John Lennonโ€™s solo work is finally available to download from iTunes โ€“ with 16 albumsโ€™ worth of material going online.

Apple today began to place a bunch of the Beatleโ€™s solo material into the iTunes store. The โ€œLennon Legendโ€ and โ€œAcousticโ€ comps are released digitally for the very first time.

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Thereโ€™s also a special offer for the next 30 days which bundles โ€œexclusive video contentโ€ with the albums โ€œJohn Lennon/Plastic Ono Bandโ€, โ€œSometime in New York Cityโ€ โ€œWalls And Bridgesโ€, โ€œMilk And Honeyโ€ and the collections โ€œAnthologyโ€ and โ€œWorking Class Heroโ€.

Yoko Ono dutifully talked up the release, noting that, โ€œJohn would have loved the fact that his music will now be available in a format suited to a new generation of listeners.โ€

Meanwhile Apple CEO Steve Jobs weighed in auspiciously. โ€œJohn Lennon is one of the greatest artists of our time. Weโ€™re thrilled to have his solo catalogue available on the iTunes Store for the first time.โ€