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Former Beatle George Harrison’s solo music is now available on Apple Inc.'s iTunes and includes nine albums.
George, the “quiet” one, is the last of the Beatles to have his solo music added to the online music store, as of Tuesday, reports the Los Angeles Times.
Harrison's entire catalog has been digitally remastered, and the tracks will be available in DRM-free format for $1.29 each. Some of the albums, including “George Harrison,” “Somewhere in England” and “Living in the Material World,” feature bonus songs, according to E! Online.
It has taken a while for the solo works of Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon to arrive on iTunes, due to a legal battle between Apple Inc. and the Beatles’ Apple Corps over the use of the “Apple” name and logos, reports the LA Times.
The legal dispute was solved in February of this year between the computer company and Apple Corps, owned by Harrison's estate, along with McCartney, Starr and John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were first to join the iPod generation, followed by John Lennon in August.
The wait goes on for songs from the Beatles as a group. The LA Times reports that Paul McCartney was optimistic earlier this year, telling Billboard Magazine in May that a decision to sell the band's music on iTunes was “virtually settled.”
According to E! Online, both McCartney and the band's record company, EMI, have confirmed that the entire Beatles catalog will be digitally remastered for online sale.
Apple’s announcement of George Harrison’s solo work availability on iTunes comes shortly after filmmaker Martin Scorsese shared his plans of making a documentary about the former Beatle guitarist and singer.
In late September, the Academy Award winning director said that his plan to make a documentary already has the approval of George Harrison’s surviving family members.
The Harrison family, including widow Olivia and son Dhani, will provide Scorsese with material from their extensive archive. Early production begins later this year and Scorsese expects the project to take several years to complete.
Surviving Beatle members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will also participate, as well as the Beatles' Apple Records label.
“George Harrison's music and his search for spiritual meaning is a story that still resonates today and I'm looking forward to delving deeper,” Scorsese was quoted as saying.
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