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NRK offers free podcast containing every Beatles song
The Beatles could have all their songs on iTunes, but not the way you might think: via a podcast describing the story behind each song, released by a Norwegian broadcasting company.
NRK is podcasting its segment called "Our Daily Beatles" that chronologically tells a three-minute story of every Beatles song ever written -- 212 of them -- along with the song in its entirety. NRK offers its podcast of the segment here.
According to its website, NRK says it has procured the rights to publish podcasts of all its previously-broadcast radio and television programs that contain less than 70 percent music.
While not an ideal way to download the entire Beatles catalog specifically for the music, the podcast is free.
Apple has been negotiating with Apple Corps and the various owners of the Beatles' catalog to offer the music on iTunes. Last word was in November, when Paul McCartney said that talks broke down.
Thanks, Kenken!
Update: Unfortunately, the podcast has been pulled offline, citing legal concerns.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sgt. Pepper said 11:05AM on 1-05-2009
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the songs are great, of course, but the commentary would have been wonderful too. Too bad (for more Americans) it's not in English.
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Meld said 11:27AM on 1-05-2009
NRK - An-ar-chy
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xcaine said 11:59AM on 1-05-2009
Small note, from a norwegian.
Its not , a but the, Norwegian broadcasting company.
The NRK is the state run, licence fee based tv station.
Basically the norwegian BBC.
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iBearTouch said 12:10PM on 1-05-2009
Time for TUAW to take 5 minutes to Google for a new pic to use with their Beatles/iTunes articles...
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Ryan Trevisol said 12:17PM on 1-05-2009
Okay, so if you can download them for free and crop them, why not just cut out the busywork, and just torrent them.
Oh, and as of my early 2008 imac and macbook pro, every apple computer except the air still has the ability to RIP CDs.
/facepalm.
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ZeroCorpse said 4:06PM on 1-05-2009
Seriously-- If any Beatles fan hasn't already ripped every Beatles album to their iTunes library by now, they won't be in line to grab the Beatles stuff when/if it's ever available online.
Frankly, I think the Beatles were stupid to miss the boat when digital music started. Led Zep, too. They acted as if being able to download their music officially would somehow cheapen it, and now it's far too late.
blake said 4:29PM on 1-05-2009
I guess I'm not a real fan. Anyhow, the link isn't working for me. You?
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Bassano Clapper said 7:52PM on 1-05-2009
Paste the link into iTunes: Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast
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Aaron Davies said 8:00PM on 1-05-2009
shirley that should be "when, in the middle of negotiations, they broke down"
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qwert said 5:53AM on 1-06-2009
Too bad my norwegian is too bad to understand what they are saying.
Should be interesting
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