PRESS RELEASE
14 August 2007
John Lennon Solo Catalogue Debuts on iTunes Store
SYDNEY, Australia—15 August 2007—Apple today announced the debut of the John Lennon solo catalogue on the iTunes Store (www.itunes.com/au). Sixteen of Lennon's solo works from EMI Music are available for the first time on iTunes starting today, with the “Lennon Legend” and “Acoustic” collections making their worldwide digital debuts. For a limited period of 30 days, exclusive video content will be included with the albums “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band,” “Sometime in New York City,” “Walls and Bridges,” “Milk and Honey” and the collections “Anthology” and “Working Class Hero.”
“John would have loved the fact that his music will now be available in a format suited to a new generation of listeners,” said Yoko Ono.
“John Lennon is one of the greatest artists of our time,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re thrilled to have his solo catalogue available on the iTunes Store for the first time.”
As part of EMI Music’s digital catalogue, the John Lennon solo works will be available in iTunes Plus, offering DRM-free music tracks with high quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality virtually indistinguishable from the original recordings—for a recommended retail price (RRP) A$2.29 inc GST per song.
The iTunes Store features the world’s largest catalogue with over four million songs, 7,000 music videos, 100,000 podcasts and 20,000 audiobooks. The iTunes Store has sold over three billion songs, making it the world’s most popular online music store.
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