Abbey Road Unreleased Tracks / Cirque Du Soleil?

[atomic_punk]

If this has been posted already, I apologize....but what the heck are they bringing out here?

Meanwhile, Daily Variety reports that Apple Corps is working on remastering a batch of previously unreleased Beatles tunes to be used as background music for a new Cirque du Soleil show at the Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The launch of the show will reportedly be accompanied by the release of an album of "completely new music."

Famed Beatles producer George Martin told the trade that the recordings were made during the band's Abbey Road sessions and were relegated to the vaults before being unearthed for the circus project.

"I think we will achieve a real sense of drama with the music," Martin said. "The audience will feel as though they are actually in the room with the band."

The remastering is being supervised by McCartney and Starr, with Ono and Olivia Harrison ultimately having sign-off powers.

The Cirque du Soleil production is expected to debut this summer. No word when the purported album will hit stores.

The last time the Beatles reworked old tracks for release was in 1995, when "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" appeared as singles on the group's Anthology collection.

This week also saw the release of The Beatles: The Capitol Albums Vol. 2, a four-disc box set featuring the U.S. versions of four mid-1960s Beatles releases--The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, Help! and Rubber Soul.

Finally, in related news, Michael Jackson is close to selling off a portion of the Beatles' song catalog to stave off bankruptcy. (While Apple Corps oversees the band's business interests and controls release of Beatles music through EMI, Jackson owns the Beatles songbook and oversees use of the actual songs.)

Per the New York Times, the erstwhile King of Pop would sell Sony the option to purchase half of his stake in the Beatles catalog in exchange for obtaining a loan that would help him remain solvent. Sony already has a 50 percent stake in the catalog through an earlier deal with Jackson, and if the company exercises its option, it would control 75 percent.

[beatlefan]

???

[atomic_punk]

Thats what I said!!! That was in Billboard this week.