The Beatles Official Newsletter
21st October 2009
NEWS: Abbey Road, first full playable album available for download for
The Beatles Rock Band
Abbey Road is launched as the first Beatles album to be available for
purchase and playable as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store.
With Come Together, Something, Octopus's Garden, I Want You (She's So
Heavy), Here Comes The Sunand The Endalready included on The Beatles:
Rock Band game disc, players will now be able to play songs from and
complete the entire Abbey Road album.
The details:
Available for Xbox 360 (Oct.20) and PlayStation 3 System (Oct.22):
Individual Abbey Road singles: Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Oh! Darlingand
Because. Price: $1.99 USD, ?0.99 UK, ?1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points
for Xbox 360) per each individual track.
Additionally, the following songs from Abbey Road can also be played as
1-to-3-song sets, based on how they were recorded/composed: You Never
Give Me Your Money, Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/She Came in
Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight", The
End/Her Majesty. Price: $16.99 USD, ?10.46 UK, ?11.37 EU (1360
Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for "Complete The Album Pack"
The "Complete The Album Pack" features: Abbey Road singles: Maxwell's
Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, and Because. The entire Abbey Road B-side 16
minute medley that includes: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King,
Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came in Through the Bathroom
Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weightand The End
Available for Wii (Oct. 20): Individual Abbey Road singles: Maxwell's
Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, Becauseand You Never Give Me Your Money/Her
Majesty. Price: $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per each individual track.
Price: $1.00 USD (100 Wii Points) for Her Majesty
Multi-track sets: Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/She Came in
Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End.
Price: $3.50 USD (350 Wii Points) per 2-Pack/No additional cost for 3rd
song "The End" as it is already included on game disc.
Additional Beatles albums that have been announced as upcoming
downloadable content include Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1967) in November and Rubber Soul (1965) in December.
The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content will be available for
purchase on the XboxLIVE Marketplace for Xbox360, PlayStation Network
and via the in-game The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store for Wii? using
Wii points purchased through the Wii Shop Channel.
The Beatles: Rock Band is rated "T" for Teen with the descriptors "Mild
Lyrics" and "Tobacco Reference" by the ESRB.
? Apple Corps 2009
21st October 2009
NEWS: Abbey Road, first full playable album available for download for
The Beatles Rock Band
Abbey Road is launched as the first Beatles album to be available for
purchase and playable as downloadable content in The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store.
With Come Together, Something, Octopus's Garden, I Want You (She's So
Heavy), Here Comes The Sunand The Endalready included on The Beatles:
Rock Band game disc, players will now be able to play songs from and
complete the entire Abbey Road album.
The details:
Available for Xbox 360 (Oct.20) and PlayStation 3 System (Oct.22):
Individual Abbey Road singles: Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Oh! Darlingand
Because. Price: $1.99 USD, ?0.99 UK, ?1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points
for Xbox 360) per each individual track.
Additionally, the following songs from Abbey Road can also be played as
1-to-3-song sets, based on how they were recorded/composed: You Never
Give Me Your Money, Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/She Came in
Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight", The
End/Her Majesty. Price: $16.99 USD, ?10.46 UK, ?11.37 EU (1360
Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for "Complete The Album Pack"
The "Complete The Album Pack" features: Abbey Road singles: Maxwell's
Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, and Because. The entire Abbey Road B-side 16
minute medley that includes: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King,
Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came in Through the Bathroom
Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weightand The End
Available for Wii (Oct. 20): Individual Abbey Road singles: Maxwell's
Silver Hammer, Oh! Darling, Becauseand You Never Give Me Your Money/Her
Majesty. Price: $2.00 USD (200 Wii Points) per each individual track.
Price: $1.00 USD (100 Wii Points) for Her Majesty
Multi-track sets: Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam/She Came in
Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End.
Price: $3.50 USD (350 Wii Points) per 2-Pack/No additional cost for 3rd
song "The End" as it is already included on game disc.
Additional Beatles albums that have been announced as upcoming
downloadable content include Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1967) in November and Rubber Soul (1965) in December.
The Beatles: Rock Band downloadable content will be available for
purchase on the XboxLIVE Marketplace for Xbox360, PlayStation Network
and via the in-game The Beatles: Rock Band Music Store for Wii? using
Wii points purchased through the Wii Shop Channel.
The Beatles: Rock Band is rated "T" for Teen with the descriptors "Mild
Lyrics" and "Tobacco Reference" by the ESRB.
? Apple Corps 2009