"""Granny Smith"" Apple logo appears but the text beneath the logo now reads ""Apple Corps"" rather than the previous ""Apple"". The website's acknowledgements specifically state that ""'Apple' and the 'Apple logo' are exclusively licensed to Apple Corps Ltd"". On 16 November 2010, Apple Inc. launched an extensive advertising campaign that announced the availability of the Beatles' entire catalogue on iTunes. The Beatles alleged in a 1979 lawsuit that EMI and Capitol had underpaid the band by more than £10.5 million. A settlement was reached in that case in 1989, which granted the band an increased royalty rate and required EMI"
"Apple instead, and seeing that the Beatles would not be part of the NEMS package, Stigwood went to form his own company, RSO Records. The Apple logo was designed by Gene Mahon, with illustrator Alan Aldridge transcribing the copyright notice to appear on record releases. In January 1968, Beatles Ltd. officially changed its name to Apple Corps. Ltd. and registered the Apple trademark in forty-seven countries In February the company also registered Apple Electronics, Apple Films Ltd., Apple Management, Apple Music Publishing, Apple Overseas, Apple Publicity, Apple Records, Apple Retail, and Apple Tailoring Civil and Theatrical with the intent on"
"cultivars in the United States. In 1968 the pop/rock band The Beatles used an image of a Granny Smith apple as the logo for their corporation, Apple Corps Limited. For their record label, Apple Records, one side of vinyl albums featured the exterior of the fruit whilst the other side of the recording featured a cross-section of the apple. Yoko Ono's 1966 artwork ""Apple"" used a Granny Smith apple in its 2015 recreation at New York City's Museum of Modern Art. John Lennon had taken a bite from the apple on display in its 1966 incarnation at the Indica Gallery"
"Capitol, however, did not have the rights to release or distribute the album in LP format.) To indicate that ""Let It Be"" was not distributed by Capitol, the Apple logo and record label in America sported a red apple, rather than the Beatles' usual green Granny Smith apple. In early 1976, when the Beatles' EMI contract expired, the group's catalogue in the US transferred from Apple to Capitol; ""Let It Be"", however, went out-of-print in America for three years. In 1979, Capitol/EMI acquired United Artists Records; with this acquisition, Capitol acquired the rights to two Beatles albums previously distributed in"
"Guitar"" was the final release for the original Apple record label, which the Beatles had launched in 1968 as a business enterprise aligned with utopian ideology. The record's face labels reverted to the generic Apple design rather than use the customised design adopted for ""You"" and ""Extra Texture"", which included a vivid orange and blue colour scheme and an eaten-away apple core in place of the standard Apple logo. In America and Britain, ""This Guitar"" was available only in a plain sleeve. Among the alternative packaging available in other markets, the rare Japanese picture sleeve incorporated the colour scheme from"
"the Beatles, however, used a new set of numbers, and the copyrights were held mostly by Apple Corps Ltd. More than a ""vanity label"", Apple Records developed an eclectic roster of their own, releasing records by artists as diverse as Indian sitar guru Ravi Shankar, Welsh easy listening songstress Mary Hopkin, the power-pop band Badfinger, classical music composer John Tavener, soul singer Billy Preston, folk singer James Taylor, R&B singer Doris Troy, New York underground rock band Elephant's Memory, original bad girl of rock and roll Ronnie Spector, rock singer Jackie Lomax, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and even London's Radha"
"Apple Records Apple Records is a record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, and Billy Preston. In practice, the roster had become dominated by the mid-1970s with releases of the former Beatles as solo artists. Allen Klein managed the label from 1969 to 1973, then it was managed by Neil Aspinall on behalf of the Beatles and their heirs. Aspinall retired in 2007"
"Apple Records discography This is the discography of Apple Records, a record label formed by the Beatles in 1968. During its early years, the label enjoyed a fair degree of commercial success, most notably with Mary Hopkin and Badfinger, as well as discovering acts such as James Taylor and Billy Preston who would go on to greater success with other labels. However, by the mid-1970s, Apple had become little more than an outlet for the Beatles' solo recordings (although, as the solo Beatles were actually still under contract to EMI, the Apple label was, in truth, only a cosmetic addition"
"gained the American rights to the ""Let It Be"" soundtrack album (along with the American rights to another, earlier, United Artists Beatles movie soundtrack LP, 1964's ""A Hard Day's Night""). Aside from the red apple, other examples in which the apple has been altered include George Harrison's album ""All Things Must Pass"" triple album, on which the first two discs have orange apples while the third has a jar label reading ""Apple Jam""; black and white apples on John Lennon's album ""John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band"" and Yoko Ono's album ""Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band""; a blue apple on Ringo Starr's single"
"so numerous afterward and tended to arrive through the individual actions of the former Beatles; for example, Elephant's Memory were recruited through Lennon and Ravi Shankar through Harrison. McCartney had little input into Apple Records' roster after 1970. Klein managed Apple Corp. until March 1973, when his contract expired. The Beatles' entire pre-Apple catalogue on the Capitol label was re-issued on the Apple label in May 1971, including the singles from ""I Want to Hold Your Hand"" to ""Lady Madonna"", and the albums from ""Meet the Beatles!"" to ""Magical Mystery Tour""; the album covers remained unchanged with the Capitol logos."
