How Big Is The Beatles’ Stick? Big Enough To Smack The Other Apple In The Face

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The Beatles’ remastered catalogue will be available on a digital USB stick just in time for Christmas.

EMI and Apple Corps Ltd have announced the upcoming release of The Beatles digital USB. The device is another strong uppercut to the other Apple, who have yet to land the band’s titles on iTunes. “[Jobs] says that a download is worth 99 cents, and we disagree,” said George Harrison’s son Dhani in an interview with Blender last Spring.

Music retailer Bluebeat has been selling $.25 Beatles track downloads but, as reported in the LA Times this week, EMI has filed copyright infringement charges against that company. It appears that they forgot to ask permission to put the tracks up.

The $279 USB is shaped in the form of an apple (shocker) and contains 14 stereo titles, as well as all of the re-mastered CDs’ visual elements, including 13 mini-documentary films about the studio albums, replicated original UK album art, rare photos and expanded liner notes.

Only 30,000 copies of the USB will be released. It drops December 8th and is available for pre-order at The Beatles’ store.

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Tom Gates

Tom is a writer and a constant traveler, having spent most of the past two years wandering Earth with his Macbook. He is also pretending to be a third person right now and is obviously writing his own bio. He knows that you knew that, despite the deft maneuvering of pronouns.

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  • Theodore Scott replied on November 6, 2009

    I think you have the decimal point in the wrong spot. Only 2.5 cents for a Beatles song would be awesome though!

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  • Nancy replied on November 6, 2009

    Hell Yeah! I love to see the Beatles on top. This is a great deal and a rightful slap in the face to Apple. (Side note: does anyone else find it as stunning as I do how alike Dhani looks to his dad?)

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