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BEATLES TO APPLE: FINALLY SHOWING JUST A BIT OF LOVE by Marauder

BEATLES TO APPLE: FINALLY SHOWING JUST A BIT OF LOVE

For a limited time, you can pick up a Beatles-branded iPod to satiate the Beatles fan in you. Only 2,500 have been produced and are being sold exclusively at Bloomingdales.

If you’re a fan of The Beatles, then you know that the band has yet to show some love and offer their wares on the Apple iTunes store, much to the disdain of their fans. Despite the new iPod sporting a laser-etched Beatles logo on the front and a silhouette of the Abbey Road album cover on the back, The Beatles have still not come to an agreement with Apple over distribution of their albums through the store.

So, while you do get 13 albums of The Beatles music in all of its glory, ripping it onto your iTunes library and then transferring to your iPod is up to you. If you didn’t want the music sold through the iTunes store, I get that (ok not really). But why not produce digital files loaded onto these iPods exclusively?

Apparently, the deal didn’t include negotiations with Apple at all. Hence, the weirdness. Etchstar, the company which offers the laser engraving worked with Bloomingdales to design the iPod etching paired with the CD’s.

I guess if you have $795 to spend (see price below), you can afford to have your assistant prepare your iPod for you. Big pimpin’.

What’s Included

120 GB black iPod with Beatles branding

13 Original Beatles CD’s

2 Masters and the “Love” CD

Engraved Guitar Pick

Packaging designed by Psycho Bunny

Price

$795 plus shipping

How to Get One

Click here or on the image above

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