"Derek Taylor, who, in Doggett's description, ""hyped the first Apple records with typical elan"". ""Hey Jude"" was the first of the four singles, since it was still designated as an EMI/Parlophone release in the UK and a Capitol release in the US, but with the Apple Records logo now added. In the US, ""Hey Jude"" was the first Beatles single to be issued in a company sleeve rather than a picture sleeve. Lennon wanted ""Revolution"" to be the A-side of the single, but the other Beatles did not agree. In his 1970 interview with ""Rolling Stone"", he said ""Hey Jude"""
"erroneously referred to as a tribute to Alan Turing, with the bite mark a reference to his method of suicide. Both Janoff and Apple deny any homage to Turing in the design of the logo. On August 27, 1999 (the year following the introduction of the iMac G3), Apple officially dropped the rainbow scheme and began to use monochromatic logos nearly identical in shape to the previous rainbow incarnation. An Aqua-themed version of the monochrome logo was used from 1998 to 2003, and a glass-themed version was used from 2007 to 2013. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were Beatles fans,"
"August 1968 in America (as Apple 1802) and 6 September in Britain (as Apple 3). Along with ""Hey Jude"" by the Beatles, Mary Hopkin's ""Those Were the Days"" and the Black Dyke Mills Band's ""Thingumybob"", it was one of Apple's ""Our First Four"" singles, marking the official launch of the label. The four releases took place on the same day in the United States but were spread out over two weeks in the UK. Apple staged a lavish promotional campaign for the launch, led by Derek Taylor, whom Harrison had invited to help run the Beatles' new enterprise. In advance"
"head for the Beatles' newly formed label Apple Records. Taylor gave a demo tape of songs, including ""Something In The Way She Moves,"" to Asher, who then played the demo for Beatles Paul McCartney and George Harrison. McCartney remembers his first impression: ""I just heard his voice and his guitar and I thought he was great ... and he came and played live, so it was just like, 'Wow, he's ""great"".'"" Taylor became the first non-British act signed to Apple, and he credits Asher for ""opening the door"" to his singing career. Taylor said of Asher, who later became his"
"after the careers of Apple artists such as James Taylor, Mary Hopkin, Badfinger and Jackie Lomax. At the time of the Apple debut, everyone agreed that the Beatles first single on the new label had to be a smash. The group was stymied on whether to release “Hey Jude” or “Revolution” as Apple's first single. “Hey Jude,” which clocked in at an unprecedented 7:11, was the obvious choice. However, it was still the era of the less than three-minute record and Top 40 stations gained listeners by playing the most hits in an hour. Mansfield came up with the solution"
"the Beatles' EMI-affiliated Apple Records in 1968, George Harrison had produced and helped nurture acts signed to the label, including Jackie Lomax, Billy Preston and Badfinger, all of whom were little known at the time. Following the Beatles' break-up in 1970, Harrison continued in this role while maintaining a successful solo career, adding prestigious signings such as Ravi Shankar and Ronnie Spector to Apple's roster. By 1973, when he was producing an ambitious ""East-meets-West"" album by Shankar and the debut by a duo from South Shields, Splinter, Apple was being wound down following Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Starr severing"
"first under the Apple Records imprint. Commonly known as the ""Red Album"" and ""Blue Album"", respectively, each have earned a Multi-Platinum certification in the United States and a Platinum certification in the United Kingdom. Between 1976 and 1982, EMI/Capitol released a wave of compilation albums without input from the ex-Beatles, starting with the double-disc compilation ""Rock 'n' Roll Music"". The only one to feature previously unreleased material was ""The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl"" (1977); the first officially issued concert recordings by the group, it contained selections from two shows they played during their 1964 and 1965 US tours. The"
"Campbell, The Band, Bobbie Gentry, Lou Rawls, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, The Steve Miller Band, Bob Seger, and the Quicksilver Messenger Service. In 1967 when the Beatles decided to form their own corporation, they turned to Mansfield to run their record division and named him the U.S. Manager of Apple Records beginning in 1968. Mansfield joined his four new bosses setting up the worldwide launch of Apple Records and the U.S. management of subsequent projects such as ""The Beatles"" (aka ""The White Album""), ""Yellow Submarine"", ""Abbey Road"", ""Let It Be"" and ""Hey Jude"". In addition to the Beatles, Mansfield looked"
