What with the ongoing Apple Corps vs Apple saga and the whole kerfuffle with Beatles music not being on iTunes, would you actually buy any Beatles songs from the store if they were available?
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Would you buy Beatles music from the iTunes store if you could?
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WinterMute
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No, can't stand most of the Beatles stuff, one or two I like but otherwise...
Great songwriters, just don't like em.
Great songwriters, just don't like em.
student_trap
macrumors 68000
i'd buy it if i bought anything from the itunes music store, i prefer actual cd's, and they tend not to cost much more! 128 is far to low a bitrate when its your only copy!
Mitthrawnuruodo
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Benjamindaines
macrumors 68030
Applespider
macrumors G4
Not a particular fan of the Beatles. The only time I'd consider buying it from iTunes is if I needed a track for an iMovie soundtrack where I really wanted a song but didn't need a whole album.
zelmo
macrumors 603
As the youngest of 6 kids, I grew up with siblings who were fanatical over the Beatles. As a result, they were the first substantial influence on my musical taste (apart from Alvin and the Chipmunks😉 ).
While I have most of what I'd want already, there are a few tunes I'd pick up here and there.
While I have most of what I'd want already, there are a few tunes I'd pick up here and there.
Have pretty much all of it on cd already, although i hear there being remastered.. will wait to see what they do with them.
Seems much akin to Lucas trying to get me to buy Star Wars again...
Seems much akin to Lucas trying to get me to buy Star Wars again...
MUCKYFINGERS
macrumors 6502a
I would buy them if the sound quality was MUCH better than the current CD releases, which are just brutal. The whole catalog is in dire need of a remix using modern technology. It has nothing to do with the quality of the original mixes, I think (although the stereo mixes of the albums up to and including Sgt. Pepper are bad), but rather with the digital technology that was in place in 1987, when the CDs were issued.
Listen to the difference between 'Eleanor Rigby' on the current CD issue of 'Revolver' and the version on the recently issued 'Yellow Submarine' soundtrack. No comparison.
When the songs ALL sound like that, I'll buy 'em. Otherwise, my ripped CDs are fine.
Listen to the difference between 'Eleanor Rigby' on the current CD issue of 'Revolver' and the version on the recently issued 'Yellow Submarine' soundtrack. No comparison.
When the songs ALL sound like that, I'll buy 'em. Otherwise, my ripped CDs are fine.
cycocelica
macrumors 68000
Rip the 1 disc
You can find beatles 1 for well under 10 dollars on Amazon and other sites. This gives you 27 tracks of beatles gold for well under .40 a track, and you can rip them at whatever quality you want.
You can choose to pay the Beatles (new) or not (used), and you can save much money compared to whatever you may pay to itunes.
You can find beatles 1 for well under 10 dollars on Amazon and other sites. This gives you 27 tracks of beatles gold for well under .40 a track, and you can rip them at whatever quality you want.
You can choose to pay the Beatles (new) or not (used), and you can save much money compared to whatever you may pay to itunes.
If I did use iTunes to buy music then I wouldn't buy the Beatles. I think they're seriously over rated. I normally only use iTunes to buy audio books or comedy cds. I prefer to own real albums in RL as crazy as that might sound.
plinden
macrumors 601
I'm not sure what you'll learn from this poll. Maybe you need more options, since not buying any Beatles on iTMS can be due to: not liking them; want to punish them for a stupid court case; have all the Beatles you're going to ever own; never buy anything on iTMS.
I myself don't care about the court case but won't buy any Beatles from iTMS because I already have all the Beatles songs I'm ever going to own (I like them, although they're not favourites of mine and I wouldn't play their music too oftern)
I myself don't care about the court case but won't buy any Beatles from iTMS because I already have all the Beatles songs I'm ever going to own (I like them, although they're not favourites of mine and I wouldn't play their music too oftern)
