9 George Harrison albums go online

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 | 5:38 PM ET

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Nine albums from the late George Harrison have been made available online, making him the last of the Beatles to take his solo catalogue digital.

Retailers and digital service providers such as Apple's iTunes are carrying the tracks, record label Parlophone said on Wednesday.

George Harrison is shown performing in a 1974 concert in Landover, Md.
(Bob Grieser/Associated Press)

The Harrison albums now available on the internet include All Things Must Pass, his triple album released after the breakup of The Beatles. Harrison died in 2001.

"It is exciting that George's catalogue is finally available for downloading," Harrison's widow, Olivia, said in a statement.

"He had begun the digital remastering of his albums but had no idea how the digital world would change the way we access and listen to music."

The Beatles have been among the highest-profile holdouts to putting music online, but a recent settlement to a lengthy trademark dispute between Apple, Inc., which owns iTunes, and the Beatles' company, Apple Corps Ltd., has cleared the way.

The Beatles catalogue remains unavailable for downloading, though EMI has said it is working on a deal to put the songs online that could be complete by 2008.

Digital versions of solo works by Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and the late John Lennon were released earlier this year.

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