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Listen to Vera Lynn's never-heard-before first audition tapesSource: PA

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00:00What a difference a day made
00:05Twenty-four little hours
00:10Brought the sun and the flowers
00:14Where there used to be rain
00:19Brilliant. I mean, you can even hear then
00:24how a voice is going to develop
00:27and the intonations and the way that she sings
00:33You can even hear it then
00:35even though she was only 16 or 17 or something
00:38It's the beginning of the development, if you like
00:48The reason I originally wanted the British Library involved
00:52was because they had to be kept
00:54like all her other things, which are in the archives
00:57under perfect conditions
00:59They went through the whole thing
01:00and they were absolutely amazed at what we had
01:03and they were thrilled to bits and, you know, over the moon
01:07but they just said, oh, these are wonderful
01:09can we just take the lots?
01:10So I said, yes, if you like
01:11Again, knowing that they'd all be preserved properly
01:15Oh, I hate myself for being so mean to you
01:22I just hate myself for being so mean to you
01:27you
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