MUMBAI: Apple has debuted 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 with the Lennon Legend and Acoustic collections making their worldwide digital debuts.
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“John Lennon is one of the greatest artists of our time. We’re thrilled to have his solo catalog available on the iTunes Store for the first time,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
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 just $1.29 per song.
The iTunes Store features the world’s largest catalogue with over five million songs, 550 television shows and over 500 movies. The iTunes Store has sold over three billion songs, 50 million TV shows and over two million movies, making it the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store.
