Editing The Beatles (section)

==== 1980s ====
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In December 1980, Lennon was [[murder of John Lennon|shot and killed]] outside his New York City apartment by [[Mark David Chapman]], an American Beatles fan. Harrison rewrote the lyrics of his song "[[All Those Years Ago]]" in Lennon's honour. With Starr on drums and McCartney and his wife, [[Linda McCartney|Linda]], contributing backing vocals, the song was released as a single in May 1981.{{sfn|Badman|1999|p=284}} McCartney's own tribute, "[[Here Today (Paul McCartney song)|Here Today]]", appeared on his ''[[Tug of War (Paul McCartney album)|Tug of War]]'' album in April 1982.{{sfn|Harry|2002|pp=412–413}} In 1984, Starr co-starred in McCartney's film ''[[Give My Regards to Broad Street (film)|Give My Regards to Broad Street]]'',<ref>Snider, Eric (19 September 2012) [https://www.mtv.com/news/2769688/give-my-regards-to-broad-street/ "Eric's Bad Movies: Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226064113/https://www.mtv.com/news/2769688/give-my-regards-to-broad-street/ |date=26 December 2021 }} ''MTV.com''. Retrieved 26 December 2021.</ref> and played with McCartney on several of the songs on the [[Give My Regards to Broad Street|soundtrack]].<ref>Loder, Kurt (17 January 1985) [https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/give-my-regards-to-broad-street-sdtk-102267/ "Give My Regards to Broad Street (Soundtrack)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226064114/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/give-my-regards-to-broad-street-sdtk-102267/ |date=26 December 2021 }} ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved 26 December 2021.</ref> In 1987, Harrison's ''[[Cloud Nine (George Harrison album)|Cloud Nine]]'' album included "[[When We Was Fab]]", a song about the Beatlemania era.{{sfn|Doggett|2009|p=292}}

When the Beatles' studio albums were released on CD by EMI and Apple Corps in 1987, their catalogue was standardised throughout the world, establishing a canon of the twelve original studio LPs as issued in the UK plus the US LP version of ''Magical Mystery Tour''.<ref name="EMI 2009" /> All the remaining material from the singles and EPs that had not appeared on these thirteen studio albums was gathered on the two-volume compilation ''[[Past Masters]]'' (1988). Except for the ''Red'' and ''Blue'' albums, EMI deleted all its other Beatles compilations – including the ''Hollywood Bowl'' record – from its catalogue.{{sfn|Ingham|2006|pp=66, 69}}

In 1988, the Beatles were inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], their first year of eligibility. Harrison and Starr attended the ceremony with Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and his two sons, [[Julian Lennon|Julian]] and [[Sean Lennon|Sean]].<ref name="R&R HoF">{{cite web |publisher=[[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |title=Inductees: The Beatles |url=https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/beatles |access-date=14 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827150207/https://www.rockhall.com/inductees/beatles |archive-date=27 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Harry|2002|p=753}} McCartney declined to attend, citing unresolved "business differences" that would make him "feel like a complete hypocrite waving and smiling with them at a fake reunion".{{sfn|Harry|2002|p=753}} The following year, EMI/Capitol settled a decade-long lawsuit filed by the band over royalties, clearing the way to commercially package previously unreleased material.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kozinn |first=Allan |author-link=Allan Kozinn |title=Beatles and Record Label Reach Pact and End Suit |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 November 1989 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/10/arts/beatles-and-record-label-reach-pact-and-end-suit.html |access-date=27 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124034028/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/10/arts/beatles-and-record-label-reach-pact-and-end-suit.html |archive-date=24 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Harry|2002|p=192}}