Its 53 years since the Beatles last released a new record, as opposed to all manner of others repackaging, reworking their back catalogue.
One wonders how much people under 60 either know of or like the Beatles music (I do remember and like btw) but it remains very profitable.
In the last year £8.4m has been paid to Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr (his publishing company) and the widows of George Harrison and John Lennon.
Apple made a profit of £9.4m although turnover fell from £58.4m to £27.3m and profit was also down due to fewer releases of material from 1970 or before.
Lennon and McCartney in their active musical years as a song writing team might have had something to say about this
Leave a Reply