba-settles-lawsuit-against-tribute-band-over-abba-mania-name-2022-01-21/

George Mcrae's Rock Your Baby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKXui6_y2HM and the Wikipedia article about the song: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Your_Baby
https://www.smoothradio.com/features/abba-dancing-queen-meaning-facts-lyrics-video/

Blurred Lines case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharrell_Williams_v._Bridgeport_Music

Simon Anderson Copyright waffle podcast: https://copyrightliteracy.org/2019/12/16/musical-waffling-with-simon-anderson/

Simon Anderson lecture at Glasgow: https://www.create.ac.uk/news/2017/02/21/anderson-2017/

Dancing Queen by the JAMMs (precursor to the KLF): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJUyqhj4zMM

Link to John Higgs book on the KLF: https://johnhiggs.com/books/the-klf/ and podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-243274189/copyright-waffle-episode-27-with-john-higgs
Madonna samples Abba's Gimme, gimme, gimme in 'Hung up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hung_Up
The Fugees sample's the Name of the Game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_in_the_Jungle_(song)
Abba National advert from 1976: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqpCjM1XgPU
Swedish Music Archive: https://www.svenskmusik.org/en
Bjorn Ulvaeus President of CISAC: https://www.cisac.org/Newsroom/news-releases/bjorn-ulvaeus-elected-next-president-cisac
Abba Voyage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA_Voyage Official website: http://abbavoyage.com/
Abba canned fish company: https://www.abbaseafood.com/
Knowing me, knowing you with Alan Partridge: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowing_Me_Knowing_You_with_Alan_Partridge_(TV_series)

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