Magical Mystery Tour

[Niels (Mod)]

Magical Mystery Tour was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States. Produced by George Martin, both versions include the six-song soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name. The EP was issued in the UK on 8 December 1967 on the Parlophone label, while the Capitol Records LP release in the US occurred on 27 November and featured eleven tracks through the addition of songs from the band's 1967 singles. The EP was also released in Germany, France, Spain, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Australia and Japan. The first official release as an eleven-track LP in the UK did not occur until 1976.Despite widespread media criticism of the Magical Mystery Tour film, the soundtrack was a critical and commercial success and a number one Grammy-nominated album in the US. When EMI issued the Beatles' catalogue on compact disc in 1987, the track listing of the 1967 US LP was adopted rather than the six-song UK release. Along with the rest of the group's studio albums, Magical Mystery Tour was remastered and released on 9 September 2009 for the first time since its CD release.

Imo, the singles Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane; Hello, Goodbye and All You Need Is Love/Baby You're a rich man has absolutely nothing to do with this release. It's a soundtrack-release and therefore those singles, released from February to November 1967, should stand alone (except for Strawberry/Penny, that of course should had been included on Sgt. Pepper). Of the 6 "original" songs on the EP, only 2 are real gems (The Fool On The Hill and I Am The Walrus). The other 4 songs shows that even in 1967 (Their best year imo), Beatles was not without faults. "Flying" is filler from the film, and "Blue Jay Way" shows, that Harrisson wasn't quite there yet, as the equal to Lennon/McCartney. IMO, it should had been a single (guess which tracks), therefore the EP will end very low on my album-list. Have you seen the film? You can put your "Magical Mystery Tour-album" whereever you like, RJhog ;-), but it's not an official Beatles-album with those singles. No more than the american releases of the first albums.

Usefull/useless information:

When Brian Epstein came to visit The Beatles on August 23, while they were recording "Your Mother Should Know", he looked gloomy and depressed. It was the very last session he attended.
He was found dead in his bed on August 27, 1967.

Album Ranking:

1. Revolver

2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

3. Rubber Soul

4. A Hard Days Night

5. Help

6. Please Please Me

7. Beatles For Sale

8. With The Beatles

9. Magical Mystery Tour

Niels' Ultimate Beatles Playlist:

1. I Saw Her Standing

2. Love Me Do

3. Please Please Me

4. She Loves You

5. All My Loving

6. I Want To Hold You Hand

7. A Hard Days Night

8. I Should Had Known Better

9. If I Fell

10. And I Love Her

11. Can't Buy Me Love

12. Anytime At All

13. Things We Said Today

14. I Feel Fine

15. Eight Days A Week

16. She's A Woman

17. Every Little Thing She Does

18. Help

19. The Night Before

20. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

21. You're Gonna Loose That Girl

22. Ticket To Ride

23. I've Just Seen A Face

24. Yesterday

25.We Can Work It Out

26. Day Tripper

27. Drive My Car

28.Norwegian Wood

29.Michelle

30.Girl

31.I'm Looking Through You

32. In My Life

33. Paperback Writer

34. Taxman

35. Eleanor Rigby

36. Here, There And Everywhere

37. Yellow Submarine

38. For No One

39. Got To Get You Into My Life

40. Strawberry Fields Forever

41. Penny Lane

42. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

43. With A Little Help From My Friends

44. Fixing A Hole

45. She's Leaving Home

46. A Day In The Life

47. All You Need Is Love

48. Fool On The Hill

49. I Am The Walrus

50. Hello, Goodbye

 

[RJhog (Admin)]

This one is definitely just okay for me.  Definitely not great.  The last third or half of the album is better than the first half or so, but that's about all I can say.  The songs seem longer, which gives it more of an album feel, but there are more duds on this album than usual up to this point.  Unlike you Niels, I'm not much of a fan of I Am The Walrus.  I'll take a few songs for my playlist, but that's it.  Oh, I forgot to say that Fool On The Hill is a terrific song that I had never heard before.

Running Album Ranking:

1. Rubber Soul

2. Revolver

3. Help!

4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

5. A Hard Days Night

6. Please Please Me

7. Magical Mystery Tour

8. Beatles For Sale

9. With The Beatles

RJ's Ultimate Beatles Playlist:

1. I Saw Her Standing There

2. Please Please Me

3. Love Me Do

4. Do You Want To Know A Secret

5. A Taste Of Honey

6. From Me To You

7. She Loves You

8. I Want To Hold Your Hand

9. All My Loving

10. Can't Buy Me Love

11. You Can't Do That

12. A Hard Day's Night

13. I Should Have Known Better

14. If I Fell

15. And I Love Her

16. Can't Buy Me Love

17. Things We Said Today

18. You Can't Do That

19. I Feel Fine

20. She's A Woman

21. I'll Follow The Sun

22. Eight Days A Week

23. Help!

24. The Night Before

25. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

26. Ticket To Ride

27. Act Naturally

28. You Like Me Too Much

29. I've Just Seen A Face

30. Yesterday

31. We Can Work It Out

32. Day Tripper

33. Drive My Car

34. Norwegian Wood

35. You Won't See Me

36. Nowhere Man

37. The Word

38. What Goes On

39. I'm Looking Through You

40. In My Life

41. If I Needed Someone

42. Taxman

43. Eleanor Rigby

44. Good Day Sunshine

45. Got To Get You Into My Life

46. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

47. With A Little Help From My Friends

48. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

49. She's Leaving Home

50. A Day In The Life

51. The Fool On The Hill

52. Strawberry Fields Forever

53. Penny Lane

54. All You Need Is Love