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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Opposition No. 91229891
`Serial No. 86659444
`Mark: APPLE MUSIC
`Filing Date: June 11, 2015
`Publication Date: May 10, 2016
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`CHARLES BERTINI,
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Applicant.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 2.122(e), and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of
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`Procedure § 704.08(b), Opposer Charles Bertini “Opposer”) hereby makes of record and
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`gives notice to Apple Inc. of his reliance on the following printed internet documents.
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`Each printout identifies the date the website was accessed and printed, as well as the
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`source, i.e. URL.
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`The following printed Internet documents are relevant to show the history of APPLE
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`marks and use of marks by Apple Computer, Inc., Apple, Inc. and Apple Corps Ltd.
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`Some other Internet documents are relevant to show the source of information and how
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`the source is reliable.
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`1. Exhibit 66 is a printout of webpage from website www.discogs.com and it is
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`downloaded from the URL https://www.discogs.com/label/134490-Apple-Records-3.
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`Exhibit 66 shows that some records on the website www.discogs.com can be “unofficial
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`releases (bootlegs, counterfeits, pirate compilations, etc.) that pretend to be a release of
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`the legitimate Apple Records”
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`2. Exhibit 67 a printout of webpage from website www.discogs.com and it is
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`downloaded from the URL
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`https://support.discogs.com/en/support/solutions/articles/13000014275. Exhibit 67
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`shows that: “Discogs is a user-built discography site. Everyone can contribute and update
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`information”
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`3. Exhibit 76 p3 is a printout of webpage from website www.capitol6000.com and it is
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`downloaded from the URL http://www.capitol6000.com/labels.html. Exhibit 76 p3
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`shows that: “In 1968, The Beatles started their own record label called Apple Records.
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`While still distributed by Capitol, they created their own design which showed a green
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`apple on one side, and a sliced apple on the other side. The Apple label was used for
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`Apple releases until 1975, where the albums were transferred to the current Capitol label
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`(orange label). Apple Records was revived in the 90s to issue the new Beatles albums.”
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`4. Exhibit 78 is a printout of webpages from Wikipedia website and it is downloaded
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`from the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Records. Exhibit 78 shows that:
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`A. “Apple Records is a record label founded by the Beatles in 1968, as a division of
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`Apple Corps Ltd.”
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`B. “The original UK versions of the Beatles' albums were released worldwide on
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`compact disc in 1987 and 1988 on the Parlophone label”
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`C. “Abbey Road had been issued on CD by the EMI-Odeon label in Japan in the
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`early 1980s”
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`D. “The label was again newsworthy in 2006”
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`E. “Standard Apple album and single labels displayed a bright green Granny Smith
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`apple on the A-side, while the flipside displayed the cross section of the apple”.
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`F. “The bright green apple returned for Beatles CDs releases in the 1990s, following
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`initial CD releases on Parlophone.”
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`5. Exhibit 79 is a printout of webpages from the Wikipedia website related to Apple
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`Records discography and it is downloaded from the URL
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`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Records_discography. Exhibit 79 shows a detailed
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`discography of Apple Records. Exhibit 79 shows that:
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`A. “Apple Records, a record label formed by the Beatles in 1968.”
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`B. “After EMI's contract with the Beatles ended in 1976, the Apple label was finally
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`wound up. The label was reactivated in the 1990s with many of the original Apple
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`albums being reissued on compact disc”
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`C. There were no Apple Records releases in the U.S. during years 1976-1993.
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`6. Exhibit 81 p1 a printout of a webpage from the website www.discogs.com and it is
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`downloaded from the URL https://www.discogs.com/about. Exhibit 81 p1 shows that
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`website www.discogs.com was “Originally created as a hobby project in 2000” and
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`“Discogs is a user-built database of music. More than 390,000 people have
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`contributed…to build up a catalog of more than 9,400,000 recordings and 5,400,000
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`artists.
