Tag: The beatles
After years of refusing to make the move to MP3, the Beatles may give Steve Jobs' iTunes an exclusive.
iTunes is close to a deal to bring the Beatles catalog online. Apple Computer is said to be angling to become the exclusive online music store for the Beatles for a limited window of time. Other music stores, such as Microsoft's MSN and Rhapsody, have courted the Beatles over the years to no avail, but it appears Apple is close to getting first dibs on the band's hits.
When reached by Fortune, an Apple spokesman responded that the...
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Posted by
felix 3 years 21 days ago
Details of The Beatles' new album 'LOVE' have been confirmed.
The album, which is out on November 20, will be released in a CD/DVD format and will contain 78 minutes of 'new' Beatles material.
The album was created by Sir George Martin and his son Giles Martin. The pair used master tapes of original Beatles recordings for a collaboration with Cirque Du Soleil.
In a statement, Paul McCartney said: "This album puts The Beatles back together again, because suddenly there's John and George with me and Ringo."
Ringo Starr added: "George...
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The middle man who tried to sell the stolen recording session tapes will receive two years probation instead of jail time. "Mr Aspinall, who is now managing director of the Beatles' Apple company, told the court the tapes contained more than 200 one-off performances."
Posted by
tiffany 3 years 3 months ago
All you need is luck--and a psych evaluation--to avoid jail time.
A schizophrenic man who allegedly tried to sell boxes of stolen tapes of rare Beatles recordings is free as a bird Friday after a British judge decided not to order him locked up on account of his mental illness.
According to the BBC, Judge Jeremy McMullen of London's Southwark Crown Court ruled that 55-year-old Nigel Oliver will not have to serve what would have likely been a four-year prison term, citing a jury's finding at an earlier hearing that the defendant was...
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