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Four records that embody the joy of the double album – from the Beatles to Outkast

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par Glenn Fosbraey, Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester

In the summer of 1966, a race was on between two very different opponents. On one side was Bob Dylan, the established and bestselling folk artist. On the other was new act The Mothers of Invention, a genre- (and mind-) bending band led by avant garde composer Frank Zappa. The aim? To release the first “double album” (four-sided LP) in popular music.

On June 20, Dylan’s…

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