Is there a Beatles fan who doesn’t have the catalog on CD and MP3s?  Does that person need a new iPod engraved front and back with Beatles related insignia?  Bloomingdale’s thinks there are easily 2,500 such people.  If you know one and want to give that person an $800 gift, 2008 is your year:

Bloomingdale’s Beatles + iPod set

• 120GB engraved iPod classic
• 13 Beatles CDs
• 2 masters
• Love CD
• engraved guitar pick
• packaged in a box designed by Psycho Bunny
• $795
• Limited edition of 2,500

Get it here.

Suppose you live in a red state and have a super fancy BBQ.  You made your fortune in bottling.  Your first job made a paper run look like a stroll with a popsicle.  Surely, you remember the music that accompanied the building of an empire, but you can’t bother with another iPod [TIP: don't give manufacturing titans iPods as presents].  Neiman Marcus has a compelling package in its grand Christmas book:

Neiman Marcus: 35 year collection of top 100 45s

• All — each and every — 45 RPM vinyl record that was listed on the Billboard Top 100® Rock and Pop charts from Jan. 1, 1955, through Dec. 31, 1990.
• About 18,400 records total.
• Some are autographed.
• $275,000

Highlights:

• The Beatles’ 1964  “Ain’t She Sweet” with picture sleeve (NM estimates it’s worth $500)
• Beach Boys’ 1961  “Surfin’ Luau” (estimated at $200)
• “The collection in its entirety is priceless.”

In other words, vinyl that’s not for indie kids.

Get it here.

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