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Hey Jude?
I was very glad to hear that The Beatles: Rock Band developer Harmonix announce a while back that the complete albums of Abbey Road, Rubber Soul, and Sgt. Pepper's would be available before the end of the year. The announcements of these full records got me thinking: Are we going to see all the albums released? More specifically: What about those songs that were released as singles only, such as "Hey Jude"?
Apart from the albums, the Beatles catalog contains a number of famous songs that were only on singles or EPs. These are collected in the two-volume Past Masters series. There are a number of well-known songs on here, including "We Can Work it Out", "She Loves You", and the I-Can't-Freaking-Believe-It's-Not-In-the-Game song "Rain".
The Beatles Rock band has already taken "I Feel Fine" and "Revolution", among others, from this collection of songs. So the question becomes, will Harmonix and publisher MTV Games release full-album downloads for Past Masters Vols. 1 & 2? I doubt it. Because along with containing great songs like "The Ballad of John & Yoko", it contains dross like a German-sung version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" entitled "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand." Okay, that one I can believe is not in the game. So, I expect Harmonix to put out abbreviated packs of songs from Past Masters Vols. 1 & 2; weeding out such dreck. Or course, it would also be weird to put out the albums in their entirety simply because, like I mentioned, some of the songs are already in the game.
I talked to a PR representative from MTV Games, and all he would tell me was that nothing official has been announced about the rest of the Beatles catalog coming out as DLC, song-packs, or as a retail compilation. So, no help there. But you can bet that no Beatles stone will go unturned by Harmonix and MTV Games - especially not when so many good songs are only available slightly off the beaten path.
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