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Beatles are Coming (Again)

February 12, 2007 |

Fox News reports that the 13 core Beatles albums are going to come to an online music store near you soon. Itunes is a safe bet for the first store to have it, especially now that Apple Inc. and Apple Corps have entered into a new agreement over the use of the Apple name.

The Beatles songs — all of them — will be offered for downloading soon. That’s what Neil Aspinall, the head of Apple Corps Ltd. and the man who’s protected the Beatles legacy for the last 40 years — told me over the weekend.

“All 13 core albums, the ones originally released on CD in 1987, have been remastered,” Aspinall told me. “At some point they will all be released, probably at the same time.”


I am still surprised why this is such a big deal for so many people. I just find it hard to believe that there is really an army of customers out there waiting to buy Beatles songs/albums (I wouldn’t be surprised if these were only released as complete albums). Maybe I am underestimating the power of a band from the 60s that while influential in its time doesn’t really draw a young generation of buyers (those with iPods)? What do you guys think? Am I nuts to think that this is really not a big deal?

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