Isn't it good - Norwegian... Podcast.

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For the first time in history a radio channel is to play all The Beatles’ songs chronologically.
Per Kristian Johansen



On January 2nd 2007 the radioprogram “Norgesglasset” on NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), starts by playing the very first Beatles’ song, “Love Me Do”, and the plan is to keep on until all the 212 original Beatles’ songs have been transmitted. On every workday at 12.30 GMT. Mr. Baard Ose and Mr. Finn Tokvam will introduce a Beatles’ song, and at the same time give the background and the history of the song. The Beatles recorded 211 songs during their time as a band, and the 212th song presentet will be the holiday song "Christmas Time Is Here Again", released on the "Free as a Bird" single in 1995.

Baard Ose and Finn Tokvam will
Foto: Sigurd Hamre/NRK

In the year 2007 it's 50 years since John Lennon, as the first Beatle, founded The Quarrymen, a band that turned out to be a sort of forerunner of The Beatles group. Mr. Ose and Mr. Tokvam are convinced that The Beatles’ jubilee has to be thoroughly marked, and for that reason they have decided to introduce and play each and all of The Beatles’ official recordings.

- We take them consecutively, as they where published, the A-side before the B-side. At the same time we give the background of each melody, related to places, persons and events that have given inspiration to the writing of each melody, says Mr. Ose.

During this month NRK (The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) will be podcasting the documentary series of "Vår daglige Beatles", - "Our Daily Beatles", that chronologically tells a short story of every Beatles original 212 releases, along with the song in its entirety. The documentaries was broadcasted in the radioprogram “Norgesglasset” on NRK radio.

NRK has a newly signed deal with the Norwegian music rights holders TONO, allowing us to podcast previously broadcasted radioshows containing less than 70 percent music. Podcast scontaining music is available for four weeks from publishing date.
212 episodes

Bård Ose and Finn Tokvam.
Foto: Sigurd Hamre/NRK

In this series from 2007, NRK-journalists Finn Tokvam og Bård Ose gives the background and the history of the song, followed by the song.

The Beatles recorded 211 songs during their time as a band, and the 212th song presentet was the holiday song "Christmas Time Is Here Again", released on the "Free as a Bird" single in 1995.

- We presented them consecutively, as they where published, the A-side before the B-side. At the same time we give the background of each melody, related to places, persons and events that have given inspiration to the writing of each melody, said Mr. Ose.

NRK made extracts from "Our Daily Beatles" available as a podcast in 2007. It became a huge success even without the music.

The podcasts is available from january 5 from this location:

http://podkast.nrk.no/program/beatles_komplett.rss

Подка́стинг (англ. podcasting, от iPod и англ. broadcasting — повсеместное, широкоформатное вещание) — процесс создания и распространения звуковых или видео-передач (то есть подкастов) во Всемирной сети (обычно в формате MP3 или Ogg/Vorbis для звуковых и Flash Video и других для видео-передач). Как правило, подкасты имеют определенную тематику и периодичность издания (однако бывают и исключения).

Чтобы получить подкаст, следует пройти по ссылке

http://podkast.nrk.no/program/beatles_komplett.rss

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The Beatles’ Catalog Finally Goes Digital Thanks To Norwegian Podcasts


The Beatles will reportedly make a bulk of their musical catalog available as a free, legal download thanks to a series of Norwegian podcasts. In 2001, the Fab Four were the subject of a documentary series entitled “Vår daglige Beatles,” or “Our Daily Beatles,” in which Norwegian journalists told the stories behind every track in the Beatles official catalog in chronological order, with the tracks themselves being played after the story was told. Now, for the first time ever, the series is available as a downloadable podcast, marking the first time the Beatles music in any form has been legally available via download. Despite efforts to finally bring the Beatles to iTunes, Paul McCartney said talks between Apple Corps. and EMI Records have “stalled.”

Unfortunately for us English speakers, the three minutes of storytelling that accompany each track is only in Norwegian. So far, 14 of the 212 episodes in the series are available, with the remainder expected out before the end of January. Check out the list of downloadable podcasts here (and thanks to BoingBoing for bringing this to our attention). The deal between Norwegian broadcasters NRK and music rights holders TONO allows the podcasts that feature music to be available as free downloads for four weeks, while other Beatles material not featuring the band’s music will be available “forever.” Whether this Norway deal represents a thaw in the Beatles’ stance toward digital downloads remains to be seen.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/01/05/the-beatles-catalog-finally-...