Thursday, July 8, 2010

“Beatles label to sell downloads” plus 3

“Beatles label to sell downloads” plus 3

Beatles label to sell downloads

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:34 AM PDT

Mary Hopkin Apple artist Mary Hopkin had a number one with Those Were The Days

The Beatles' record label Apple is to release material to download for the first time - but the music of the Fab Four will not be included.

Apple has remastered 15 albums, including Mary Hopkin's Post Card, to be released digitally and on CD.

The work of The Beatles has never been cleared for download, partly because of a trademark dispute with iTunes owner Apple.

Earlier this year, Sir Paul McCartney said "one day it's going to happen".

"To tell you the truth, I don't actually understand how it's got so crazy," Sir Paul told BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat.

"I know iTunes would like to do it, so one day it's going to happen."

He said the delay had been down to record company EMI, which distributes the music of The Beatles, adding: "There have been all sorts of reasons why they don't want to do it."

The remastered albums, which also include Sir John Tavener's The Whale and Badfinger's No Dice, will be released on CD and download sites, including iTunes, on 25 October.

Post Card, by Mary Hopkin, includes the 1968 hit Those Were The Days, produced by Sir Paul.

The band set up Apple in 1968 to release their own music and to sign artists they admired.

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Beatles label to sell downloads

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 01:17 AM PDT

Mary Hopkin Apple artist Mary Hopkin had a number one with Those Were The Days

The Beatles' record label Apple is to release material to download for the first time - but the music of the Fab Four will not be included.

Apple has remastered 15 albums, including Mary Hopkin's Post Card, to be released digitally and on CD.

The work of The Beatles has never been cleared for download, partly because of a trademark dispute with iTunes owner Apple.

Earlier this year, Sir Paul McCartney said "one day it's going to happen".

"To tell you the truth, I don't actually understand how it's got so crazy," Sir Paul told BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat.

"I know iTunes would like to do it, so one day it's going to happen."

He said the delay had been down to record company EMI, which distributes the music of The Beatles, adding: "There have been all sorts of reasons why they don't want to do it."

The remastered albums, which also include Sir John Tavener's The Whale and Badfinger's No Dice, will be released on CD and download sites, including iTunes, on 25 October.

Post Card, by Mary Hopkin, includes the 1968 hit Those Were The Days, produced by Sir Paul.

The band set up Apple in 1968 to release their own music and to sign artists they admired.

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Beatles' Label To Release Downloads For

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 03:46 AM PDT

The Beatles' record label Apple is to release songs as downloads for the first time, it was announced today - but the Fab Four's tunes are not among them.

The band's company has remastered 15 of its "key" albums including releases by Badfinger, Mary Hopkin and classical composer Sir John Tavener.

The set will be released on CD and download - including iTunes - in October.

Fans have long wondered if and when The Beatles will make their music available for download. And today's move will raise further hopes that a deal may not be too far away.

Announcing the releases Apple said: "Together, the 15 albums represent the first ever Apple Records releases to be available via digital download."

The band established the company in 1968 to release their own music and also other artists they admired or discovered.

Its list of acts included James Taylor and Billy Preston, the keyboard player who worked with The Beatles on their Let It Be album.

Last year The Beatles' back catalogue was remastered and it had been anticipated that the CD releases would quickly be followed by downloads, although music buffs are still waiting.

Sir Paul McCartney has previously put the blame on EMI. In an interview earlier this year he said: "It's been business hassles. Not with us, or iTunes. It's the people in the middle, the record label. There have been all sorts of reasons why they don't want to do it."

The albums include Tavener's The Whale, Badfinger's No Dice and Hopkins' Post Card, which featured her hit single Those Were The Days.

The remasters will be released on October 25.

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Beatles - Beatles Label Lets Tracks Go Online

Posted: 07 Jul 2010 08:16 AM PDT

Executives at THE BEATLES' record label have paved the way for the Fab Four's tracks to go online after signing a deal to release 15 albums by other artists onto the web.

The band's music has long been kept off the internet amid years of legal wrangling between the band's Apple Corps label, industry giant EMI, which owns the recordings, and digital music retailers.

Sir Paul MCCartney recently urged label bosses to reach a deal, insisting it is "crazy" to not have Beatles tracks available to download.

Now Apple Corps officials have given Beatles fans hope their songs will eventually hit the net, by releasing 15 albums from their roster and making them available online.

The list includes records by James Taylor, Badfinger, Billy Preston, Mary Hopkin, Doris Troy, and Jackie Lomax, among others.

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