Magical Mystery Tour
Double EP (UK) & studio album (U. A double Extended play ( double EP) is the name typically given to Vinyl records or CDs released as a set of two discs each of which would A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist S. ) by The Beatles
Released	November 27, 1967 (US LP) December 8, 1967 (UK EP) November 19, 1976 (UK LP)
Recorded	Abbey Road 1966-11-24 – 1966-12-21 ("Strawberry Fields Forever") and 1966-12-29 – 1967-01-17 ("Penny Lane") Abbey Road and Olympic Sound Studios 25 April 1967 – 7 November 1967 (double EP, rest of LP side 2)
Genre	Psychedelic rock
Length	36:52 (LP, CD) 19:12 (EP)
Label	Parlophone, Capitol
Producer	George Martin
Professional reviews
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Magical Mystery Tour (1967) The Beatles (1968)
Alternate cover
Original double EP sleeve
Alternate cover
1971 German MMT LP with every track in true stereo

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Initially released as an EP in the UK, the recording was expanded to a full album on subsequent U. S. release, adding several recent singles to the B-side.

While the songs on the EP proved popular, critical and popular response to the television film proved negative. Plans to air it on ABC television in the U. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. S. were cancelled, and Magical Mystery Tour didn't appear in the U. Magical Mystery Tour is an hour-long television film starring The Beatles ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison S. until 1976, as a theatrical release on the midnight movies and college circuits, both of which were mainly underground. The term midnight movie is rooted in the practice that emerged in the 1950s of local television stations around the United States airing low-budget genre films as late-night programming An underground film is a film that is out of the mainstream either in its style genre or financing

History of the project

Magical Mystery Tour film

Main article: Magical Mystery Tour (film)

After Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Paul McCartney wanted to create a film based upon the Beatles and their music. Magical Mystery Tour is an hour-long television film starring The Beatles ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, The film was to be unscripted: various "ordinary" people (including John Lennon's uncle Charlie) were to travel on a charabanc bus and have unspecified "magical" adventures, in the manner of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters. This article is about the television series you may have been searching for Ad lib. John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born A charabanc (pronounced sha-ra-bang) spelt "char-à-banc" is a type of Horse-drawn vehicle or motor coach, usually open-topped common in Britain Kenneth Elton Kesey ( September 17, 1935 &ndash November 10, 2001) was an American Author, best known for his major novels The Merry Pranksters are a group of people who originally formed around American Author Ken Kesey in 1964 and sometimes lived communally at his

The Magical Mystery Tour movie was made, but the hoped-for "magical" adventures never happened. During the filming, an ever greater number of cars followed the hand-lettered bus, hoping to see what its passengers were up to, until a running traffic jam developed. The spectacle ended after Lennon angrily tore the lettering off the sides of the bus.

Magical Mystery Tour was the first Beatles film project following the death of manager Brian Epstein in August 1967, and there has been much speculation that the absence of Epstein's judgment contributed to its undisciplined production, as seen, for instance, in the absence of a screenplay and professional direction. NEMS Enterprises defaults here For the Latin American record label see NEMS Enterprises (label. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. The film originally appeared twice on BBC-TV over the 1967 Christmas holidays (primarily in black & white), but was savaged by critics on its release^[1]; it was, however, noted by Steven Spielberg in film school (according to McCartney in one of the interviews for The Beatles Anthology: "I've read that people like him have sort of said, 'When I was in school that was a film we really took notice of. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. The Beatles Anthology is the name of a documentary series a series of three albums and a book all of which focus on the history of The Beatles. . . ' like an art film, you know, rather than a proper film. )

