“Sir Paul has claimed the delay is down to record company EMI,” Whitworth reports. “‘It’s been business hassles,’ he said. ‘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.'”
Whitworth reports, “McCartney has long insisted that he wants to make his old tracks with John, George and Ringo available to download.”
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“… speaking words of wisdom, let it be, let it be ….”
Rock on, Paul!
‘You never give me your money
You only give me your funny paper
and in the middle of negotiations
you break down’
BOYCOTT EMI!!!
– C2
I’m glad to see McCartney speaking out against the record label, and understanding that Apple is not to blame. And EMI is being STUPID!!!
Duke Nukem sequel and the Beatles on iTunes…
Buy the CD, rip it & forget it. The quality is better.
…its time to hear from EMI. Preferably with a name (and email address).
-hh
Beattles…Who are they???
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Maybe a Gawker “journalist” could email Steve Jobs at 2 in the morning while a little drunk and ask Steve what John would think if he was 20…..
This saga ended long ago on Lime Wire.
Fsck the Labels!
”I know iTunes would like to do it, so one day it’s going to happen.'”
Does even the biggest Apple fanboy have this kind of faith?
Why does anyone care, because….:”During the week of 4 April 1964, The Beatles held twelve positions on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, including the top five positions. Neither feat has been matched by any other artist to date. The songs were “Can’t Buy Me Love” (Capitol Records), “Twist and Shout” (Tollie Records), “She Loves You” (Swan Records), “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (Capitol), and “Please Please Me” (Vee-Jay).”
@-hh
Not since last year…
Fans of the Beatles most likely already own the CD’s and have them ripped. No huge need for iTunes to carry them.
Make it snappy, EMI
Hey, at least Beatallica is on iTunes!
Check it out, it’s a hilarious blend of Metallica and Beatles music.
With titles such as Sgt Hetfield’s Motorbreath Pub Band, Blackened the USSR, and Everyone’s Got a Ticket to Ride Except for Me and My Lightening, there is something for everyone! 😀
I guess we’re all shocked here. glad Paul came out and let people know it’s not HIM that’s backwards.
Freakin’ EMI – holding on to the last vestiges of profit.
EMI was bought by a bunch of venture capitalists a few years back that are purely in it to milk every last penny out of their back catalogue. The label has haemorrhaged artists and A&R;people, sales have halved, and virtually no money is going into the development or promotion of new artists. It’s all about living on past glories.
Don’t expect to see the Beatles on iTunes until after EMI changes ownership.
“his old tracks with John, George and Ringo”
-Understatement of the millenium!!
EMI was talking to Adobe and think that the future is in vinyls and 8-tracks.
EMI = Adobe = Fail.
Not that they shouldn’t release the albums on iTunes, but I wouldn’t give it some revolutionary fanfare. Most fans already have the songs on their computer. They’ve already released the songs digitally on that apple-shaped flash drive; what’s the holdup?
stupid record companies.
but HONESTLY…NOBODY cares anymore.
If Paul is telling the truth, then EMI must be run by imbeciles, which shouldn’t be a big surprise I guess.
So the question is: How does the middleman get to be in total control of what happens to the Beatles’ music. That’s insane.
“Fans of the Beatles most likely already own the CD’s and have them ripped. No huge need for iTunes to carry them.” —anypat
No need for a whole new generation of music fans to have online access to the music of one of the most influential music groups of all time? What a dumb thing to say!