General Article name: Magical Mystery Tour
Genre: Pop englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: EMI UK Number of tracks: 11 Duration: 36:16 Tracklist LP - 1 1. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour 2:49 2. The Beatles - Fool On the Hill 2:57 3. The Beatles - Flying 2:14 4. The Beatles - Blue Jay Way 3:53 5. The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know 2:26 6. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus 4:33 7. The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye 3:28 8. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever 4:07 9. The Beatles - Penny Lane 2:59 10. The Beatles - Baby, You're A Rich Man (2009 - Remaster) 3:00 11. The Beatles - All You Need Is Love (2009 - Remaster) 3:50   Description Description

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

Richie Unterberger

Contributors Artist: The Beatles Artist: BEATLES THE Record Label: EMI Catalogue Record Label: Capitol Guest Artist: Mick Jagger Guest Artist: Keith Richards Guest Artist: Keith Moon Guest Artist: Graham Nash Guest Artist: George Martin Guest Artist: Marianne Faithfull