Beatles go digital

The recordings of The Beatles are to be made available online for the first time, it has been revealed.

Never before have fans of The Fab Four been able to download music from the group, a situation which will apparently change "soon".

EMI Group vice chairman David Munns announced the news at a music industry conference in San Francisco this weekend, preferring not to give a specific date.

Apple Corps and EMI are also in the process of launching the first Beatles official online merchandise store, reports Music Week.

Meanwhile, a 'new' Beatles album, "LOVE", which is a 78 minute collage of their music, produced by George Martin and his son Giles, is released next Monday.

Created for the Cirque De Soleil stage production of The Beatles' career, which has been running in Las Vegas, features some of their most famous work.

The tracklisting is as follows:

"Because"
"Get Back"
"Glass Onion"
"Eleanor Rigby"
"Julia"
"I Am The Walrus"
"I Want To Hold Your Hand"
"Drive My Car"/"The Word"/"What You're Doing"
"Gnik Nus"
"Something"
"Blue Jay Way"
"Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!"/"I Want You"
"She's So Heavy"/"Helter Skelter"
"Help!"
"Blackbird"/"Yesterday"
"Strawberry Fields Forever"
"Within You Without You"/"Tomorrow Never Knows"
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
"Octopus's Garden"
"Lady Madonna"
"Here Comes The Sun"
"The Inner Light"
"Come Together"/"Dear Prudence"
"Cry Baby Cry"
"Revolution"
"Back In The U.S.S.R."
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
"A Day In The Life"
"Hey Jude"
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)"
"All You Need Is Love"

"LOVE" is released on November 20.