Ach der lieber! A bunch of the Harmonix folks are in Germany right now for Gamescom (some of them sans luggage, from what I’ve heard), and official word from the camp just recently came out with a nice little load of announcements, of which I’m voraciously reading and trying to post here, so bear with me.

First up are details of the Beatles: Rock Band DLC albums.  We already knew that “All You Need Is Love” will be a timed exclusive for the Xbox 360 available on 9/9/09 for $1.99.  We also knew the first three albums coming as DLC are “Abbey Road,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” and “Rubber Soul.”  What we didn’t know was the release dates for said albums… which are as follows.  “Abbey Road” will be landing first on October 20, 2009, followed by “Sgt. Pepper…” in November, and “Rubber Soul” sometime in December.  Pricing will be $16.98 (or 1360 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for the first album, or $1.99 (or 160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for individual tracks.

As a side note, I talked with HarmonixSean this weekend at the Fest for Beatles Fans in Chicago, and he told me that all Beatles DLC will have NEW DREAMSCAPES (costumes, environments, etc.)!  I think this makes the $1.99 per DLC track price a pretty darn good deal (excuse the harsh language… I get excited).

Another detail is the actual tracks to be featured on the DLC albums.  There was some confusion, as different tracks were sometimes featured on albums released in different countries.  Here’s what you can expect to find:

Abbey Road (1969)
Release Date: October 20, 2009

• “Come Together”
• “Something”
• “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”
• “Oh! Darling”
• “Octopus’s Garden”
• “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”
• “Here Comes The Sun”
• “Because”
• “You Never Give Me Your Money”
• “Sun King”
• “Mean Mr. Mustard”
• “Polythene Pam”
• “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”
• “Golden Slumbers”
• “Carry That Weight”
• “The End”
• “Her Majesty”

In addition, purchasers of the full album download of Abbey Road will have the option to play the famous 16-minute B-side medley as a single continuous track. The medley includes “You Never Give Me Your Money,” “Sun King,” “Mean Mr. Mustard,” “Polythene Pam,” “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window,” “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight” and “The End.”

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Release Date: November 2009

• “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
• “With A Little Help From My Friends”
• “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
• “Getting Better”
• “Fixing A Hole”
• “She’s Leaving Home”
• “Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite”
• “Within You Without You
• “When I’m Sixty Four”
• “Lovely Rita”
• “Good Morning Good Morning”
• “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”
• “A Day In The Life”

Rubber Soul (1965)
Release Date: December 2009

• “Drive My Car”
• “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
• “You Won’t See Me”
• “Nowhere Man”
• “Think For Yourself”
• “The Word”
• “Michelle”
• “What Goes On”
• “Girl”
• “I’m Looking Through You”
• “In My Life”
• “Wait”
• “If I Needed Someone”
• “Run For Your Life”

[Official announcement]

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