Magical Mystery Tour [Reissued] [Remastered] [180-gram Vinyl]

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Album: Magical Mystery Tour [Reissued] [Remastered] [180-gram Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Magical Mystery Tour	More Info...	0:03
2)	The Fool On the Hill	More Info...	0:03
3)	Flying	More Info...	0:02
4)	Blue Jay Way	More Info...	0:04
5)	Your Mother Should Know	More Info...	0:02
6)	I Am the Walrus	More Info...	0:04
7)	Hello Goodbye	More Info...	0:03
8)	Strawberry Fields Forever	More Info...	0:04
9)	Penny Lane	More Info...	0:03
10)	Baby, You're a Rich Man	More Info...	0:03
11)	All You Need Is Love	More Info...	0:03

Album: Magical Mystery Tour [Reissued] [Remastered] [180-gram Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Magical Mystery Tour	More Info...	0:03
2)	The Fool On the Hill	More Info...	0:03
3)	Flying	More Info...	0:02
4)	Blue Jay Way	More Info...	0:04
5)	Your Mother Should Know	More Info...	0:02
6)	I Am the Walrus	More Info...	0:04
7)	Hello Goodbye	More Info...	0:03
8)	Strawberry Fields Forever	More Info...	0:04
9)	Penny Lane	More Info...	0:03
10)	Baby, You're a Rich Man	More Info...	0:03
11)	All You Need Is Love	More Info...	0:03

Performer 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 U.S. version of the soundtrack for the Beatles' ill-fated British television special embellished the six songs that were found on the British Magical Mystery Tour double EP with five other cuts from their 1967 singles. (The CD version of the record has now been standardized worldwide as the 11 tracks found on the American version.) The psychedelic sound is very much in the vein of Sgt. Pepper's, and even spacier in parts (especially the sound collages of "I Am the Walrus"). Unlike Sgt. Pepper's, there's no vague overall conceptual/thematic unity to the material, which has made Magical Mystery Tour suffer slightly in comparison. Still, the music is mostly great, and "Penny Lane," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "All You Need Is Love," and "Hello Goodbye" were all huge, glorious, and innovative singles. The ballad "The Fool on the Hill," though only a part of the Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack, is also one of the most popular Beatles tunes from the era. [A reissue featured a remastered version of the album on 180-gram vinyl.] ~ Richie Unterberger

Professional Reviews

Q (8/89) - Included in Q Magazine's "Best Psychedelic Albums of All Time" issue.

Q (8/99, p.138) - "...the weirdest beast in the entire Beatles catalogue....As good an indicator as any that all the madness was about to end. It had to."

Paste (magazine) (p.60) - "With much better material and no forced concept to weigh down the proceedings, Martin's production work shines, particularly on the Lennon tracks."