13 ALBUMS MASTERED FOR iTUNES

CELEBRATE 50 YEARS OF GLOBE- SWEEPING "BEATLEMANIA" WITH 13  ALBUMS MASTERED FOR iTUNES The Beatles' U.S. albums collection and collection titles available now for  global digital pre-order exclusively on iTunes To commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first U.S. visit and the band's history-making  debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show," The U.S. Albums, a new 13-album collection spanning 1964's  Meet The Beatles! to 1970's Hey Jude, will be released January 21 by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol. The Mastered for iTunes LP collection, including a 64-page booklet with Beatles photos and  promotional art from the time, as well as a new essay by American author and television executive  Bill Flanagan, are available now for digital pre-order exclusively on iTunes. All of the Mastered for iTunes albums (with the exception of The Beatles' Story, an audio  documentary album) are also available now for individual pre-order on iTunes. THE U.S. ALBUMS RELEASE The Beatles' U.S. albums differed from the band's U.K. albums in a variety of ways,  including different track lists, song mixes, album titles, and art. The albums are presented in mono and stereo, with the exception of The Beatles' Story and Hey Jude, which are in stereo only. All of the albums, including the U.S. versions of A Hard Day's Night (Original Motion Picture  Soundtrack),Help! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Rubber Soul, and Revolver, make their digital debuts with these iTunes releases. On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, greeted by  scores of screaming, swooning fans who rushed the gate to catch a glimpse of John Lennon,  Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as they took their first steps on American soil. Two nights later, on Sunday, February 9, 74 million viewers in the U.S. and millions more in Canada tuned in to CBS to watch The Beatles make their American television debut on "The Ed  Sullivan Show."  In this cultural watershed moment in American history and one of the world's  top-viewed television events of all time, The Beatles performed five songs on the live broadcast. "Beatlemania," already in  full, feverish bloom in The Beatles' native U.K., was unleashed with blissful fervor across  America and around the world. The British Invasion had begun. Read more about the release, here You can also pre-order the U.S. albums, U.S. box sets and exclusive bundles from the  official Beatles stores: Many Thanks, thebeatles.com