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Beatles Quote by Jon Landau

“When the Beatles cut old rock n' roll, they were recording music still in their performing repertoire, and besides, they never thought of the music as old.” quote by Jon Landau — Download Open image

“When the Beatles cut old rock n' roll, they were recording music still in their performing repertoire, and besides, they never thought of the music as old.”

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