Film soundtrack

The movie's soundtrack was far more favourably received, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for best album in 1968. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Events January 4 - Guitarist Jimi Hendrix is jailed by Stockholm police after trashing a hotel room during a drunken fist fight with ^[2] and reached number 1 in the U. S for 8 weeks. It was released in the UK in December 1967 as a double EP. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A double Extended play ( double EP) is the name typically given to Vinyl records or CDs released as a set of two discs each of which would The American version was released in late November 1967 as an LP; its cover depicts the EP's artwork in an orange border, with a list of song titles above it. A gramophone Capitol Records released MMT as full-length album because EPs were not as popular in the US as they were in the UK. The Magical Mystery Tour LP was divided into two halves: The first side was the film soundtrack, and the second side was a collection of A- and B-sides released in 1967. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt

Side one

The first side (containing the same songs as the British EP, but in a different running order), is a prime example of music from the psychedelic era, opening with the grandly rollicking title track, followed by McCartney's wistful "The Fool on the Hill"; "Flying", one of only two commercially released Beatles instrumentals up until that time (the first being the very early, and often forgotten Harrison-Lennon composition "Cry for a Shadow"); "Blue Jay Way", an evocative mood piece by George Harrison; and the nostalgic "Your Mother Should Know. The Psychedelic era refers to the time of social musical and artistic change influenced by Psychedelic drugs, generally described as occurring during early 1960s to the mid " Magical Mystery Tour " is a song by The Beatles, the opening track and theme song for the record and made-for-TV film of the same name This article is about The Beatles' song "The Fool on the Hill" " Flying " is an instrumental song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1967 Magical Mystery Tour release (two EP discs in the An instrumental is a Musical composition or recording without Lyrics or any other sort of Vocal music; all of the Music is produced by " Cry for a Shadow " is an early Beatles instrumental. " Blue Jay Way " is a song written by George Harrison; it was first recorded and released by The Beatles on their Magical Mystery Tour George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author " Your Mother Should Know " is a song by The Beatles from their 1967 record Magical Mystery Tour, released in the U "

Rounding out side one, "I Am the Walrus" — full of crashing orchestrations and dubbed vocals — is one of the Beatles' more startling, avant-garde creations. " I Am the Walrus " is a 1967 song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. Orchestration is the study or practice of writing Music for Orchestra (or more loosely for any Musical ensemble) or of adapting for orchestra music composed In Sound recording, dubbing is the transfer or copying of previously recorded audio material from one medium to another of the same or a different type Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard The lyrics, filled with maddening juxtapositions of words and phrases, were Lennon's sardonic response to learning that an English master at his alma mater, Quarry Bank Grammar School, was requiring his students to analyse Beatles songs. A schoolmaster, or simply master, once referred to a male School Teacher. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval Calderstones School is an English Comprehensive school located on Harthill Road in the Liverpool suburb of Allerton. Lennon was particularly inspired by 'Alice in Wonderland' during this period and the title comes from 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865 is a novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known under the Pseudonym Lewis REDIRECT The Walrus and the Carpenter

Side two

The songs on side two were the band's non-album singles from the period. To keep to its release schedule, Capitol Records used a stereo simulator on the monaural master tapes of the last three songs, rather than waiting for the stereo tapes to be sent over from Britain. Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as Monaural (often shortened to mono) sound reproduction is single-channel Stereophonic sound, commonly called stereo, is the reproduction of Sound, using two or more independent audio channels through a Symmetrical Even so, the seemingly random choice of songs showed the band at its creative peak.

Side two is anchored by two starkly contrasting, semi-autobiographical songs: Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever" and McCartney's "Penny Lane". An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" " Strawberry Fields Forever " is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. " Penny Lane " is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, recorded during the Sgt Originally released as a double A-side single, Lennon's "Strawberry Fields" was a surreal account of childhood memories, while McCartney's "Penny Lane" was more light-hearted. Both songs were recorded at the beginning of the Sgt. Pepper sessions, but had been left off that album, a decision that producer George Martin later regretted. Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926 is a British record producer arranger and Composer. ^[3]

