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A&R Men: Where's the Bar?

Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 6 November 1998

They're narcissistic coke fiends with no interest in music, or so the legend goes — yet A&R men shape the future of pop. Surely, asks Dave Simpson, they can't be that bad, can they?

Total word count of piece: 1440

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