John Lennon's solo catalogue available DRM-free on iTunes

Power to the people

14 August 2007 16:20 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Okay, so it's not quite The Beatles, but Apple has announced the debut of the John Lennon solo catalogue on the iTunes Store.

Sixteen of Lennon's solo works from EMI Music are available for the first time on iTunes starting today.

The "Lennon Legend" and "Acoustic" collections will be 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 256kbps AAC encoding for audio quality for 99 pence per song.

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