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`7. Exhibit 81 p2 is a printout of webpage from website web.archive.org and it is
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`downloaded from the URL
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20140101000000*/https://www.discogs.com/label/25693-
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`Apple-Records. Exhibit 81 p2 shows archive Summary of discogs.com related to Apple
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`records. This summary shows that first records for Apple Records appeared on this
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`website only in 2014.
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`8. Exhibit 82 is a printout of webpages from Wikipedia website related to Apple Corps,
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`Ltd and it is downloaded from the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps.
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`Exhibit 82 shows that:
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`A. Apple Corps Ltd is a multi-armed multimedia corporation founded in London in
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`January 1968 by the members of the Beatles.
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`B. “When the Beatles' partnership was dissolved in 1975, dissolution of Apple Corps
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`was also considered, but it was decided to keep it going, while effectively retiring
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`all its divisions.
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`C. “Apple Studio was closed down for good on 16 May 1975.”
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`D. “In 1978, Apple Records filed suit against Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) for
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`trademark infringement. The suit was settled in 1981. As a condition of the
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`settlement, Apple Computer agreed to stay out of the music business.
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`E. In September 2003, Apple Computer was again sued by Apple Corps, this time
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`for introducing the iTunes Music Store and the iPod, which Apple Corps asserted
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`was a violation of Apple's agreement not to distribute music.
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`F. “On 5 February 2007, Apple Inc. and Apple Corps announced a settlement of
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`their trademark dispute.”
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`9. Exhibit 125 pp 1-4 and pp28-31 are printouts from website web.archive.org that
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`show copies of webpages of website apple.com as such pages were available in the
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`Internet on the date November 11, 2011.
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`A. Exhibit 125 p1 was downloaded from the URL
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20111111002808/http://www.apple.com/
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`B. Exhibit 125 pp 2-4 were downloaded from the URL
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`C. Exhibit 125 pp 28-29 were downloaded from the URL
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20111111010802/http://www.apple.com/itunes/
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`D. Exhibit 125 pp 30-31 were downloaded from the URL
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20111111015319/http://www.apple.com/appletv/
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`E. Exhibit 125 shows that on the date of November 11, 2011 Applicant offered
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`goods on its website with individual brand names for each, e.g. Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad,
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`AppleTV, iOS and iTunes.
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`F. Exhibit 125 shows that on the date of November 11, 2011 Applicant offered
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`entertainment services on its website under the mark iTunes. The iTunes service is
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`presented as “Your Entertainment. Everywhere.”
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`G. Exhibit 125 pp 28, 29 shows that on the date of November 11, 2011 Applicant
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`offered entertainment services on its website under the mark iCloud. This is advertised
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`as “iTunes in the Cloud is part of iCloud. It's the new way to store your music and TV
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`shows, and enjoy them on all your devices.”
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`H. Exhibit 125 pp 30, 31 shows that AppleTV is a product.
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`10. Exhibit 126 are printouts of webpages from website web.archive.org that show
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`copies of webpages of website apple.com as such pages were available in the Internet on
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`the date October 22, 1996. The printouts were downloaded as pdf files from the URL
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`https://web.archive.org/web/19961022105458/http://www.apple.com/. Exhibit 126
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`shows that Applicant Apple, Inc. was known as Apple Computer, Inc. on the date
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`October 22, 1996.
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`11. Exhibit 131 is a printout of webpage from Wikipedia website and it is downloaded
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`from the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web. Exhibit 131 shows that
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`the World Wide Web was invented in 1989.
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`12. Exhibit 135 is a printout of a webpage from website archive.org downloaded as a pdf
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`file on May 19, 2018 from the URL https://archive.org/. Exhibit 135 shows that
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`Wayback Machine provides “Search the history of over 327 billion web pages on the
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`Internet.”
