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Bookies first Beatles No1 bet

April 13th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed in News

BOOKIES are taking bets on which Beatles song reaches No 1 first — after legal downloads of their hits moved closer.

The band have finally settled a £30million royalties row with music giant  EMI — and punters rushed to lay bets on 5/2 favourite Hey Jude. Yesterday was backed at 9/1 while the Love Me Do odds were slashed from 25/ 1 to 10/1 after a flurry of action.

A William Hill spokesman said: “If they’re all released together punter s think Hey Jude will come up trumps but there is a decent amount of shrewd money for Love Me Do.”

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Julian Lennon sells stake in Beatles songs

April 13th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed in News

Julian Lennon has sold a financial stake in his late father’s compositions for the Beatles to Primary Wave Music Publishing. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the parties are quoted as saying in a statement that the share of the catalog was “significant.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN1340484820070413
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Beatles Deal Nets Paul McCartney £200million

April 13th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed in News

Sir Paul McCartney will be pleased he dumped Heather Mills when he did – he’s set to make £200 million with the latest Beatles deal.

The star’s fortune could be boosted by that amount after a new deal between Apple Corp, iTunes and EMI means the band’s entire back catalogue will soon be available for download on the internet.

With Sir Paul and John Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono set to take the majority of songwriting credits the revenue will now come rolling in.

A source tells the Daily Mail, “That might just be a few per cent, but on  a billion pounds of sales, that is hundreds of millions for the likes of Paul and Yoko. “The release of the back catalogue though iTunes will be the most extraordinary money-spinner. We are talking perhaps 14 remastered albums and numerous opportunities to release singles.”

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‘Vijfde Beatle’ zet het volume op nul

April 13th, 2007 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Dutch News

De erfenis van The Beatles is decennia lang bewaakt door Neil Aspinall. Maar de baas van Apple houdt ermee op.

AMSTERDAM – Een vraag voor de Beatle-fan: hoe komt het dat op geen enkel compilatiealbum een liedje van de The Beatles voorkomt? Antwoord: Neil Aspinall heeft dat altijd tegengehouden, omdat het zou bijdragen aan een goedkoop imago van de band. Het is maar één voorbeeld van de compromisloze wijze waarop de baas van platenmaatschappij Apple Corps de belangen van zijn werkgevers heeft gediend. Na meer dan veertig jaar trouwe dienst houdt de Brit ermee op, zo maakte Apple deze week bekend.
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Rumor: New Paul McCartney album tracklisting leaked

April 13th, 2007 by admin | No Comments | Filed in News

What appears to be the tracklisting to Paul McCartney’s new album, Memory Almost Full, has appeared on the website starbucksgossip.typepad.com. The unconfirmed information features the titles to the album’s 12 tracks and a thumbnail description of the songs.

http://www.therockradio.com/2007/04/new-paul-mccartney-album-tracklisting.html
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