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Music Quiz: Greatest Hits XLIX

Welcome back to the final conventional week of this epic series. There’s a number 50, but it’s dedicated entirely to Beatles’ compilations.

Does anyone know why 49 isn’t IL in Roman numerals?

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I scored 13/20 this week. I struggled with the hard rock bands, perhaps not surprising to regular readers.

Could you tell Deicide and Ministry apart?

Congratulations to NostalgicItalian and Rich Kamerman, who both scored 19/20 in last week’s quiz.

Here’s Prefab Sprout’s ‘The Best Jewel Thief in the World’, an impossibly good track from a band in their sixth decade:

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    • You beat me by a decent margin.

      It’s been a decade since Crimson/Red – surely we’re due a new one. McAloon claims he has a massive archive on unreleased songs, arranged into concept albums.

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