In 1976 my dad went on a school trip to France. As a teacher he was sometimes asked to take the pupils on school trips and on some occasions we went as a family on these trips, staying in hostels in Dieppe and drinking warm Coca-Cola in the summer months or taking a day trip to Bolougne on the ferry to have a look at the historic buildings. For one reason or another on this occasion my dad had gone on his own leaving my mother, my brother and me behind, however as compensation for this he bought us back two records! One was ‘Mull of Kintyre’ by Wings and this was the other.
As the record was a French one it had a bigger than usual hole in the middle which required a plastic adapter (this record was like the ones you saw on the juke box) which we had to buy for 2p each from the local record shop before we could play it!
Needless to say we loved this song and virtually wore out the record! At the time the song was racing up the charts to number one and before long we were watching the video on top of the pops and singing along. This song is one of my favourite Abba songs and my first international record. When I play it I am reminded of 1976, the record itself which had a picture of Abba on the cover (which was a rarity in 1976!) and singing along to it! Sometimes if you’re lucky you can see me with my headphones on sitting on the tube singing along to this as everyone wonders what the hell I am doing….
Now listen to the song….
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