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Radcliffe and Maconie: Tunes, chat and Samira Ahmed on The Beatles

Tunes, chat and Samira Ahmed on The Beatles

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Mark and Stuart chat to Samira Ahmed about finding a 60-year-old recording of The Beatles.

Mark and Stuart present a feast of great music and chat to journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed about discovering a previously unheard recording of The Beatles from 1963.

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast.

On today’s show, Mark and Stuart are joined by journalist and broadcaster Samira Ahmed to talk about how she recently discovered a previously unheard recording of The Beatles from a concert at Stowe boarding school in Buckinghamshire in 1963.
The rare tape was made by 15-year-old pupil John Bloomfield, and was recently unearthed when Samira visited the school to mark the 60th anniversary of the original performance. 

Also on the show... long-running feature ‘The Chain’ which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last.  The list now contains over 8000 songs.

Plus, a fine selection of music, including tracks from The Selector, The Lemon Twigs, Feist, Scott Matthews, Rufus Wainwright, Stick in the Wheel and Patrice Rushen, to get the weekend started.

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