The acts signed to The Beatles’ record label Apple are set to have a selected number of their albums remastered and reissued on October 25th.
Founded by the Fab Four in 1968, the label featured acts including Mary Hopkin, Jackie Lomax, James Taylor and Billy Preston, who worked with The Beatles during their Let It Be period, and by the mid-70s had become the outlet for much of the members’ solo output following the band’s split. The news comes on the back of reports former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher’s decision to produce a movie about the infamous story of the label based on the book ‘The Longest Cocktail Party’ by Richard DiLello.
Full list of re-releases:
James Taylor – ‘James Taylor’
Badfinger – ‘Magic Christian Music’
Badfinger – ‘No Dice’
Badfinger – ‘Straight Up’
Badfinger – ‘Ass’
Mary Hopkin – ‘Post Card’
Mary Hopkin – ‘Earth Song, Ocean Song’
Billy Preston – ‘That’s The Way God Planned It’
Billy Preston – ‘Encouraging Words’
Doris Troy – ‘Doris Troy’
Jackie Lomax – ‘Is This What You Want?’
Modern Jazz Quartet – ‘Under The Jasmin Tree’
Modern Jazz Quartet – ‘Space’
John Tavener – ‘The Whale’
John Tavener – ‘Celtic Requiem’
