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Oct 2013
53m 50s

Music weekly podcast: Beatles uncut plus...

The Guardian
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Mark Lewisohn on his extraordinary Beatlemania, Anna Calvi's orchestral manoeuvring. Plus, music from MIA, Lady Gaga (with R Kelly) and Trampolene in Singles Club 
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