The remaining tracks on side two include McCartney's counter (and A-side) to "I Am the Walrus" — the relentlessly upbeat, "Hello Goodbye", and the Lennon-McCartney collaboration "Baby, You're a Rich Man" (the first song recorded specifically for The Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine, which would be released in theatres one year later). " Hello Goodbye " is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. " Baby You're a Rich Man " is a song by The Beatles recorded on 11 May 1967 at Olympic Sound Studios, the first song by the band Yellow Submarine is a 1968 animated Feature film based on the music of The Beatles. The LP concludes with Lennon's jaunty anthem "All You Need Is Love" — the centrepiece of the historic Our World satellite broadcast — which coincided with 1967's Summer of Love and encapsulated the sentiments of the flower power movement. " All You Need Is Love " is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. Our World was the first live international Satellite television production which was broadcast on 25 June 1967. This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite. For the band see Broadcast (band Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or Video signals which transmit This article refers to the summer of 1967 For the film of a similar name please go to My Summer of Love. Flower power was a Slogan used by Hippies (aka Flower Children) during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of Non-violence Ideology

Release

When standardising The Beatles' releases for Compact Disc in the late 1980s, the American LP version (which was imported into the UK, peaked on the British album charts at #31 as an American import, and was issued by Parlophone Records in Britain in 1976) was included with the British album lineup instead of the British EP, with true stereo recordings replacing the earlier processed ones. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Parlophone is a Record label, founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company. (The true-stereo version of the Magical Mystery Tour LP was first issued in Germany in 1971, but the 1976 Parlophone issue used the Capitol masters with the fake stereo. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. ) Capitol quietly reissued the Magical Mystery Tour LP using the German masters in the US with catalogue number C1-48061 in true stereo. The remaining Beatles non-LP single sides were compiled as Past Masters, Volume One and Past Masters, Volume Two. Past Masters Volume One is a compilation album by the The Beatles released on Compact disc in 1988 Past Masters Volume Two is a compilation album by The Beatles released on Compact disc in 1988

Although the British version of the LP released in 1976 used the same fake stereo on the last three songs as the Capitol LP, it did feature “I am the Walrus” with the intro riff repeated six times rather than the American LP’s four times.

Track listing

All songs credited to Lennon/McCartney, except where noted. The Songwriting partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, usually referred to as Lennon/McCartney, is one of the best-known and

Double EP release

Side one

1. "Magical Mystery Tour" - 2:51 SAMPLE (122k)
   • Featuring Mal Evans and Neil Aspinall on percussion, David Mason, Elgar Howarth, Roy Copestake and John Wilbraham on trumpets. " Magical Mystery Tour " is a song by The Beatles, the opening track and theme song for the record and made-for-TV film of the same name
2. "Your Mother Should Know" - 2:29

Side two

1. "I Am the Walrus" - 4:36 SAMPLE (133k)
   • Featuring Sidney Sax, Jack Rothstein, Ralph Elman, Andrew McGee, Jack Greene, Louis Stevens, John Jezzard and Jack Richards on violins, Lionel Ross, Eldon Fox, Brian Martin and Terry Weil on cellos and Neil Sanders, Tony Tunstall and Morris Miller on horns, Peggie Allen, Wendy Horan, Pat Whitmore, Jill Utting, June Day, Sylvia King, Irene King, G. " Your Mother Should Know " is a song by The Beatles from their 1967 record Magical Mystery Tour, released in the U " I Am the Walrus " is a 1967 song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. Mallen, Fred Lucas, Mike Redway, John O'Neill, F. Dachtler, Allan Grant, D. Griffiths, J. Smith and J. Fraser on backing vocals.

