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Beatles on iTunes Still Hung Up on 'Business Hassles'

xraydoc said:
Irrelevant.

Sure, there will be some newspaper/TV news announcements, a brief flash of downloads, but in the end - once the 'excitement' has settled - I don't see massive sales of this material anymore.

Honestly, I think The Beatles/EMI have missed the big payout they were likely hoping for.
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How wrong can you be.

The remastered Beatles Boxed Sets in the UK sold out the day they were released and it took weeks before I could get my hands on a copy.

They sold 2.25 MILLION copies of the remastered albums.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/22/beatles-remasters-sales
 
There are probably a handful of songs that a lot of people want, but don't want to buy the whole sets.

What's crazy about this is EMI was the first to allow Apple to sell non-DRM tracks. Maybe EMI is just trying to hold out for an extravagant premium.
 
Stella said:
I'm really looking forward to Beatles being on digital media. I want to be able to cherry pick music and not have to buy complete albums.

Back 2 or 3 years ago, I would have thought that by today, Beatles would be on iTunes.

Beatles music is still far superior to a lot of today's music. A lot of modern music is just so lame and boring, showing no talent whatsoever.
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This would be the only reason to want The Beatles on iTunes. So you could just download a few tracks. But my bet is that when/if they do come to iTunes they will only be available as albums. They made this music two ways. some was sold as singles (on 45s) and some on albums. I doubt they will sell any album tracks alone but I could see th single versions selling as singles on iTunes.

Back in the days before computerized FM radio stations many artist considered an album side to be a complete work and don;t want it busted up.

EMI is almost certainly holding out for more money but the idiots don't know that fewer and fewer people care about this the longer they hold out.
 
Lacking on iTunes

Yes The Baatles is perhaps the larges omission from the iTunes Music Store.

You would think that they would get this moving given EMI's dwindling financial situation.

While on this sort of topic, What about The Simpsons on iTunes people!?
 
I'm sure my great great grandchildren will enjoy hearing the Beatles catalog when it's finally added to the iTunes Store. :rolleyes:
 
donlphi said:
I just bought the Digital Remastered CDs last year and ripped them onto iTunes. I have no need for it anymore. I really can't imagine somebody still waiting for this to happen. Let's be honest. It's more of a statement than an offering.

If you like the Beatles, chances are, you already have plenty of recordings.

The way I have always seen it is, if I can't find the CD online or it isn't on iTunes, I can acquire it by any means necessary. :D
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Nope. I only have 3 Beatles Cds and would buy the rest if it ever came to iTunes. I don't pirate music so I guess I'll do without them until EMI gets their act together :).
 
griz said:
Here's a wild idea...Stay with me, because it gets complicated.

Step 1. ACTUALLY BUY THE CD
Step 2. RIP IT
Step 3. ENJOY!
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No kidding! Then you actually have the CD, can rip it in lossless if you want and have superior sound. I've actually purchased less digital songs the more I've realized you give up so much on the crappy compression they are formatted with....
 
cvaldes said:
Do you remember the week at Michael Jackson's death? All of the top ten songs were his and I believe most of the top ten albums as well.

EMI is stupid for not releasing the Beatles discography to the iTunes Store.
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Death is usually a wise career move for most artists. Remember when Freddy Mercury died? Queen sales went through the roof. Maybe EMI is just waiting for Paul or Ringo to die so they can ride the bounce.
 
EMI is in dire straights and for sale. Warners and Sony are said to be interested. You would think that EMI would get the Beatles on iTunes NOW. Sales would be pretty huge (at least during the initial push) and EMI would be worth a bit more prior to a sale.
 
macjonny1 said:
No kidding! Then you actually have the CD, can rip it in lossless if you want and have superior sound. I've actually purchased less digital songs the more I've realized you give up so much on the crappy compression they are formatted with....
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This is the main reason why I have purchased less than 20 songs from iTunes, ever.
 
Very strange. The music is already available digitally. The music was recently rereleased on CDs and a small run of thumb drives at higher resolution.
 
who needs emi?

WHo doesn't have the Beatles on their iPod?
EMI just been stupid and lost more sales.

Must be bunch of over paid MBA's.
 
macjonny1 said:
No kidding! Then you actually have the CD, can rip it in lossless if you want and have superior sound. I've actually purchased less digital songs the more I've realized you give up so much on the crappy compression they are formatted with....
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Don't you love how people go and say things like "But I want to buy that music in digital format!" You'd be forgiven for thinking CDs are analogue with the way people keep repeating that...
 
and I agree with those you say to buy the remasters. They are stunning. Great packaging, great sound. Load them into your itunes if you wish but this catalogue is a must.
 
This happened to Bone Thugz n Harmony a few years back, too.

Then I just went out and bought the CD.

As was said a million times already, I doubt anyone that wants to listen to the Beatles cares about iTunes when the CD is still pretty abundant.
 
The Beatles catalogue is the gift that just keeps giving :).

Despite the fact that every man and his dog has the complete collection, thanks to childbirth there are always potential buyers sprouting up all the time. Now Macca has had such an expensive divorce he could probably do with the extra few million. Sheep farming in Sussex is heinously expensive - especially if you don't send them off to market at an early age. Old sheep are an ongoing cost.
 
When middlemen get in they way of a new distribution medium, look at their vested interest. Anyone leading EMI own a CD pressing company?
 
PhoneyBoy said:
How wrong can you be.

The remastered Beatles Boxed Sets in the UK sold out the day they were released and it took weeks before I could get my hands on a copy.

They sold 2.25 MILLION copies of the remastered albums.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/22/beatles-remasters-sales
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Right but who bought those -- mostly middle age and older Beatles fans who wanted the best quality recording they could buy. That is not the iTunes/MP3 demographic. They would sneer at the prospect of d/ling a lossy 256kpbs AAC or MP3.
 
And to those wo say that everyone already has the music. what about the hundreds, actually thousands of other artists who've bee out on CD in the past. Once they go to iTunes, their sales increase. Name any catalogue artist. But even buying used copies of the CDs in stores or via Amazon would get you better fidelity that an iTunes download.
 
I thought I heard it was because the record label was Apple records and they didn't like that Apple computer had the same name or something like that.
 
donlphi said:
I just bought the Digital Remastered CDs last year and ripped them onto iTunes. I have no need for it anymore. I really can't imagine somebody still waiting for this to happen. Let's be honest. It's more of a statement than an offering.

If you like the Beatles, chances are, you already have plenty of recordings.

The way I have always seen it is, if I can't find the CD online or it isn't on iTunes, I can acquire it by any means necessary. :D
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...Like Amazon for one example...
 
DJ Dilbert said:
I thought I heard it was because the record label was Apple records and they didn't like that Apple computer had the same name or something like that.
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The Apple v Apple thing was settled about two years ago. That's over. Look all the Beatles solo stuff in already on iTunes because most of it is controlled by each Beatle or family member. The Band's catalogue is owned by EMI.
 
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