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1999-11-21 Updated ABBA discography page. Added photo of "Another Town, Another Train" sleeve.
Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Polydor Japan will release "MAMMA MIA!" London original cast recording CD on December 27.
       Updated following news.
  • Polydor Japan will release A*Teens' second single "Super Trouper" contained "Happy New Year" on December 1.
Closed the page about A*Teens' stay in Tokyo.
1999-11-02 Added the page about the schedule during A*Teens' stay in Tokyo in Japanese menu.
1999-10-31 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Polydor Japan will start ABBA 25th Anniversary Campaign on November 1.
  • Polydor Japan will release A*Teens' second single "Super Trouper" on December 1.
1999-10-27 Added musical "MAMMA MIA!" review in Japanese menu.
1999-10-14 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Today Polydor Japan has released A*Teens' album "The ABBA Generation" with 3 bonus tracks, "Knowing Me, Knowing You" "Mamma Mia - jam lab remix" and "Super Trouper - pinocchio remix."
1999-10-08 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Morning show "Yajiuma Wide" on TV Asahi introduced musical "MAMMA MIA!" and A*Teens on October 5.
1999-10-05 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Today's The Sankei Sports, a Japanese newspaper, has carried an account of ABBA and A*Teens.
1999-09-25 Added the details of A*Teens' sampler CD "A*Teens Debut!". click for the details
Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • The Sankei Sports, a Japanese newspaper, carried an account of musical "MAMMA MIA!" on September 17.
1999-09-20 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Today's The Nikkan Sports, a Japanese newspaper, has carried an account of A*Teens.
  • Polydor Japan will distribute 20,000 copies of A*Teens' sampler CD at HMV on September 24.
  • A*Teens will visit Japan in November.
1999-09-11 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Victor Entertainment released single "Lay All Your Love on Me" by Helloween, a German heavy-metal quintet, on August 25.
  • Victor Entertainment released Helloween's album "Juke Box" included LAYLOM on September 8.
1999-09-06 Added the information about Japanese mailing list 'arrival.'
Updated Shanghai BB concert report page in Japanese menu.
1999-09-02 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Polydor Japan will release A*Teens' album "The ABBA Generation" with 2 bonus tracks on October 14.
  • Polydor Japan will release remastered "More ABBA Gold" on November 1.
1999-08-26 Added "Kristina fran Duvemala" review in Japanese menu.
Added link page about Sweden in Japanese menu.
1999-08-22 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Polydor Japan will release A*Teens' single "Mamma Mia" on October 1.
1999-08-08 Updated ABBA discography page. Added photos of ad of "Hasta Manana" in a magazine.
1999-08-01 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • VIBE, a music TV station, will broadcast ABBA special program on August 7.
  • Victor Entertainment will release Angeleyes' "Abbadance" on August 25.
1999-07-28 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • TV program "The Winnder Takes It All" will be broadcast on NHK on August 17.
1999-07-25 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Toshiba-EMI has released Abbacadabra's "Abbasalute Nonstop megamix" on July 23.
1999-07-02 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Polygram K.K., Japanese subsidiary company of Universal Music Group, was renamed Universal Music K.K. on July 1.
Updated links page. Update the link to Universal Music K.K.
1999-07-01 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • M-BROS., a music channel of DirecTV, rebroadcasts "ABBA Special/ABBA the T.V." on July 10, 15, 25 and 31.
1999-06-06 Updated ABBA news page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Nippon Columbia has released an ABBA cover album named "Gold" by a Swedish rock band called the Black. click for the track list
Updated links page. Added the link to Relativity/Repeat web site.
1999-05-16 Updated chart page. Added some information.
1999-04-25 Updated ABBA discography page. Added photos of "The Singles Collection" "Dancing Queen" on cassette tape.
1999-04-21 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • Polydor Japan has released "ABBA Gold" remaster version on April 21.
1999-04-18 Updated ABBA News page in Japanese menu. Added following news.
  • NHK BS2 has broadcasted ABBA performance of US TV program "Midnight Special" on April 16.
1999-04-11 Updated ABBA news page in Japanese menu. Added release information of 25th Anniversary Celebration Album etc.
1999-03-21 Added report page of BB concert in Shanghai in Japanese menu.
1999-03-14 Updated ABBA news page in Japanese menu. Added detail of BB concert in Shanghai. click for song list
1999-03-07 Updated ABBA news page in Japanese menu. Updated about BB concert in China.
1999-02-21 Updated discography page. Added 7 singles (reissues.) And added photo of label surface of "Another Train, Another Town"
Updated Hep Stars page. Added photo of Grammophon Japan catalog May 1966.
1999-02-08 Updated link page. Added some sites.
1999-02-07 Updated ABBA discography page. Added photos of ad of "Voulez-Vous" "Slipping Through My Fingers" and "ABBA vs. Arabesque."
Updated link page. Added some sites.
1999-01-24 Updated ABBA discography page. Added cassette tape "Dancing Queen."
1999-01-20 Updated link page. Added the official ABBA site "ABBA - The Site."
1999-01-17 Added Frida and Agnetha discography pages.
Updated ABBA discography page. Added "The Singles Collection."


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