Magical Mystery Tour by Beatles (The) (CD, Aug-1988, Capitol/EMI Records)

Remember what John & Paul said! All You Need Is Love

Track listing
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. Fool On The Hill, The
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Hello Goodbye
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane
10. Baby You're A Rich Man
11. All You Need Is Love


Details
Playing time: 36 min.
Contributing artists: George Martin, Graham Nash, Keith Moon, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger
Producer: George Martin
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution
Recording type: Studio
Recording mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a


Album notes
The Beatles: John Lennon (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, piano, harpsichord, organ, clavioline, Mellotron, maracas, tambourine, tape loops); George Harrison (vocals, guitar, violin, harmonica, Hammond organ, timpani, congas, firebell, tambourine, tabla); Paul McCartney (vocals, guitar, flute, recorder, piano, acoustic & electric basses, bongos, congas); Ringo Starr (vocals, drums, maracas, tambourine, finger cymbals, tape loops).
Additional personnel includes: Dave Mason (piccolo, trumpet); Philip Jones (trumpet); George Martin (piano); Mal Evans (tambourine); Mick Jagger, Gary Leeds, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Jane Asher, Patti Harrison, Keith Moon, Graham Nash (background vocals).
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Olympic Sound Studios, De Lane Lea and Chappell Recording Studios, London, England between November 24, 1966 and November 7, 1967.
The first six songs on MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR were the soundtrack to the Beatles' TV movie of the same name. The film was an experimental mess, but the experimental pop of the album included some of their most memorable productions. The soundtrack side was dominated by Paul McCartney pop tunes, including the bittersweet piano ballad "Fool On The Hill" and "Your Mother Should Know," an impossibly catchy bit of Vaudevillian pop. But it also featured George Harrison's mystical "Blue Jay Way" (about his house in Hollywood) and John Lennon's "I Am The Walrus," which wedded a stream-of-consciousness lyric to a fierce drum beat, layers of strings, odd voices and some dialogue from Shakespeare's "King Lear."
McCartney's "Hello Goodbye," which led off the assorted singles, featured some neatly arranged contrapuntal vocals, and may well have been about the dissolving partnerships (songwriting and otherwise) between McCartney and Lennon. Lennon's strangely arranged "Strawberry Fields Forever," whose two halves blend different takes of the same song, one slowed down to match the pitch of the other, was a trippy reverie; its bridges, orchestrated with horns, cellos, and backward cymbals, are sheer brilliance. "Penny Lane," a wistful fantasy featuring a beautiful trumpet solo, was McCartney at his melodic best, the AM foil to Lennon's FM headiness.

1967 was a great year for The Beatles. With the release of Sgt. Pepper's and then Magical Mystery Tour the band was riding a conceptual wave that saw them making the best music of their lives. Heavily influences by the studio magic of George Martin this release is sonically very complex, lyrically interesting and musically perfect. I consider this one of the greatest albums of all time, and if your a fan of rock music this is a must own for you. It is probably the most complex of all their titles and it will remain relevant to rock n roll music for another 40+ years for sure.

Looking back in retrospect, the year of 1967 was a good one for The Beatles. Not only did they release their masterpiece 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' in June, but they came back in November with the album 'Magical Mystery Tour'. It is this second album that, in my opinion, is just as good as the previous release. Listening to the songs on this album is like going back in time to when The Beatles were at their most creative peak. The first six songs on this album were the soundtrack to the Beatles' TV movie of the same name. The experimental pop of the album included some of their most memorable productions. Opening with the title track, which is a true highly-charged performance, it shifts gears to the otherwise mellow mood of "The Fool On The Hill". "Flying" is only one of 3 instrumentals recorded by The Beatles ("Cry For A Shadow" and "Twelve-Bar Original" are the other 2). George is in fine form with "Blue Jay Way". "Your Mother Should Know" is almost a repeat of "When I'm Sixty-Four". John's remarkable "I Am The Walrus" is a brilliant piece of satire. The remaining selections represent 4 of the best songs the band ever made; "Hello, Goodbye", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Penny Lane" and "All You Need Is Love" Although "Baby You're A Rich Man" is not in the same league as the other 4, it still fits nicely into the program. The only drawback is that the CD version does NOT feature the 24-page illustrated comic/story book that was part of the original LP. Beatles fans have made 'Magical Mystery Tour' a classic for the ages.

I put this cd as "My Magical Mystery Tour" because, I haven't listened to my beatles "Albums" for at least twenty years or better. So imagine my delight when I put this cd in and heard sounds that you just coundn't hear on the album when it was released. This cd is so full of new sounds that it almost sounds like brand new music. I will be up dating more of my Beatle music after listing to this cd and how great it sounds.

I love this CD. If you're a Beatle fan, you must have this one. If you love good sing-a-long music, you must have this one. Great songs such as, The Fool on the Hill, Penny Lane, Hello Goodbye and All You Need Is Love.

if you're a beatles fan this is a must have. sgt.peppers and mystery tour in the same year. incredible music.

Great, this one has clasics from Paul and John, with some Ringo And George added to the mix. I love the Beatles and so should you. this is a nice CD to add to your collection. This CD still stands the test of time.

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Developed new sounds and a different image for the Beatles. I have the album since the early 70s. I have a CD and wanted another for my office.

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