LONDON and CUPERTINO, California Apple Corps, EMI and Apple® announced that the Beatles, the most influential and beloved rock band in music history, are now available for the first time on the iTunes Store® (www.itunes.com). Starting today, the groups 13 legendary remastered studio albums with iTunes LPs, the two-volume Past Masters compilation and the classic Red and Blue collections are available for purchase and download on iTunes® worldwide as either albums or individual songs. Fans can also get a special digital Beatles Box Set featuring the Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 concert film, a worldwide iTunes exclusive which captures the Beatles very first US concert.

Were really excited to bring the Beatles music to iTunes, said Sir Paul McCartney. Its fantastic to see the songs we originally released on vinyl receive as much love in the digital world as they did the first time around.

I am particularly glad to no longer be asked when the Beatles are coming to iTunes, said Ringo Starr. At last, if you want ityou can get it nowThe Beatles from Liverpool to now! Peace and Love, Ringo.

We love the Beatles and are honored and thrilled to welcome them to iTunes, said Steve Jobs, Apples CEO. It has been a long and winding road to get here. Thanks to the Beatles and EMI, we are now realizing a dream weve had since we launched iTunes ten years ago.

In the joyful spirit of Give Peace A Chance, I think it is so appropriate that we are doing this on Johns 70th birthday year, said Yoko Ono Lennon.

The Beatles on iTunesBravo! said Olivia Harrison.

The Beatles and iTunes have both been true innovators in their fields, said EMI Group CEO Roger Faxon. Its a privilege for everybody at EMI to work with Steve Jobs and with Apple Corps Jeff Jones and their teams in marking a great milestone in the development of digital music.

Each of the Beatles 13 legendary remastered studio albums, including Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Revolver, The Beatles [The White Album] and Abbey Road include iTunes LPs, which create an immersive album experience with a beautiful design and expanded visual features including a unique mini-documentary about the creation of each album. The two-volume Past Masters compilation and the classic Red and Blue collections are also available.

Single albums are available for purchase and download for $12.99 each, double albums for $19.99 each and individual songs for $1.29 each.

The special digital Beatles Box Set ($149) contains the 13 remastered studio albums with iTunes LPs and all mini-documentaries, Past Masters, and the Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 concert film, a worldwide iTunes exclusive which captures the Beatles very first US concert in its entirety. In addition, Beatles fans can stream and view the Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 concert film from iTunes for free for the remainder of this calendar year.

Apple Corps Ltd. was founded by The Beatles in 1968 to look after the groups own affairs. The London-based company has administered the catalogue of The Beatles releases of the 1960s that have sold to date more than 600 million records, tapes and CDs. Since the 1990s, Apple has piloted new Beatles projects that have become benchmarks for pioneering accomplishment and which have included The Beatles Anthology projects, the 29-million selling album The Beatles 1, The Beatles LOVE show and CD and the 09/09/09 release of The Beatles Remastered catalogue and The Beatles Rock Band game. Further information on The Beatles projects can be found at www.thebeatles.com.

EMI Music is one of the worlds leading music companies, representing artists spanning all musical tastes and genres. Its record labels include Angel, Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capitol Latin, Capitol Nashville, EMI Classics, EMI CMG, EMI Records, EMI Records Nashville, Manhattan, Parlophone and Virgin.   back...