"Apple (band) Apple were a British psychedelic rock band. The band was founded in Cardiff in 1968 by Rob Ingram on guitar and Jeff Harrad on bass. They released a single LP in 1969, titled ""An Apple a Day"". The album was a commercial failure, and the band ceased to exist shortly after its release. However, during the subsequent years several tracks from the LP, most notably ""The Otherside"" by Harrad, were dubbed classics of British psychedelic rock by critics, making ""An Apple a Day"" one of the most sought-after British psychedelic rarities. The original vinyl version (released by Page"
"for a record label ever, selling an estimated eight million copies worldwide and topping the charts in eleven countries. In 1999, it was certified 4x platinum by the RIAA, representing four million units shipped in the US. Two years after its initial single release, ""Hey Jude"" and its ""Revolution"" B-side would make their LP debuts on a compilation album also called ""Hey Jude"". A failed early promotional attempt for the single took place after the Beatles' all-night recording session on 7–8 August 1968. With Apple Boutique having closed a week before, McCartney and his girlfriend, Francie Schwartz, painted ""Hey Jude/Revolution"""
"named ""Grapefruit"" by John Lennon after a book written by his future wife, Yoko Ono that was also entitled ""Grapefruit"". Doran became their manager, seeing some commercial potential in them. Apple promptly licensed Grapefruit's music publishing rights for the U.S. to a new publishing and recording label being formed by Terry Melcher entitled Equinox. However, since Apple did not have its own record label at the time, Doran arranged for the band's records to be licensed to RCA Records in the U.K. and to Equinox in the U.S. They were the second band signed to Apple Publishing, following the Liverpool"
"on 28 July 1971 in the United States (as Apple 1836) and 30 July in Britain (R 5912). Before then, Apple's US distributor, Capitol Records, had manufactured one-sided promo discs, featuring just ""Bangla Desh"", with the result that the lead side had already received considerable airplay in the build-up to the concerts. The release was accompanied by a trade advertisement that reflected the emotion conveyed in ""Deep Blue"", of someone watching a loved one ""waste away"", Spizer writes; in this case, the image depicted a mother attempting to comfort her starving child. The B-side was a popular track in its"
"the companies were improving at the January 2007 Macworld conference, when Apple CEO Steve Jobs featured Beatles content heavily in his keynote presentation and demonstration of the iPhone. During that year's All Things Digital conference, Jobs quoted the Beatles song ""Two of Us"" in reference to his relationship with co-panelist Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Speculation abounded regarding the much anticipated arrival of the Beatles' music to the iTunes Store. On 5 February 2007, Apple Inc. and Apple Corps announced a settlement of their trademark dispute under which Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related to ""Apple"" and will"
"At this time, the Beatles were contracted to EMI's Parlophone label in the United Kingdom, and to Capitol Records in the United States. In a new distribution deal, EMI and Capitol agreed to distribute Apple Records until 1975, while EMI retained ownership of their recordings. Beatles recordings issued in the United Kingdom on the Apple label carried Parlophone catalogue numbers, while US issues carried Capitol catalogue numbers. Apple Records owns the rights to all of the Beatles' videos and movie clips, and the rights to recordings of other artists signed to the label. The first catalogue number Apple 1 was"
"Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records Come and Get It: The Best of Apple Records is a greatest hits compilation album containing songs by artists signed to the Beatles' Apple record label between 1968 and 1973. The first such multi-artist Apple compilation, it was released on 25 October 2010. Among the artists are Badfinger, Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Billy Preston, Jackie Lomax, Ronnie Spector and Hot Chocolate. In most cases, the recordings were produced by one of the Beatles, with George Harrison and Paul McCartney being the most heavily represented on the album. The compilation accompanied a"
