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"Beatlemania" unleashed on a new generation
Wed Sep 9, 2009 8:27am EDT
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LONDON (Reuters) - A wave of "Beatlemania" struck Britain's streets on Wednesday as the Fab Four released a specially remastered edition of their albums, complete with an interactive video game for a new generation of fans.
The Beatles collection, launched worldwide on 09/09/09 and priced at 180 pounds ($300), is expected to dominate the charts in the United States and Britain, bringing a windfall to the group's label EMI Music and the Beatles' company, Apple Corps.
While queues formed at major music stores in London, there was also Beatles nostalgia across Europe and parts of Asia.
A front page cartoon in France's Le Monde newspaper showed France's divided opposition leaders dressed as Beatles. "It would be nice if we played the same music," says one. "All you need is love," replied another.
In Ireland, a radio station hosted a karaoke event with people invited to sing and play Beatles tunes on guitar.
Ahead of the launch, Beatles singer and songwriter Paul McCartney wrote a letter to Britain's biggest selling daily newspaper saying how he once imagined the band, which changed the face of popular music in the 1960s, would only last a couple of years.
"Now it feels like the Beatles will go on forever," he wrote in The Sun, nearly 50 years after the group first formed.
While the remastered catalog, its first overhaul since 1987, is seen appealing mainly to Beatles' fans who would appreciate subtle variations and improvements, most excitement surrounds MTV's video game, "The Beatles: Rock Band."
"I'm buying the game," said Stefan Krupicki, 32, who queued for an hour at the launch at the HMV store in central London and declared himself more a fan of Metallica than the Beatles. "I just want to try the game and see how it is going to work."
Developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by Viacom Inc's MTV Games and distributed by Electronic Arts Inc, analysts say the game could sell 2 million units in the first month.
The re-engineered music collection is expected to boost sales of CDs in an era when more and more songs are downloaded online and fans can pick and choose their favorite tracks.
However, the Beatles appear set to move into the digital age -- with some of their music likely to be made available as downloadable content for the video game.
"I'm probably not going to buy the album. I'll probably download it because it's free," said Robert Gold, 21, who works at a clothing store in central London.
Fans of arguably the world's most successful pop band, with album sales of more than 600 million worldwide, have waited for years to be able to download the Beatles' coveted body of work, but have been frustrated partly by a trademark dispute.
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