Carl Magnus Palm

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Carl Magnus Palm
Born1965
Sweden
OccupationAuthor, historian
NationalitySwedish
Period1990s–
Genre Music, Biography
Notable works
  • ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions
  • Bright Lights Dark Shadows – The Real Story Of ABBA
Website
www.carlmagnuspalm.com

Carl Magnus Palm (born 1965) is a Swedish author and historian, writing in Swedish and English, best known for his work on the Swedish pop group ABBA.

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ABBA

Carl Magnus Palm’s first book on ABBA was ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions, a diary-format chronicle of ABBA’s recorded work, published in 1994. Parallel with that book project he was involved in the compilation of the CD box set Thank You For The Music , also released in 1994. [1]

Palm is the author of the biography Bright Lights Dark Shadows – The Real Story Of ABBA published in 2001 and referred to as "definitive" [2] and "the first authoritative biography" of ABBA, [3] although some reviewers found it "dense and at times hardgoing". [4]

Palm published his first full-scale Swedish-language biography, ABBA – The Story, in 2008. The book met with mixed reviews: some felt that the book didn't live up to expectations and that "the ultimate ABBA bible has yet to be written", [5] while others opined that "if you're going to read something about [ABBA], this is the one to get". [6]

Palm is a frequent contributor of research and liner notes to official ABBA-related CDs and DVDs, as well as the co-producer of three television documentaries about ABBA. Palm has also contributed to ABBA The Museum in Stockholm, and to the website ABBA The Official Site. [7]

In 2015, Palm started a crowdfunding project to self-publish a revised, updated and expanded edition of his first ABBA book ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions. [8] The campaign was successful and ABBA – The Complete Recording Sessions (revised and expanded edition) was published in March 2017. [9]

Other work

Carl Magnus Palm’s first book was Monica Zetterlund – En diskografi (1992), a discography about the Swedish jazz singer, co-written with Thomas Winberg. He has also written a book about The Beatles, entitled Beatles Beatles (1996), and in 2010 he co-wrote Tunna skivor av mig, the memoirs of Swedish singer Siw Malmkvist. [7]

Bibliography

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References

  1. ↑ ABBA - The Complete Recording Sessions - the details
  2. ↑ Why Are ABBA So Popular? BBC Culture, 2014-04-15
  3. ↑ Thank you for the music - now for the gossip, Sydney Morning Herald, 2011-09-05
  4. ↑ Out of the shadows: a group for the silent majority, The Age, 2011-09-03
  5. ↑ Carl Magnus Palm / ABBA. The Story Expressen, 2008-09-11
  6. ↑ Tio tips på böcker i jul SVT.se, 2008-11-27
  7. 1 2 Carl Magnus Palm Archived 20 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Carl Magnus Palm.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16
  8. ↑ ABBA: The Complete Recording Sessions Indiegogo.com, 2015-03-18
  9. ↑ ABBA - The Complete Recording Sessions (expanded edition) Carl Magnus Palm.com. Retrieved 2017-05-18
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