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`13. Exhibit 144 is a printout of webpages from Applicant’s website apple.com
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`downloaded as a pdf file on September 17, 2018 from the URL
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`https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2014/02/19Apple-Announces-iTunes-Festival-
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`Coming-to-SXSW-Five-Amazing-Nights-Five-Amazing-Shows/. Exhibit 144 shows that
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`on February 19, 2014 Apple announced the first iTunes® Festival to be held in the U.S.
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`“The iTunes Festival in London has become an incredible way for Apple to share its love
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`of music with our customers”. Performances are available for purchase and download on
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`the iTunes Store.
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`14. Exhibit 145 is a printout of webpages from Applicant’s website apple.com
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`downloaded as a pdf file on September 17, 2018 from the URL
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`https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2015/08/18Apple-Music-Festival-Brings-Incredible-
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`Live-Performances-to-Fans-Worldwide-in-September/. Exhibit 145 shows that:
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`A. Apple Music is a single, intuitive app that combines the best ways to enjoy music
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`— all in one place.
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`B. Apple hosted the iTunes® Festival in London for eight years, and now in
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`honor of the launch of Apple Music, has renamed the event the Apple Music Festival.
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`C. Customers can enjoy the Apple Music Festival via Apple Music or iTunes
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`15. Exhibit 152 is a printout of webpages from Wikipedia website and it is downloaded
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`from the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer. Exhibit
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`152 shows that:
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`A. In 1978, Apple Corps filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer for trademark
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`infringement. The suit was settled in 1981. As a condition of the settlement,
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`Apple Computer agreed not to enter the music business.
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`B. On 5 February 2007, Apple Inc. and Apple Corps announced a settlement of their
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`trademark dispute under which Apple Inc. will own all of the trademarks related
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`to "Apple".
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`16. Exhibit 153 is a printout of webpages from Wikipedia website and it is downloaded
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`from the URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine. Exhibit 153 shows that:
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`A. The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web and other
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`information on the Internet.
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`B. Internet Archive founders launched the Wayback Machine to address the problem
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`of website content vanishing whenever it gets changed or shut down. The service
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`enables users to see archived versions of web pages across time.
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`December 20, 2019
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`JAMES BERTINI
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of OPPOSER’S NOTICE OF
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`The Capitol 6000 website - Beatles Different Record Labels
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`Apple
`In 1968, The Beatles started their own record label called Apple Records. While still distributed by Capitol, they created their own
`design which showed a green apple on one side, and a sliced apple on the other side. Canadian labels are glossy with a dark
`green background and had "MFD by Apple Records inc" on the sliced side of the label. There are no variations with different
`permimeter prints on Canadian pressings, but labels between 1973 and 1975 had a flat finish and were pressed by Columbia.
`Also, no pre-Apple albums were reisued on the Apple label, as it was the case in the USA; instead, Capitol of Canada reissued
`them on the red target label. The Apple label was used for Apple releases until 1975, where the albums were transfered to the
`current Capitol label (orange label). The Red and Blue albums had a certain custom version of the label, see CUSTOM entry
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`green Target
`In 1969, Capitol changed their logo to the round target logo; they also created a new target label design for the occasion. This
`label was lime green and was used until 1971 where it was then replaced by the similar red target label. All the Capitol Beatles
`albums were reissued on this label, except for The Beatles Story and the three 6000 series albums.
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`Note that this Yesterday and Today pressing is stereo but bears a MONO catalog number. This mistake also happened on the
`orange label for this album. These were exceptionally pressed by Keel, maybe as a test for a possible subcontracting contract.
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`On the left is an RCA pressing, a Compo Pressing in the centre, and on the right: the scarce Keel pressing.
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`Red Target
`In 1971, Capitol changed to the red target label. It is identical to the original lime green label, but with different colors. All the
`Capitol Beatles albums were reissued on this label, INCLUDING The Beatles Story and the three 6000 series albums, but no
`Apple album. This label is quite rarely found on Beatles albums in the USA, but is, on the contrary, quite common in Canada.
