Apple Corps

Apple Corps Ltd. is a company that was founded in January 1968 by the British pop group The Beatles, which dissolved their former company " Beatles Ltd. " and transferred to a corporate conglomerate.

First, the company has worked very versatile. The Department, the record label " Apple Records ", was opened in the same year. Other departments dealing with electronics, film, media, publishing and retail: "Apple Electronics ", " Apple film ", " Apple Publishing" (including " Apple Music", the music publisher ) and " Apple Retail", whose most famous project, the unsuccessful " Apple Boutique " in London was. The Apple Boutique presented, among others, hippie fashion, but was closed after only eight months. Except for the record label all departments proved to be unprofitable.

At a press conference in April 1968 in New York City John Lennon and Paul McCartney presented their new company to the world. At the press conference for the establishment of " Apple " John Lennon said, among other things:

" We want to setup a system whereby people who just want to make a movie about anything do not have to go on Their knees in somebody's office ( probably yours ). "

"We want to build a system in which people who simply want to make a film about anything, do not have to fall on their knees in an office somewhere (possibly in your ). "

Office of the company in the late 1960s was in the Savile Row # 3 in London, which includes the Apple studio was where recordings took place in 1969 for the album Let It Be and the film of the same in January. Executive Manager was the former road manager of The Beatles and trained accountant Neil Aspinall.

Because of the name similarity with Apple Inc, several processes have been performed with the computer company, which led in part to pay millions of dollars to Apple Corps.