iTunes collects all four Beatles
October 9, 2007
This morning iTunes rounded out their collection of Beatle solo artists with George Harrison's catalog of albums. Dubbed the 'quite one', Harrison had the most extensive collection of unreleased songs when the Beatles split. What you won't find in this collection however is any songs Harrison wrote and recorded with the rest of the Fab Four, but what you will find is that these tracks are available in Non-DRM goodness of iTunes Plus.
With Harrison's Music available through the iTunes Store, this means that they now offer tracks and albums from all four Beatles, McCartney, Starr, Lennon and now Harrison. It seems all the more likely that we will have Beetles in the iTunes Store sooner then later.
While iTunes and Apple (Music) continue to discuss getting Beatles music in to the iTunes store, they are both loosing out on potential sales. Your traditional Brick and Mortar stores are dying off faster then the dinosaurs, and fans of the music are looking towards peer-to-peer and torrent networks to enjoy their music. In a recent torrent search, over 410 hits appeared for "Beatles". This represents thousands of individuals sharing their music, and millions of dollars in lost revenue. With these figures, its curious to how the record companies can argue about their cut of iTunes Music sales, while the continue to loose revenue due to music piracy daily.
Labels: Beatles, iTunes Plus, iTunes Store
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