Sold Date: January 26, 2018
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The Beatles - 'The Alternative (Working Version) Of Magical Mystery Tour' CD

The Beatles 'The Alternative (Working Version) Of Magical Mystery Tour' bootleg CD. A wonderfully detailed and comprehensive package featuring alternative unreleased takes, mixes and acetates recorded during the Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour sessions, loaded with extras.

The CD brings together an extensive collection of rarities from arguably The Beatles most creative and acclaimed period circa 1966 - Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, 1967 - Magical Mystery Tour plus additional early 1968 material. A few of my personal highlights would be - the longest known mono variation of IT’S ALL TOO MUCH with a running time in excess of 8 minutes, the FULL live version of ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE “OUR WORLD TV SPECIAL” in excess of 7 minutes and some very early versions of HELLO GOODBYE and HEY BULLDOG.

The package included here is the finest bootleg edition of Magical Mystery Tour I have ever seen. As the versions included here are unreleased it is designed to look like a acetate copy of the album.

The package includes:

• Cover featuring - original 1967 UK E.P style cover with brief album history and John, Paul, George and Ringo's comments on the Magical Mystery Tour.

• Accurate reproduction Emidisc acetate CD label design.

• Booklet with detailed information on each track - running length, composer, recording dates, relevant take and remix details. Rear cover features numerous pictures from the Magical Mystery Tour

• Paul McCartney's 1967 abstract 'script' for the Magical Mystery Tour. Mentioned by Ringo in the 1995 Beatles Anthology. VERY INTERESTING. 

• Apple Corps Ltd compliments/business card (Apple's earliest reference is on the UK Magical Mystery Tour E.P).

• Back cover with track listing, recording details and track timing. 

All in perfect MINT condition.

Track Listing:

1. FREE NOW [Improvisation] 0:13

2. MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (take 9 remix 5) 2:35

3. THE FOOL ON THE HILL (studio outtake, acetate demo) 2:43

4. FLYING (studio outtake, take 6 remix 4) 2:04

5. BLUE JAY WAY (take 3 remix 1) 3:47

6. YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW (take 7) 2:28

7. I AM THE WALRUS (take 17 remix 10/remix 22) 4:38

8. HELLO GOODBYE (HELLO, HELLO) (take 22 - alternate re-mix) 3:20

9. STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER (take 7) 3:14

10. PENNY LANE (take 9 remix 11) 2:53

11. BABY YOU’RE A RICH MAN (alternate stereo version from U.K. cassette) 2:58

12. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (take 58 remix 11) 3:43

13. FLYING (1967 U.K. mono E.P mix) 2:15

14. BLUE JAY WAY (1967 U.K. mono E.P mix) 3:49       

15. MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (acetate demo take 9 remix 7) 2:45

16. I AM THE WALRUS (acetate demo take 17 remix 4) 4:28

17. HELLO GOODBYE (take 1 remix 1) 4:34

18. ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - “OUR WORLD TV SPECIAL” (COMPLETE VERSION) (take 57 + live take 58) 7:02

19. THE INNER LIGHT (stereo backing track) 2:38

20. ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (take 7) 3:42

21. ALL TOGETHER NOW (soundtrack version - fully remixed from the original multitrack tapes) 2:11

22. HEY BULLDOG (earliest known acetate demo) 1:53

23. IT’S ALL TOO MUCH (longest known mono variation - unknown take) 8:10

This will be very carefully packaged for transit. UK postage is: £2.95. EU postage is: £4.95. Rest of the world postage is: £6.95. Combined discounted postage is available.

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