why no beatles on 60's albums

[stevie0914]

I am constantly seeing albums that say the greatest hits of the 60’s and so on, but none of the albums feature the Beatles. As they dominated the charts in that era why is this?

[MarkRae]

Oh dear! You don't know much about the music industry, do you?

[stevie0914]

no i don't thats why i asked the question

[stevie0914]

Well mark are you going to answer a question without sarcasm, or are you too busy playing with yourself?

[stevie0914]

nice one

[rojash]

Compilations usually consist of songs by bands who had one or two hits, or who's albums no longer sell. The Beatles don't appear on compilations because people are still happy to buy their complete albums, which are all still available.

[stevie0914]

At last an intelligent answer.

[trt]

Steve, you never get an educated answer from Mark, he thinks he knows it all!
I think it would be to expensive for the company making/selling the album to pay the royalties to put the Beatles on a greatest hits of the 60’s album IMPO, and quite right too!

[chirpychirpy]

The Beatles simply wouldn't allow it. They protect their back catalogue ferociously. iTunes is evidence of that.

[andy-hughes]

Neil Aspinall was, throughout his life, and that of the band, custodian of their business affairs. A schoolfriend of Lennon and McCartney, he became their first road manager, then personal assistant, graduating to be head of their Apple Corps business.

Aspinall made it a firm rule that no Beatles track would never appear on a compilation, or in any advert for film or tv.

Since his death in 2008, that rule appears to have relaxed, ans Beatles' songs (but not the originals) are creeping into adverts on TV, and a compilation entry may not be that far away.

That is the reason why no Beatles song has been featured on a 'hits' compilation to date.

[B00]

<<<Very depressed that The Beatles aren't on SingStar either :-(