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`Apple Records - Wikipedia
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`Apple Records
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`A p p l e Re c o rd s is a r eco r d lab el fo u n d ed b y t h e Beat les in 19 6 8 , as
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`a d iv isio n o f Ap p le Co r p s Lt d . I t was in it ially in t en d ed as a cr eat iv e
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`o u t let fo r t h e Beat les, b o t h as a gr o u p an d in d iv id u ally , p lu s a
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`select io n o f o t h er ar t ist s in clu d in g Mar y Ho p kin , J am es Tay lo r ,
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`Bad fin ger , an d Billy Pr est o n . I n p r act ice, b y t h e m id -19 7 0 s, t h e
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`r o st er h ad b eco m e d o m in ated with r eleases b y th e fo r m er Beatles
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`as so lo ar t ist s. Allen Klein m an aged t h e lab el fr o m 19 6 9 t o 19 7 3 . I t
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`was t h en m an aged b y Neil Asp in all o n b eh alf o f t h e fo u r Beat les an d
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`Co n te n ts
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`History
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`1969–73: Klein era
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`1973–2007: Aspinall era, Beatles reissues
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`2007–present: Jones era, iTunes reissues
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`Design
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`Artists who signed with Apple Records
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`Discography
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`See also
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`1967–69: Early years
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`Ap p le Co r p s Lt d was co n ceiv ed b y t h e Beat les b y 19 6 7 , aft er t h e d eat h o f t h eir m an ager Br ian Ep st ein ; t h e
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`fir st p r o ject t h e b an d r eleased aft er fo r m in g t h e co m p an y was t h eir film Ma g ica l My st ery To u r, wh ich was
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`p r o d u ced u n d er th e Ap p le Film s d iv isio n . Ap p le Reco r d s was o fficially fo u n d ed b y t h e gr o u p aft er t h eir
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`r et u r n fr o m I n d ia in 19 6 8 , as an o t h er su b -d iv isio n o f Ap p le Co r p s, wh ich was est ab lish ed as a sm all gr o u p o f
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`co m p an ies (Ap p le Ret ail, Ap p le Pu b lish in g, Ap p le Elect r o n ics an d so o n ), as p ar t o f Ep st ein 's p lan t o cr eat e a
`t ax -effect iv e b u sin ess st r u ct u r e.[1]
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`At t h is t im e, t h e Beat les wer e co n t r act ed t o EMI 's Par lo p h o n e lab el in t h e Un it ed Kin gd o m , an d t o Cap it o l
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`Reco r d s in t h e Un it ed St at es. I n a n ew d ist r ib u t io n d eal, EMI an d Cap it o l agr eed t o d ist r ib u t e Ap p le Reco r d s
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`u n t il 19 7 5 , wh ile EMI r et ain ed o wn er sh ip o f t h e Beat les' r eco r d in gs. Beat les r eco r d in gs issu ed in t h e Un it ed
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`Kin gd o m o n t h e Ap p le lab el car r ied Par lo p h o n e cat alo gu e n u m b er s, wh ile US issu es car r ied Cap it o l cat alo gu e
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`n u m b er s. Ap p le Reco r d s o wn s t h e r igh t s t o all o f t h e Beat les' v id eo s an d m o v ie clip s, an d t h e r igh t s t o
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`r eco r d in gs o f o t h er ar t ist s sign ed t o t h e lab el. Th e fir st cat alo gu e n u m b er , Ap p le 1, was a o n e-o ff p r essin g o f
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`Fr an k Sin at r a sin gin g "Mau r een I s a Ch am p " (wit h ly r ics b y Sam m y Cah n ) t o t h e m elo d y o f "Th e Lad y I s a
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`Tr am p " fo r Rin go St ar r 's t h en wife Mau r een . Beat lesan d Bey o n d Rad io p r esen t er Pet e Dicks r ep o r t s t h at t h e
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`t it le is act u ally "Lad y is a Ch am p "; it was a su r p r ise gift fo r Mau r een 's 2 1st b ir t h d ay .
