The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour [Capitol Records SMAL-2835] (27 November 1967)

Dynamic Range Released: 27 November 1967
Country: US
Label: Capitol Records
Catalog: SMAL-2835
Genre: Pop/Rock

Pressing: Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville

Item# SR-CASMAL2835
Ratings: C=VG+; LP=VG+

This Reissue: 1976 (Orange label)

T R A C K L I S T:
01 Magical Mystery Tour
02 The Fool On The Hill
03 Flying
04 Blue Jay Way
05 Your Mother Should Know
06 I Am The Walrus
07 Hello Goodbye
08 Strawberry Fields Forever
09 Penny Lane
10 Baby You're A Rich Man
11 All You Need Is Love


Matrix / Runout (Side A):
SMAL 1 2835 H36 #1 gary MASTERED BY CAPITOL

Matrix / Runout (Side B):
SMAL 2 - 2835 B16 #3 0




Magical Mystery Tour
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Album Review

by Richie Unterberger [allmusic.com]

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.