Carl Magnus Palm is
ABBAMAIL's Fan of the Year for 2001

Achievements:

Author: Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA

Creator: CD - The Definitive Collection

Contributor & Liner Notes: The 2001 ABBA Remasters

Key news contributor: ABBAMAIL Internet Mailing List

Consultant: ABBA releases, Polar Music International, Universal Music Sweden

Announcement:

ABBAMAIL is proud to announce Carl Magnus Palm as our Fan of the Year 2001.

Magnus has made a huge contribution to ABBA fandom during the last decade but
perhaps 2001 has been a watershed year for him.

The release of the first serious ABBA biography, Bright Lights, Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA, has surpassed all of Magnus' previous achievements.

As ABBA consultant for Polar/Universal Music, Magnus has also been responsible for correcting some of the unforgivable mistakes made with the ABBA catalogue during the last decade. We now have original release CDs that look as good as they sound and, for the first time, a professional and worthwhile compilation CD - The Definitive Collection.

On a personal note, ABBAMAIL is proud to have had Magnus as one of our key contributors during 2001. His '2001 State of the ABBA Nation' report was a landmark in ABBA news reporting.

Magnus, we thank you and salute you!

Graeme Read, ABBAMAIL Administration