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`I n it ially , Ap p le Reco r d s an d Ap p le Pu b lish in g sign ed a n u m b er o f act s wh o m t h e Beat les p er so n ally
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`d isco v er ed o r su p p o r t ed , an d in m o st cases, o n e o r m o r e o f t h e Beat les wo u ld b e in v o lv ed in t h e r eco r d in g
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`sessio n s. Sev er al n o t ab le ar t ist s wer e sign ed in t h e fir st y ear , in clu d in g J am es Tay lo r , Mar y Ho p kin , Billy
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`Pr est o n , t h e Mo d er n J azz Qu ar t et , t h e I v ey s (wh o lat er b ecam e Bad fin ger ), Do r is Tr o y , an d fo r m er Liv er p o o l
`sin ger J ackie Lo m ax wh o r eco r d ed Geo r ge Har r iso n 's "So u r Milk Sea".[2]
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`1969–73: Klein era
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`I n 19 6 9 , t h e Beat les wer e in n eed o f fin an cial an d m an ager ial d ir ect io n , an d J o h n Len n o n was ap p r o ach ed b y
`Allen Klein , m an ager o f t h e Ro llin g St o n es at t h e t im e.[3] Klein wen t o n t o m an age Ap p le, b y v ir t u e o f h is
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`t h r ee-t o -o n e su p p o r t fr o m t h e Beat les, Pau l McCar t n ey b ein g t h e o n ly gr o u p m em b er o p p o sed t o h is
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`in v o lv em en t . McCar t n ey h ad su ggest ed h is t h en n ew fat h er -in -law Lee East m an fo r t h e jo b .
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`Aft er Klein t o o k co n t r o l o f Ap p le, sev er al su b -d iv isio n s, in clu d in g Ap p le Elect r o n ics, wer e sh u t d o wn , an d
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`so m e o f Ap p le Reco r d s' ar t ist ic r o st er effect iv ely d r o p p ed . New sign in gs t o t h e lab el wer e t h er eaft er n o t so
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`n u m er o u s, an d t en d ed t o ar r iv e t h r o u gh t h e in d iv id u al act io n s o f ex -Beat les, wit h t h e fo r m al ap p r o v al o f t h e
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`o t h er s (e.g., Elep h an t 's Mem o r y wer e r ecr u it ed t h r o u gh Len n o n , an d Rav i Sh an kar t h r o u gh Har r iso n ).
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`McCar t n ey h ad lit t le in p u t in t o Ap p le Reco r d s' r o st er aft er 19 7 0 . Klein m an aged Ap p le Co r p . u n t il Mar ch
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`19 7 3 , wh en h is co n t r act ex p ir ed .
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`I n May 19 7 1, t h e Beat les' en t ir e p r e-Ap p le cat alo gu e o n t h e Am er ican Cap it o l lab el (t h e sin gles fr o m "I Wan t
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`t o Ho ld Yo u r Han d " t o "Lad y Mad o n n a", an d th e alb u m s fr o m Meet t h e Bea t les! t o Ma g ica l My st ery To u r) was
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`r e-issu ed o n t h e Ap p le lab el, alt h o u gh t h e alb u m co v er s r em ain ed u n ch an ged wit h t h e Cap it o l lo go s.
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`1973–2007: Aspinall era, Beatles reissues
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`Aft er Klein 's d ep ar t u r e, Ap p le was m an aged b y Neil Asp in all o n b eh alf o f t h e fo u r Beat les an d t h eir h eir s.
