Obviously, they got the Beatles mixed up with the Bee Gees. 
That’s probably what I’ll end up doing since I really want the Mono set, and I think iTunes is only offering the stereo versions.
I was holding out hope that Google Music (when it finally arrives) would be the first to have The Beatles catalog, but oh well…
They’ve changed it to “England’s favorite mopheads” now. Too redfaced to change it to Liverpool? Also, I don’t want to stick the boot in here but isn’t the usual term ‘moptop’?
iTunes exclusive “into 2011.”
Copyright, not trademark.
In the case of the Beatles (and Apple), it really is trademark at issue, I think. The long-existing hostilities between them are the result of trademark disputes over the Apple brand name. The Beatles’ record label was “Apple” as well.
The circumstances that Munch described amounts to a concern by the party that controls the copyrights.
Yes, it is. Although now I’m thinking that I will start calling Fox News a bunch of mopheads.
Dammit. I even thought about it for a second. Stupid brain…
Which Bee Gee? Seems to me there’s a whole mess of Gibbs.
So you waited years for them to be available on iTunes instead of getting the cds used somewhere and ripping them to your computer at the bit rate of your choice? That is convenient?
Color me unimpressed. The entire catalog has been available for decades in various forms. 99% of the people that want Beatles mp3s have them by now.
Most over rated band ever.
Perhaps…but I still bet the MP3s sell like hotcakes. I love the Beatles (I’d call them the best pop band ever, although they might not be my favorite band), but don’t have most of their shit for one reason or another, and their availability on iTunes certainly makes it more possible that I will buy them.
Ummm… did you even read my other posts?
I own a lot of their albums already. However, there are albums that I have held off buying because I assume there are only a few tracks on them that I’d like.
With this new deal, I can buy the single tracks on those albums that I like. Hence the reason I bought a few off the White album today.
BTW: The Beatles were the Greatest Band Ever!
The key word being WERE. Then The Who came along in 1964, and kicked the Beatles asses.
I really don’t get WHY this is news. I’ve had Beatles songs on my ipod since 2003.
In a related note, I’m very disappointed with the whole digital music scene. iTunes is a terrible mp3 player. (No search keyboard search shortcut?) Now I can use my money to buy Beatles songs? It seems like my local supermarket proudly exclaiming that I can now buy eggs. Also, why are the songs so expensive in general? There is no additional expense in selling additional songs.
Command-Option-F works for me.
Color me “prejudiced” as far as The Fabs go, but the iTunes thing left me going “so what” until I realized The Beatles reach across the years, so why not offer their work to iTunes - mp 3 users, no matter what their ages?
And yes, sparky!, they were and are, AFAIAC.
My Mom’s pots and pans took a lot of abuse from this “Ringo Wannabee”!
Quasi’s prediction for the next best Beatles’ music presentation?
Brain/ear implants making it possible to be as “close” as one can be! Just press a button on your neck and there ya go!
Thanks
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Ah, the kids have it soooooo easy in this day and age. In my time we had to walk 6 miles in the snow–uphill both ways–to buy our Beatles records.
Haters gonna hate, I suppose.
This is a big deal. Like it or not, latter-half 20th century pop music pretty much boils down to maybe 5 acts - Sinatra, Elvis, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and X. I’ll let the dope board argue about who X should be, but the first four are pretty much gold standard. iTunes lacking The Beatles until now was a huge gaping hole in musical breadth.
I’m not even a big fan of the time period or the genre but I’ll still probably pick up the box set on iTunes. There’s just so much good music, and as a fan of other genres it’s fun to listen to the Beatles to be able to say - “Huh! That’s where band Y got that idea!”
And yes, I was waiting for the iTunes release. Because ALL my music is either directly from iTunes or ripped to Apple’s codec (AAC I think?) Plus all my podcasts. Plus I use an iPod for listening.
And for people saying “just buy CDs and rip them!” - for a long time, I did prefer that route (anyone else remember r3mix.net?) However:
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Record stores are dead, at least in the suburbs. The last good record store I frequented - Tower Records - closed up several years ago.
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Places that still sell CDs (your Targets, your Best Buys) stock only the bare minimum “Top 40” shit.
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iTunes actually does give much lesser known artists space. Good space. There’s dozens of albums I’ve bought on iTunes that I wouldn’t have found in any record store within 20 miles of me.
Of the last 20 albums I’ve bought, probably 19 were iTunes downloads. I’ve grown comfortable with that, and come to love the ease, speed and convenience. Audio quality is fine, price is pretty cheap, selection is massively wide and deep, downloads are fast. Digital distribution is where I’ve settled.
So huzzah for iTunes finally getting the Beatles. Now I can give their library a proper listen.
I literally thought you were talking about the Los Angeles punk band X in the previous sentence and thinking, wow, that’s kind of out of left field. (Great band, though.)