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I found an article on Forbes this morning that tells of the Apple Records recent deal with Apple Computers iTunes music store to sell part of the John Lennon catalog on iTunes. There has apparently been no John Lennon music on iTunes until now. Much of the John Lennon, post-Beatles work has been available on other music sites, just not Steve Job’s corner store.

What struck me about the article wasn’t the fact that the two Apples have joined together (apple sauce anyone), but rather a comment in the article by the woman we all love to hate, Yoko Ono.

Below see the article and the comment I left. (We’ll have to wait and see if Forbes will print it).

ITunes Now Selling John Lennon Tracks

Associated Press 08.14.07, 6:41 PM ETLOS ANGELES –

Apple Inc. has begun selling downloads of tracks from 16 of John Lennon’s post-Beatles albums, including “Working Class Hero” and “John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band,” on iTunes, the company said Tuesday.

The albums represent Lennon’s recording output while he was with Capitol Records, a unit of Britain’s EMI Group PLC.

While many of the late singer-songwriter’s solo recordings have been available for download commercially elsewhere, this marks the first time they have been available on Apple’s market-leading online music service.

Songs on two albums – “Lennon Legend” and “Acoustic” – were being made available for download exclusively on iTunes, the company said.

Video content was also being included with the purchase of some of the albums for a limited time.

The Lennon tracks will also be available without copy-protection restrictions and in higher-quality audio for $1.29 each. Regular versions are priced at 99 cents each.

“John would have loved the fact that his music will now be available in a format suited to a new generation of listeners,” Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, said in a statement released by Apple.

Copyright 2007 Associated Press.

[Thanks, Forbes]

My Comment:

Dear Yoko,

You plastic bitch. You say that “John would have loved the fact that his music will now be available in a format suited to a new generation of listeners,” But do you think that John would have loved the whole DRM issue that is causing so much ill-will in the music industry right now? Or do you, like me, secretly think that John would have been on the forefront of the revolution, playing against the rules, Like Prince perhaps?

Music deserves to be free (of the shackles of DRM)!