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`Ap p le Reco r d s' d ist r ib u t io n co n t r act wit h EMI ex p ir ed in 19 7 6 , wh en co n t r o l o f t h e Beat les' cat alo gu e—
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`in clu d in g so lo r eco r d in gs t o d at e b y Geo r ge Har r iso n , J o h n Len n o n an d Rin go St ar r —r ev er t ed t o EMI (Pau l
`McCar t n ey h ad acq u ir ed o wn er sh ip o f h is so lo r eco r d in gs wh en h e r e-sign ed wit h Cap it o l in 19 7 5 ).[4]
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`Th e o r igin al UK v er sio n s o f t h e Beat les' alb u m s wer e r eleased wo r ld wid e o n co m p act d isc in 19 8 7 an d 19 8 8Th e o r igin al UK v er sio n s o f t h e Beat les' alb u m s wer e r eleased wo r ld wid e o n co m p act d isc in 19 8 7 an d 19 8 8
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`o n t h e Par lo p h o n e lab el. Pr ev io u sly , A b b ey Ro a d h ad b een issu ed o n CD b y t h e EMI -Od eo n lab el in J ap an ino n t h e Par lo p h o n e lab el.
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`t h e ear ly 19 8 0 s. Alt h o u gh t h is was a legit im at e r elease, it was n o t au t h o r ised b y t h e Beat les, EMI o r Ap p le
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`Co r p s. Fo llo win g t h e set t lem en t o f Ap p le's t en -y ear lawsu it again st EMI in 19 8 9 , n ew p r o ject s b egan t o m o v e
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`fo r war d , in clu d in g t h e Liv e a t t h e BBC alb u m an d Th e Bea t les A n t h o lo g y ser ies. I t was aft er t h e A n t h o lo g y
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`p r o ject (sp ear h ead ed b y Neil Asp in all) t h at t h e co m p an y r esu m ed m akin g sign ifican t ly lar ge p r o fit s again
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`an d b egan it s r ev iv al.
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`Th e lab el was again n ewswo r t h y in 2 0 0 6 , as t h e lo n g-r u n n in g d isp u t e b et ween Ap p le Reco r d s' p ar en t
`Th e lab el was again n ewswo r t h y in 2 0 0 6 , as t h e lo n g-r u n n in g d isp u t e b et ween Ap p le Reco r d s' p ar en t
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`co m p an y an d Ap p le I n c. wen t t o t h e High Co u r t (see A p p le Co rp s v A p p le Co m p u t er).co m p an y an d Ap p le I n c. wen t t o t h e High Co u r t
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`2007–present: Jones era, iTunes reissues
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`Exhibit 78 p3
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`I n 2 0 0 7 , Ap p le Reco r d s set t led a d isp u t e wit h EMI o v er r o y alt ies, an d an n o u n ced t h at lo n gt im e ch ief
`ex ecu t iv e Neil Asp in all h ad r et ir ed an d b een r ep laced b y Am er ican m u sic in d u st r y ex ecu t iv e J eff J o n es.[5]
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`Th ese ch an ges led t o sp ecu lat io n t h at t h e Ap p le Reco r d s cat alo gu e—an d m o st im p o r t an t ly t h e Beat les
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`d isco gr ap h y—wo u ld so o n ap p ear o n Ap p le I n c.'s iTu n es o n lin e m u sic st o r e,[6] an d t h at a r em ast er in g an diTu n es o n lin e m u sic st o r e,
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`r eissu e p r o gr am o f t h e Beat les' CDs m igh t b e fo r t h co m in g (J o n es h av in g wo r ked o n r eissu es at So n y ).[5] On 1
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`J u ly 2 0 10 , it was r ep o r t ed t h at Cap it o l Reco r d s was p lan n in g a r e-r elease st r at egy fo r m o st o f Ap p le's b ack
`cat alo gu e.[7] Th is was t o in clu d e r e-r eleases o f m at er ial b y ar t ist s wh o wo r ked at Ap p le in clu d in g Bad fin ger ,
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`J am es Tay lo r , Billy Pr est o n an d Mar y Ho p kin . On 16 No v em b er 2 0 10 , Ap p le I n c. lau n ch ed an ex t en siv e
`ad v er t isin g cam p aign t h at an n o u n ced t h e av ailab ilit y o f t h e Beat les' en t ir e cat alo gu e o n iTu n es.[8] Wh en
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`Un iv er sal Mu sic Gr o u p acq u ir ed EMI an d t h e Beat les' r eco r d ed m u sic cat alo gu e, Cald er st o n e Pr o d u ct io n s
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`was fo r m ed in 2 0 12 t o ad m in ist er t h e Beat les' cat alo gu e.
