In December 1980 Lennon was murdered. In a personal tribute, Harrison re-wrote a new but yet to be issued song "All Those Years Ago" in his honour. With new lyrics, McCartney and his wife Linda contributing backing vocals, and Starr on drums, the song was released as a single in May 1981.[248] McCartney's own tribute, "Here Today", appeared on his Tug of War album in April 1982.[249] In 1987 Harrison's Cloud Nine album included "When We Was Fab", a song inspired by the Beatles era.[250]
When the band's studio albums were released on CD by EMI and Apple
Corps in 1987, their catalogue was standardized throughout the world,
establishing a canon of the twelve original studio LPs as issued in the
United Kingdom, as well as the US LP version of Magical Mystery Tour (1967), which had been released as a shorter double EP in the UK.[251] EMI also deleted all but the Red and Blue
compilations from its catalogue. The remaining material from singles
and EPs not issued on these albums was gathered on the two-volume
compilation Past Masters (1988).[252]
The Beatles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, their first year of eligibility.[253] Harrison and Starr attended the ceremony with Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, and his two sons, Julian and Sean.[254]
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."[254]
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.[255][256]
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