The Beatles Now on iTunes
All 13 Legendary Beatles Studio Albums & Special Digital Box Set
LONDON and CUPERTINO, California----Apple Corps, EMI and
Apple® today announced that the Beatles, the most influential and
beloved rock band in music history, are now available for the first time
on the iTunes Store® (www.itunes.com).
Starting today, the group?s 13 legendary remastered studio albums with
iTunes LPs, the two-volume ?Past Masters? compilation and the classic
?Red? and ?Blue? collections are available for purchase and download on
iTunes® worldwide as either albums or individual songs. Fans can also
get a special digital ?Beatles Box Set? featuring the ?Live at the
Washington Coliseum, 1964? concert film, a worldwide iTunes exclusive
which captures the Beatles? very first US concert.
?We?re really excited to bring the Beatles? music to iTunes,? said Sir
Paul McCartney. ?It?s fantastic to see the songs we originally released
on vinyl receive as much love in the digital world as they did the first
time around.?
?I am particularly glad to no longer be asked when the Beatles are
coming to iTunes,? said Ringo Starr. ?At last, if you want it?you can
get it now?The Beatles from Liverpool to now! Peace and Love, Ringo.?
?We love the Beatles and are honored and thrilled to welcome them to
iTunes,? said Steve Jobs, Apple?s CEO. ?It has been a long and winding
road to get here. Thanks to the Beatles and EMI, we are now realizing a
dream we?ve had since we launched iTunes ten years ago.?
?In the joyful spirit of Give Peace A Chance, I think it is so
appropriate that we are doing this on John?s 70th birthday year,? said
Yoko Ono Lennon.
?The Beatles on iTunes?Bravo!? said Olivia Harrison.
?The Beatles and iTunes have both been true innovators in their fields,?
said EMI Group CEO Roger Faxon. ?It?s a privilege for everybody at EMI
to work with Steve Jobs and with Apple Corps? Jeff Jones and their teams
in marking a great milestone in the development of digital music.?
Each of the Beatles? 13 legendary remastered studio albums, including
?Sgt. Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band,? ?Revolver,? ?The Beatles [The
White Album]? and ?Abbey Road? include iTunes LPs, which create an
immersive album experience with a beautiful design and expanded visual
features including a unique mini-documentary about the creation of each
album. The two-volume ?Past Masters? compilation and the classic ?Red?
and ?Blue? collections are also available.
Single albums are available for purchase and download for $12.99 each,
double albums for $19.99 each and individual songs for $1.29 each.
The special digital ?Beatles Box Set? ($149) contains the 13 remastered
studio albums with iTunes LPs and all mini-documentaries, ?Past
Masters,? and the ?Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964? concert film, a
worldwide iTunes exclusive which captures the Beatles? very first US
concert in its entirety. In addition, Beatles fans can stream and view
the ?Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964? concert film from iTunes for
free for the remainder of this calendar year.
Apple Corps Ltd. was founded by The Beatles in 1968 to look after the
group?s own affairs. The London-based company has administered the
catalogue of The Beatles releases of the 1960s that have sold to date
more than 600 million records, tapes and CDs. Since the 1990s, Apple has
piloted new Beatles projects that have become benchmarks for pioneering
accomplishment and which have included The Beatles Anthology projects,
the 29-million selling album The Beatles 1, The Beatles LOVE show and CD
and the 09/09/09 release of The Beatles Remastered catalogue and The
Beatles Rock Band game. Further information on The Beatles? projects can
be found at www.thebeatles.com.
EMI Music is one of the world?s leading music companies, representing
artists spanning all musical tastes and genres. Its record labels
include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Latin, Capitol
Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI Records Nashville,
Manhattan, Parlophone and Virgin.
Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with
OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital
music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is
reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App
Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining
the future of mobile media and computing devices.
Press Contacts:
Tom Neumayr
Apple
tneumayr@apple.com
(408) 974-1972
Moira Bellas
MBC PR for Apple Corps Ltd.
moira@mbcpr.com
+44 207 483 9213
Dylan Jones
EMI
djones@emigroup.com
(212) 492-1230
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