Late Beatle Harrison goes digital

Reuters - 1 hour 12 minutes ago

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Nine albums from the late George Harrison have been made available online through retailers such as Apple's iTunes, record label Parlophone said on Wednesday, as the fourth and final member of the Beatles finally went digital.

 

As a group, the Beatles have been among the highest-profile holdouts to putting music online but a recent settlement to a lengthy trademark dispute between Apple and the Beatles' company, Apple Corps Ltd, is seen as finally clearing the way.

 

Parlophone, part of the EMI music group, said nine albums including "All Things Must Pass", were now available from all digital service providers and said more would follow online in the new year.

 

The announcement means that the solo catalogues of all four Beatles are now available digitally.

 

"It is exciting that George's catalogue is finally available for downloading," Harrison's widow Olivia said in a statement.

 

"He had begun the digital remastering of his albums but had no idea how the digital world would change the way we access and listen to music."

 

Olivia Harrison told Reuters in an interview in June that she hoped the Beatles' music would be put online by 2008, and Paul McCartney told trade publication Billboard earlier this year that an online deal for the group's catalogue was "virtually settled".

 

But he shied away from saying anything would happen in the short term. Harrison died in 2001.

 

Will any of you be downloading any of this material?

The albums are:

 

All Things Must Pass (1971 - 30th Anniversary Edition)

Living In The Material World (1973)

Thirty Three & a Third (1976)

George Harrison (1979)

Somewhere In England (1981)

Gone Troppo (1982)

Cloud Nine (1987)

Live in Japan (1992)

Brainwashed (2002)

 

That leaves outstanding:

 

Concert For Bangladesh (1972)

Dark Horse (1974)

Extra Texture (1975)

Best Of Dark Horse (1988 featuring 3 new tracks)

 

Will any of you be downloading any of this material?

 

Once i learn how to do it I might :lol:

Harrison’s catalogue goes digital

11 October, 2007

Source: MW

By Anna Winston

 

Nine albums of solo work by former Beatle George Harrison are now available from online retailers, after the conclusion of a legal fight between Apple Inc, owner of iTunes and the Beatle’s label Apple Corps.

 

Solo work from all four Beatles can now be bought in digital format. 16 of John Lennon’s albums and works from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were made available earlier this year.

 

 

It is hoped that the latest move will take the band’s group recordings a step further towards going digital. As yet none of the Beatle’s catalogue is available.

 

George Harrison’s widow Olivia says Harrison "had begun the digital mastering of his albums but had no idea how the digital world would change the way we access and listen to music".