Listen up! On Saturday, March 20, the Swedish national radio channel P1 will do a show about our book "Stick iväg Jack - Historien om Radio Nord". The programme "Medierna" will be aired on Saturday at 11 o'clock and again on Sunday 18 o'clock (CET).
Unfortunately our service for creditcard payments is out of function at the moment. It will be up and running again on the 10th of April. Worldwide orders can be payed through PayPal, and by invoice within Sweden. Alternatively, our titles can also be ordered in most book stores and online book stores, e.g. Amazon.
The International ABBA Day - 17/2, 2010
Three new ABBA books is what we have accomplished this spring! On 10th of April we celebrate the release of our brand new city guide "The ABBA Guide to Stockholm", which takes the reader to a selection of more than 60 places in and around Stockholm, that have played an important role in ABBA's carreer. The book will be released at the ABBA convention in Roosendaal, Netherlands. Sara Russell, the book's author, will be there to sign her work!
30 years after ABBA have been standing together on stage, the band is now celebrated again with a fantastic exhibition at London's Earl Court. Since last week ABBA World invites the visitor to come on a journey through the coloured ABBA universe.
Here there are hundreds of photos which document the rocket career of the band, dance and karaoke machines where the brave can test his/her artistic skills and quiz computers where anybody can test their knowledge about the band. The exhibition's highlight is undoubtely the big scene where you can dance and sing together with ABBA as a hologram. You will never get closer to the band than this!
ABBA World was inaugurated by Frida and Björn, who were talking to the world press all day long. Some of the reports you can watch online at CNN, ABC and Sky News.
Our new second edition of From ABBA to Mamma Mia! is one of the few books that have been authorised by the band members to be sold in the ABBA World souvenir shop. If you don't have the possibility to buy it there, you can also order it online from our homepage. For more info about the book, please click here.
Book of the year 2009 - 14/1, 2010
Our book Labelography - The Major U.K. Record Labels has been listed as one of the years book's in the january issue of Record Collector! The book is described as the definitive guide to identifying original UK pressings and deserves to become the standard source of reference within its field. Read more about the book, here.
Radio Nord on tour
Från vänster till höger: Siw Malmkvist, Jan Kotschack, Ann-Louise Hanson, Lill-Babs
On April 29, Swedens most beloved and respected pirate radio station is going on tour together with Siw Malmkvist, Lill-Babs and Ann-Louise Hanson who all had their breakthrough during the 60's, at the time when Radio Nord aired from a boat in the Baltic Sea.
Also, Jan Kotschack - son of the pirate radio boss Jack S. Kotschack - will be joining the tour to talk about his father, the radio station and his book Stick iväg, Jack! - which will be offered for sale on spot.
The Radio Nord Tour (Sweden) starts on 29th April 2010 in Kalmar and ends on 16th May 2010 in Luleå.
The Swedish music expert Per Sinding-Larsen presents our book Stick iväg Jack! and the double cd in his blog PSL and talks about what it was like when the pirate radio station aired commercial radio in the beginning of the sixties. Watch Per's video presentation right here (in Swedish):
On 15th October we invited our guests to come to the boat M/S Rygerfjord in Stockholm, Sweden to celebrate the release of our new book Stick iväg, Jack! Historien om Radio Nord.
We'd like to thank everybody who joined this evening, and would like to share some of our jolly good time by showing you a selection of pics taken during the release party, please click here.
Åke Gerhard Larsson, Utansjö, has died at the age of 88. He played a significant role in the Swedish music business during the 50s and 60s. In his life he worked as an orchestra leader, lyricist, music publisher and record label manager. Åke also founded and published the legendary Swedish magazine Show Business.
Åke Gerhard contributed several times to the Swedish song contest Melodifestivalen and worked with most of the Schlager stars from back in the days - amongst others Siw Malmqvist and Thory Bernhards.
He was well known as the man behind Olga Records and one of Sweden's biggest bands during the 60s - the pop group Hep Stars. Yes, he was also the one, who gave Benny Andersson his very first record deal...
Now,one of the most beloved female singers in Swedish music history welcomes everybody to her newly opened exhibition! These days, Lill-Babs has finished all contruction works on her very own museum, which is located in her birthplace Järvsö, in the most beautiful landscapes of Hälsingland.
Premium's publisher Wille Wendt took the chance to pay Lill-Babs a visit on the day of opening, to congratulate and leave a copy of our books Stora Schlagerboken Vol. 1 & 2. Everybody who wants to experience Swedish music history of the 50s and onwards should not miss this wonderful exhibition!
4 stars it is! In the June issue of Record Collector there will be a very nice review about our new book "The EP Book" - something we think the book really deserves, and what we are very happy about. To read the complete review, please visit the Record Collector homepage or here.
Review Labelography in Record Collector
In the current issue of the Record Collector you can read a fantastic review about our latest book release "Labelography - The Major UK Record Labels", which got 5 of 5 stars! Click here to read the complete review on Premiums Myspace Blog.
Review Punk book - Record Collector
Top quality on every count
"The author’s obvious knowledge and passion for the subject is evident throughout a book which took around a decade to compile. (...) the book itself is wonderfully-designed (...) From the high-quality paper to the excellent photo reproductions, superb writing and classy design, this is an outstanding piece of work by all concerned." Record Collector