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`D e s ign
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`St an d ar d Ap ple alb u m an d sin gle lab els d isp lay ed a b r igh t gr een
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`Gr an n y Sm it h ap p le o n t h e A-sid e, wh ile t h e flip sid e d isp lay ed t h e
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`cr o ss sect io n o f t h e ap p le. Th e b r igh t gr een ap p le r et u r n ed fo r
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`Beat les CDs r eleases in t h e 19 9 0 s, fo llo win g in it ial CD r eleases o n
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`Par lo p h o n e.
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`On t h e US issu e o f t h e Beat les' Let I t Be alb u m , t h e Gr an n y Sm it h
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`ap p le was r ed . Th e r easo n was t h at in t h e Un it ed St at es t h at alb u m ,
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`b ein g t h e so u n d t r ack t o t h e m o v ie o f t h e sam e n am e, was, fo r
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`co n t r act u al r easo n s, b ein g m an u fact u r ed an d d ist r ib u t ed b y Un it ed
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`Ar t ist s Reco r d s an d n o t Cap it o l Reco r d s, so t h e r ed ap p le was u sed
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`t o m ar k t h e d iffer en ce. Th e r ed ap p le also ap p ear ed o n t h e b ack
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`co v er , an d o n t h e 2 0 0 9 r em ast er ed ed it io n b ack co v er . Cap it o l's
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`p ar en t co m p an y EMI p u r ch ased Un it ed Ar t ist s Reco r d s in t h e lat e
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`German release of the Iveys' album
`Maybe Tomorrow
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`19 7 0 s, an d Cap it o l gain ed t h e Am er ican r igh t s t o t h e Let I t Be so u n d t r ack alb u m (alo n g wit h t h e Am er ican
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`r igh t s t o an o t h er , ear lier , Un it ed Ar t ist s Beat les m o v ie so u n d t r ack LP, 19 6 4 's A Ha rd Da y 's Nig h t ).
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`Asid e fr o m t h e r ed ap p le, o t h er ex am p les in wh ich t h e ap p le h as b een alt er ed in clu d e Geo r ge Har r iso n 's
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`alb u m A ll Th in g s Mu st Pa ss t r ip le alb u m , o n wh ich t h e fir st t wo d iscs h av e o r an ge ap p les wh ile t h e t h ir d h as a
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`jar lab el r ead in g A p p le Ja m ; b lack an d wh it e ap p les o n J o h n Len n o n 's alb u m Jo h n Len n o n / Pla st ic On o Ba n d
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`an d Yo ko On o 's alb u m Y o ko On o / Pla st ic On o Ba n d ; a b lu e ap p le o n Rin go St ar r 's sin gle "Back Off Bo o galo o ";
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`Har r iso n 's alb u m Ext ra Text u re (Rea d A ll A b o u t I t ), o n wh ich t h e ap p le (in sh r u n ken car t o o n fo r m ) is eat en
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`away at it s co r e (t h is was in t en d ed t o b e a jo ke b ecau se it was r eleased at a t im e wh en Ap p le Reco r d s was
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`b egin n in g t o fo ld ); an d a r ed ap p le o n St ar r 's co m p ilat io n alb u m Bla st fro m Y o u r Pa st . Ot h er t y p es o f ap p les
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`wer e also u sed : in 19 7 1, fo r Len n o n 's I m a g in e an d On o 's Fly , t h e ap p les r esp ect iv ely feat u r ed p ict u r es o f
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`Len n o n an d On o , as d id t h e ap p les