Jim Irvin's guests in this episode are world-renowned ABBA expert and chronicler, Carl Magnus Palm, and award-winning memoirist, author of Broken Greek and founder of Perturbed fanzine, Peter Paphides, back for more because the chance to discuss ABBA was in the air.

The albums in this episode are: Anything You Choose b/w Without Rhyme Or reason by Spanky & Our Gang (1969), The Wishing Chair by 10,000 Maniacs (1985) and The Smoke by The Smoke (1968)

Also discussed: The lure of ABBA and the gems on their final album, Voyage, plus, who would have been the members of the British version of ABBA? Also, groovy music made by squares, spoken word interludes on albums and who or what links The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, The Osmonds and Dirty Dancing?

A playlist accompanying this episode, featuring all three albums and other music discussed is available here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3pcwgB4MlIhzdC7t1hT6wp?si=NcfczhNJTES-nz8_Xo4oCA

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