Apple has announced that the iTunes Store will soon be carrying two exclusive LOVE album with pre-orders begin today.
‘LOVE,’ a Cirque du Soleil creation and co-production with The Beatles’ company, Apple Corps Ltd., celebrates the musical legacy of The Beatles and is presented exclusively at The Mirage in Las Vegas. This joint artistic venture, born from the personal friendship between George Harrison and Guy Laliberte, marks the first time that Apple Corps Ltd. has agreed to a major theatrical partnership. Since opening to rave reviews on June 30, 2006, ‘LOVE’ has played to more than four million audience members.
To create the lush soundscape for ‘LOVE,’ producers Sir George Martin and Giles Martin worked with the entire archive of Beatles master recordings at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios. This unique approach to assembling the music for a live show was rapturously received by the critics and Beatles fans and resulted in the groundbreaking album The Beatles ‘LOVE’ garnering two Grammy Awards, in the categories of Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or other Visual Medium and Surround Sound Album.
On iTunes LOVE will include previously unreleased versions of “The Fool on the Hill” and “Girl,” as well as iTunes LP features like a gallery of the Beatles and the album’s namesake stage production. Cirque du Soleil has been performing LOVE in Las Vegas since 2006.
The iTunes version of LOVE will be ready for download on Feb. 8 for $13.
