ABBA EPIC SINGLES. PERFECT SET - NEVER PLAYED. TEST PRESSING INC. A1 CONDITION

	£		360
	$		477

FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF MY LATE PARTNER.  YOU MAY KNOW HIM AS SELLER ROBNDEN.
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE TO BE DONATED TO THE CHARITIES HE FAVOURED.

I've had many lovely messages but some not so nice.   Many ask...  "If your partner meant so much to you then why are you letting these items, his collection, go..?"
The answer is simple.   "Because he wanted it that way and I am proud to do so in his stead."   Really...  It's that simple..
In any event...
THESE HE DESCRIBED AS HIS PRIDE AND JOY.  All are as new as if they were bought yesterday. ALL are totally un-played since new.  The complete set of 7 inch singles released here in the UK.
Total: 32 Epic A1 condition singles released in the UK while Abba were active as a group.

Includes 1 test pressing that was NEVER issued for sale.

Buyer will NOT be disappointed with these items.

Yellow Epic centres: (8) 20/04/1974 Waterloo Epic EPC 2240 13/07/1974 Ring Ring Epic EPC 2452 22/11/1974 So Long Epic EPC 2848 12/07/1975 I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do Epic EPC 3229 20/09/1975 SOS Epic EPC 3576 13/12/1975 Mamma Mia Epic EPC 3790 27/03/1976 Fernando Epic EPC 4036 21/08/1976 Dancing Queen Epic EPC 4499
Orange Epic Centres (9) 20/11/1976 Money, Money, Money Epic EPC 4713 26/02/1977 Knowing Me, Knowing You Epic EPC 4955 22/10/1977 The Name Of The Game Epic EPC 5750 04/02/1978 Take A Chance On Me Epic EPC 5950 16/09/1978 Summer Night City Epic EPC 6595 03/02/1979 Chiquitita Epic EPC 7030 05/05/1979 Does Your Mother Know Epic EPC 7316 14/07/1979 Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous Epic EPC 7499  20/10/1979 Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Epic EPC 7914
Blue Epic Centres (8) 15/12/1979 I Have A Dream Epic EPC 8088 02/08/1980 The Winner Takes It All Epic EPC 8835 15/11/1980 Super Trouper Epic EPC 9089  (1st stable production of an injection mould centre) 12/12/1981 One Of Us Epic EPC A 1740   20/02/1982 Head Over Heels Epic EPC A 2037 (Made in Holland for exclusive sale in the UK only) 23/10/1982 The Day Before You Came Epic EPC A 2847  11/12/1982 Under Attack Epic EPC A 2971  12/11/1983 Thank You For The Music A 3894  (Limited edition fold out POSTER Bag & blue Epic company sleeve)
EXTRA'S (6) 1. Waterloo Epic EPC 5961 (Re-Issue 03/03/1978 with a new catalogue number) 2. Waterloo Epic EPC 2240 (Original release with push Out Centre) 3. I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do Epic EPC 3229 (Re-Issue 03/03/1978 this time on the orange solid centre Epic design) 4. One Of Us Epic EPC A 1740 (First 'perfected' injected vinyl single Made in England - Manufactured at the CBS pressing plant in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, UK. showing the new epic logo.  Matrix includes TOWNHOUSE) 5. Super Trouper Epic EPC 9089  (First pressing to be made outside of the UK, in Holland but for exclusive sale within the UK ONLY.   6. Dancing Queen Epic EPC 4499  (Orange Company solid centre.  It was during the release of this single that Epic transitioned from yellow solid centres to orange solid centres therefore both are included in this set).


TEST PRESSING:  NOT FOR GENERAL RELEASE.
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME Epic EPC 5950
The following is taken from Discogs with thanks and proves authenticity.
1. Take A Chance On Me / I'm A Marionette Epic S EPC 5950
Rejected test pressing using injection moulded centre. 1978
Epic used this single as an 'example template' as it had already been released, hit No. 1 and left the charts...
This was CBS/Epic's very first forray into injection moulded single centres, looking for a way to cut production costs.
Manufactured at the CBS pressing plant in Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire, UK.
Their initial concept was to copy Polydor's releases in Germany... 'but not too copied...'  Placing title at the top, artist at the bottom meant there was no prominent place for the square company logo itself.
1. Parent company CBS, were unhappy with the Epic Logo not having a box around it (they'd have to register this logo as a new one), and that the white circles were missing as from their orange solid centre designs.
2. CBS were also unhappy in that they could NOT get the Epic logo at the top of the single itself as were normal with previous solid centre releases.  With the singles information being North and South, there was no preferred and prominent place, (north, south, east or west), for the Epic company Logo. Having the Epic logo offset at a south easterly position on this test pressing was deemed to be totally unacceptable.
3. Epic liked to add as much information to their singles as possible, (eg: Taken from the album... etc). This test copy of an Injection Moulded centre meant they could not do this to their satisfaction. They deemed the text as 'not prominent enough'. Therefore free advertising for the album the song was taken from was out.
The whole concept of this test pressing was unacceptable to CBS.
This 'test' was therefore 'dumped' in favour of the regular Orange Paper solid centres.
A shame as they perfected the backward B Abba Logo to perfection on this test pressing and were never able to reproduce it correctly on any other future injection moulded releases in the early 80's.
Only 25 copies were pressed. Many ended up in the waste bin.
CBS/Epic were never able to perfect any of their injection mouldings to any satisfactory standard.
I know. I worked for CBS Marketing from 1974 to 1979
ANY questions please send me a message.  With thanks
Also please note:  Shipping to UK is wrong under ebay's automated pricing. These items must be sent with full insurances and tracked. (Collection is also possible).
UK Shipping is GB £12.45 as these singles prove very heavy. Rest of World shipping is GB £ 38.00

Added free but not a part of this sale are the following Epic Picture Bags to accompany some of the singles above... Angeleyes/Voulez-Vous I Have A Dream Super Trouper One Of Us Head Over Heels The Day Before You Came Under Attack