LOS ANGELES (AP) - Apple Inc. has begun selling downloads of tracks from 16 of John Lennon's albums, including 'Working Class Hero' and 'John Lennon/Platic Ono Band,' on iTunes, the company said Tuesday.
The albums represent Lennon's recording output while he was with Capital Records, a unit of Britain's EMI Group PLC.
While many of the late singer-songwriter's solo recordings have been available for download commercially elsewhere, this marks the first time they have been available on Apple's online music service.
Songs on two albums -- 'Lennon Legend' and 'Acoustic' -- were being made available for download exclusively on iTunes, the company said.
Video content was also being included with the purchase of some of the albums for a limited time.
The Lennon tracks will also be available without copy-protection restrictions and in higher-quality audio for $1.29 each. Regular versions are priced at 99 cents each.
'John would have loved the fact that his music will now be available in a format suited to a new generation of listeners,' Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, said in a statement released by Apple.
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