Side three

1. "The Fool on the Hill" - 3:00
   • Featuring Christoper Taylor, Richard Taylor and Jack Ellory on flute. This article is about The Beatles' song "The Fool on the Hill" ^[4]
   • John Lennon and George Harrison on harmonicas
2. "Flying" (Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey) - 2:16

Side four

1. "Blue Jay Way" (George Harrison) - 3:56

LP release

Side one

1. "Magical Mystery Tour" – 2:51
2. "The Fool on the Hill" – 3:00
3. "Flying" (Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey) – 2:16
4. "Blue Jay Way" (Harrison) – 3:56
5. "Your Mother Should Know" – 2:29
6. "I Am the Walrus" – 4:36

Side two

1. "Hello Goodbye" – 3:31
   • Featuring Ken Essex, Leo Birnbaum on violas. " Flying " is an instrumental song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1967 Magical Mystery Tour release (two EP discs in the George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940 is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Actor " Blue Jay Way " is a song written by George Harrison; it was first recorded and released by The Beatles on their Magical Mystery Tour George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author " Magical Mystery Tour " is a song by The Beatles, the opening track and theme song for the record and made-for-TV film of the same name This article is about The Beatles' song "The Fool on the Hill" " Flying " is an instrumental song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1967 Magical Mystery Tour release (two EP discs in the George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940 is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Actor " Blue Jay Way " is a song written by George Harrison; it was first recorded and released by The Beatles on their Magical Mystery Tour George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author " Your Mother Should Know " is a song by The Beatles from their 1967 record Magical Mystery Tour, released in the U " I Am the Walrus " is a 1967 song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. " Hello Goodbye " is a song by the English rock band The Beatles.
2. "Strawberry Fields Forever" – 4:10 SAMPLE (141k)
   • Featuring Mal Evans on percussion, Tony Fisher, Greg Bowen, Derek Watkins and Stanley Roderick on trumpets and John Hall, Derek Simpson, Norman Jones on cellos. " Strawberry Fields Forever " is a song by the English rock band The Beatles.
3. "Penny Lane" – 3:03 SAMPLE (192k)
   • Ray Swinfield, P. " Penny Lane " is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, recorded during the Sgt Goody, Manny Winters and Dennis Walton on flutes, Leon Calvert, Freddy Clayton, Bert Courtley and Duncan Campbell on trumpets, Dick Morgan and Mike Winfield on English horns, Frank Clarke on double bass and David Mason on piccolo trumpet.
4. "Baby You're a Rich Man" – 3:03
   • Featuring Eddie Kramer on vibraphone. " Baby You're a Rich Man " is a song by The Beatles recorded on 11 May 1967 at Olympic Sound Studios, the first song by the band
5. "All You Need Is Love" – 3:48
   • Featuring George Martin on piano, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Boyd Harrison, Jane Asher, Mike McCartney, Graham Nash and wife, Gary Leeds and Hunter Davies on backing vocals, Sidney Sax, Patrick Halling, Eric Bowie and Jack Holmes on violins, Rex Morris and Don Honeywill on sax, David Mason and Stanley Woods on trumpets, Evan Watkins and Henry Spain on horns, Jack Emblow on accordion and Brian Martin on cello. " All You Need Is Love " is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon/McCartney. Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger, Kt (born 26 July 1943 is a Golden Globe -winning and two-time Grammy -winning English rock Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 is an English Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, producer and a founding member of The Rolling Marianne Faithfull (born December 29 1946) is an English Singer, Songwriter, actress and Diarist whose Keith John Moon ( August 23, 1946 &ndash September 7, 1978) was the Drummer of the rock group The Who. Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Patricia Anne "Pattie" Boyd (born 17 March 1944 was the first wife of George Harrison of The Beatles, after whom she married Eric Clapton Jane Asher (born 5 April 1946) is an English actress, who is well known in the United Kingdom for her Television career Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is an British-American Singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions David or Dave Mason may refer to David Mason (trumpet player, retired British trumpet player best known for his 1967 solo on The Beatles' Penny

Release history

See also

• Magical Mystery Tour (film)
• The Magical Mystery Tour (coach trip)

References

External links

• Beatles comments on each song
• Recording data and notes on mono/stereo mixes and remixes
• The real Blue Jay Way