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The Ringo Starr catalog? Both songs?

@thoeme: Most musicians wish they could have even half of Ringo's post-Beatles career.

The Beatles?

Whoever and whomever ever wanted to own the music to this group has either done so or is dead.

The Beatles on iTunes is irrelevant, so goes for the other holdouts.

If your not on iTunes, your already dead.

Hey Glossy
Back Off, Boogaloo.

MW:behind

No thanks... I will buy the CDs, create FLAC files from them, and then use those FLAC files to make AAC files for iTunes/iPod. Much better quality IMHO.

When they added John Lennon's catalog, I thought, "Maybe they're adding them one Beatle at a time, before the rollout." Now I really think so. If Apple Corps actually has its shit together (always doubtful), that would mean a George Harrison catalog release next month, and then the Beatles in late October or early November, in plenty of time for Christmas. We'll see.

(I like the Beatles because they're popular and time-tested -- just like a matte iMac screen.)

Where's George Harrison?

Who cares? The Beatles were SO last century.

montex are you that stupid do you even listen to music
I bet you listen to rap dumbass

Mozart and Beethoven are pretty ancient, but the music still holds up well, is popular, and sells. Same with the Beatles. You guys nay'saying these developments don't understand the cache iTunes would obtain with the Beatles catalog, especially if it is exclusive. Yeah, most of us already have the music from CDs but that is really not the point. God knows Beatles music is better than anything being produced today. (Sounds like my Dad talking about Benny Goodman, ouch.)

What really brings value is the possibility of only buying the tracks that you like. As it stands now, your options are:
1-Download Illegally
2-Buy the entire CD

I would not mind getting a couple of the songs that are not commonly played on the radio.

Note to those young people who think they are being cool by dissing The Beatles as "so last century":

The genius of music is that it comes in many forms and speaks to the soul and spirit of all mankind. I love Mozart, The Beatles and Linkin Park -- it all moves me.

Maybe, one day, you'll drop your juvenile prejudices and appreciate the vast spectrum of music. In the meantime, your posts simply make you look stupid and narrow-minded.

Something in the force tells me they are holding the Beatles catalogue back til the ipod updates Sept 5th, when they will release a spanking new "Beatles" ipod pre-loaded with the entire collection

Tommy Boy: "Most musicians wish they could have even half of Ringo's post-Beatles career."

Most drummers are thankful they have more than twice Ringo's "talent".

It's a positive for Apple inc. - plain and simple.

Real Drummer
Um, your name doesn't exactly ring a bell. Would you mind listing the work your talent has awarded you?
Thanks.

The Beatles blow away everything that has came out in the past 20-25 years.Everything.

Now that we are done feeding the trolls.......

This does bode well for at the very least the Beatles catalog online. Funny that they did John and Paul first then Ringo and then George. Marketing wise I think the hype would have been better doing Ringo, George, John and the Paul.

Then BANG Beatles exclusive for x-months. Beatles iPod.

But the order may be determined by negotiations, I have heard that George (and his estate) have always been spikiest to deal with.

Obviously Paul has new music coming out and this does well for his sales to be on itunes. John's music continues to sell and as long as the check is big enough Yoko is game. Ringo has a much smaller catalog as does George. So less incentive for them therefore less leverage.

Any Beatles launch would be best left for an iPod refresh.

New iPod + Beatles = INSANE BUZZ & MASSIVE HYPE

So now the big question. When the launch?

Apple Expo Paris would make sense as it is after the Back to School iPod promotion and nice stage to make the announcement. But they may wait until mid October to ride the wave through the holiday season.

(For those of you pissed that I didn't put John last, Paul has a bigger catalog of non-Beatles songs. John died tragically and never got the time to live up to his potential)

@back-on-topic

I agree with your point about Harrison's people being spiky. I've felt for a while that it is Harrison's estate that is holding up the final green light for The Beatles to get on iTunes. Nothing definite, just some little comments made by Olivia Harrison etc.

Not that they will stop the move. I think there are some final details - not necessarily having anything to do with Apple - that the Harrison estate is still working on with the Beatles label and/or other stakeholders.

But I'm purely speculating.

TowerTone - - Come onnnnnnn, Ringo could barely even PLAY on the earliest Beatles recordings! You really think he's a better drummer than Pete Best would've been for them???

There waiting to release Leopard and then introduce the Beatles iPod with "Getting better all the time"

@LightenUp -- No, no, no; absolutely wrong. Symantec-virus-warning-for-OS X wrong. When Anthology Iwas released, it showed to all posterity what a relatively wimpy, lifeless drummer Pete Best was. Ringo, while not flashy, was rock-solid in timing and hit much harder, and was well-suited to the relatively simple song structures and energy of the Beatles' early work. He progressed right along with them, later producing drum parts such as on "Rain" and "A Day In The Life."

As for his solo career and choice of song material -- well...

Yaah, Floower, I'm sure it had NOTHING AT ALL to do with the fact that Best was better looking than all of the Beatles combined. Yah, nothing to do with that . . .

Lighten Up
Yes, and Paul should've stayed on guitar and kept the bass player who had more money than the rest of the band......

MW:perform-HAH!

People who say that "the Beatles are so last century" are the same sort of myopic morons who think that all the "good" music began on their 13th birthday. Yes, that's right. You are the centers of the universe.

Well, we are just talking about a boy band, after all... (And girls at the time did find McCartney, in particular, hideously ugly.)

@Spark - Just checking... did you just compare Ringo Star to Mozart and Beethoven?

If you never really "listened" to the Beatles music, you might miss the genius of the 4 plus George Martin. Genius! (see Brian Wilson). They will sell on iTunes like no other.

As I predicted earlier, I'm thinking that Apple's Major Event on Sept. 5Th. just might be new iPods bundled with a Beatles collection.

Like Fake Steve, the band I want to see is the Zep. Yes, I have all the CDs... but what about my "Hey hey what can I say" 45s....

45s.... gawd i'm freaking old!

said i've got a little woman and she won't be true...