A large portion of the Beatles' back catalogue is to made available for downloading for the first time, thanks to a collection of Norwegian journalists. Podcasts from 2001 documentary Var daglige Beatles (Our Daily Beatles) are to be made available as free downloads online.

The shows featured top Norwegian journalists talking about their favorite Beatles tracks, and then playing them.

Both the comments and the tracks will be available to download.

Plans to give iTunes the rights to offer the Beatles back catalogue as legal downloads fell through late last year when talks between Paul McCartney and his Apple Corps bosses and EMI Records stalled.

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