"the US, including ""The Beatles"" (also known as the White Album), ""Yellow Submarine"", ""Abbey Road"" and ""Let It Be"". During that time, Klein became the Beatles' business manager and ran Apple under the aegis of his company ABKCO, for which Bennett served as promotions manager. After the band's break-up in April 1970, Bennett continued to manage promotion for each of the four Beatles – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – within his role at ABKCO. He also handled promotion for the Beatles' original drummer, Pete Best, and numerous other stars. He was the promoter for the"
"UK and US, the single was released by Apple, although EMI retained the rights to the song as part of their contract. It was the only Beatles' single to include an accompanying artist's name, crediting ""Get Back/Don't Let Me Down"" to ""The Beatles with Billy Preston"". Neither Apple nor Capitol Records created a picture sleeve for the single — it was simply packaged in a sleeve stating ""The Beatles on Apple"". Apple launched a print ad campaign for the song concurrent with its release showing a photo of the band with the slogan ""The Beatles as Nature Intended"", indicating that"
"Apple record label. According to author Joshua Greene, the decision to release recordings by the Radha Krishna Temple came about after one such session of kirtan, held at Harrison's Surrey home, Kinfauns. Harrison telephoned the devotees the following morning, saying, ""You're going to make a record"", and told them to come to Abbey Road Studios that same evening. Via his disciples, Prabhupada had recommended that the Beatles record the Hare Krishna mantra, in order to spread the message of Krishna Consciousness to the group's wide fan base. Instead, Harrison chose to produce a version by the London-based ISKCON devotees and"
"""Back Off Boogaloo""; Harrison's album ""Extra Texture (Read All About It)"", on which the apple (in shrunken cartoon form) is eaten away at its core (this was intended to be a joke because it was released at a time when Apple Records was beginning to fold); and a red apple on Starr's compilation album ""Blast from Your Past"". Other types of apples were also used: in 1971, for Lennon's ""Imagine"" and Ono's ""Fly"", the apples respectively featured pictures of Lennon and Ono, as did the apples for Ono's 1973 ""Approximately Infinite Universe"" and the singles that were released from these"
"in Britain (as Apple 25) and 24 March in the United States (as Apple 1821). The single made the UK top 30, peaking at number 23. Apple's press officer, Derek Taylor, later recalled that his department placed print advertisements stating that ""Govinda"" was ""the best record ever made"". Prabhupada first heard the recording in Los Angeles; moved to tears, he asked for it to be played every morning while ISKCON devotees offered prayers in honour of the deities. In their book documenting the first 40 years of the Hare Krishna movement, Graham Dwyer and Richard Cole write that with ""Hare"
"one. The Beatles hired a machine and used it on their single ""Strawberry Fields Forever"", recorded in various takes between November and December 1966. Author Mark Cunningham describes the part in ""Strawberry Fields Forever"" as ""probably the most famous Mellotron figure of all-time"". Though producer George Martin was unconvinced by the instrument, describing it ""as if a Neanderthal piano had impregnated a primitive electronic keyboard"", they continued to compose and record with various Mellotrons for the albums ""Magical Mystery Tour"" (1967) and ""The Beatles"" (1968, also known as ""the White Album""). McCartney went on to use the Mellotron sporadically in"
"Apple scruffs The Apple scruffs were a loosely-knit group of hardcore Beatles fans who were known for congregating outside the Apple Corps building and at the gates of Abbey Road Studios in London during the waning days of Beatlemania, in the hope of seeing or interacting with one of the band members. The name was first coined by George Harrison, who also recorded a song as a tribute to the scruffs for his 1970 triple album ""All Things Must Pass"". In November 1968, the album """" was released. The album was distributed by Track in the UK and Tetragrammaton in"
"opens with the song. A version from the 1973 recording session with Lennon on lead vocals appeared on the 1998 box set ""John Lennon Anthology"". The Beatles broke up in April 1970, having achieved an unprecedented level of international fame for a musical act, and after helping to inspire many of the musical and cultural changes of the 1960s. In the eyes of the media and the public, the band members were divided into two factions: John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, all of whom had opted to engage the services of Allen Klein to manage the group's Apple"