<p>Neither Doug nor Kirk cares about ABBA very much, but we were interested by a letter from music industry insider Bob Lefsetz about &quot;ABBA&#39;s Failure in the Marketplace.&quot; Did ABBA really fail? Has Bob Lefsetz missed a few elements in the ABBA story?</p>

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Episode #226 - Annik Lafarge on Chasing Chopin

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.