Happy new year - Abba

The good thing about a song called 'Happy new year' is that you can re-release it every year, even if the lyrics are strictly bound to the year 1979. The song has the line 'Who can say what we'll find / What lies waiting down the line / In the end of '89'. Throughout the Eighties it would be believable, but now that we're in the year 2024, we pretty much know what lay waiting in the end of 1989. But maybe the band is now pretending to look forward to 2089? Who knows. 

Still, Abba has this nice tradition to re-release the song on vinyl pretty much every year, and this year they went for a white vinyl disc in a totally white sleeve - except for the titles on the front sleeve in silver and the text on the back sleeve in black. Originally the seller announced a poster as well, but that statement was quickly retracted. That would have been a nice bonus, but oh well. I'm just happy to have 'Felicidad' (the Spanish version of 'Happy new year') on the B-side. At least there is a B-side!

2024 was a good year for my record collection, and I think you've noticed a lot of additions this year. Hopefully 2025 will be just as good! Happy new year to all of you, and see you right here in a couple of days! 

My collection: 7" single no. 7510
Found: Platenzaak.nl, received 29 November 2024
Tracks: 'Happy new year' / 'Felicidad'