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The first six songs on MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR were the soundtrack to the Beatles' TV movie of the same name. The film was an experimental mess, but the experimental pop of the album included some of their most memorable productions. The soundtrack ... Full Descriptionside was dominated by Paul McCartney pop tunes, including the bittersweet piano ballad "Fool On The Hill" and "Your Mother Should Know," an impossibly catchy bit of Vaudevillian pop. But it also featured George Harrison's mystical "Blue Jay Way" (about his house in Hollywood) and John Lennon's "I Am The Walrus," which wedded a stream-of-consciousness lyric to a fierce drum beat, layers of strings, odd voices and some dialogue from Shakespeare's "King Lear."
McCartney's "Hello Goodbye," which led off the assorted singles, featured some neatly arranged contrapuntal vocals, and may well have been about the dissolving partnerships (songwriting and otherwise) between McCartney and Lennon. Lennon's strangely arranged "Strawberry Fields Forever," whose two halves blend different takes of the same song, one slowed down to match the pitch of the other, was a trippy reverie; its bridges, orchestrated with horns, cellos, and backward cymbals, are sheer brilliance. "Penny Lane," a wistful fantasy featuring a beautiful trumpet solo, was McCartney at his melodic best, the AM foil to Lennon's FM headiness.
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 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).
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." Hide Description Magical Mystery Tour Music | List Price | $18.97 (You save $3.32) | | Category | Rock Albums, Rock/Pop CDs, Psychedelic, British | | Label | Capitol / EMI | | Orig Year | 1967 | | All Time Sales Rank |  202   | | CD Universe Part number | 1108580 | | Catalog number | 48062 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 25, 1990 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | George Martin | | Engineer | Geoff Emerick | | Recording Time | 36 minutes | | Personnel | Paul McCartney - vocals, guitar, flute, recorder, piano, acoustic & electric basses, bongos, congas
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
John Lennon - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, piano, harpsichord, organ, clavioline, Mellotron, maracas, tambourine, tape loops
Also: Graham Nash, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Keith Moon, Dave Mason, George Martin, Mal Evans, Marianne Faithfull, Patti Harrison, Philip Jones, Gary Leeds, Jane Asher |
Beatles Magical Mystery Tour Songs Magical Mystery Tour Music Magical Mystery Tour Music Review Average Rating: (4.6 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews The KEYSTONE of a complete psychedelic collection.
Proving that in the sixties, you could never take too many drugs- the more trippier, the better the music. Not the case in the seventies, eighties or nineties, eh Ossie Osbourne (see review below). This is a brain spinning, genuine psychedelic delight. Although WALRUS was originally a single, it fits on here nicely. Was a more disturbed, scary piece of sonic beauty ever released? BLUE JAY WAY is beamed down from PLANET MANDRAX, and the title track is simply, barking madness- with brass! Any pretender to rock knowledge should have this in their collection.
Submitted by David Martin (Mt. Martha, Australia.)
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I think it's one of the top 5 "british-invasion" albums, along with The White Album, The Rolling Stones' "Beggers Banquet," The Who's "The Who Sells Out" and The Stones' "Out of our Heads." Fantastic! These songs are timeless!
Submitted by Ozzy Osbourne (Beverly Hills, CA, United States)
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Is this their best album? I'm still trying to decide. This album is quintessential Beatles - - that's for sure-- but what about Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, or even Help!-- going way further back. Anyway, like that Australian guy said, the more drugs these guys did, the "trippier" their music got. It's far out, man. This album rocks. There was ALOT of good music from the 1970s, incidentally (refering to that Australian dude) including Paul McCartney and Wigs. However, even though all the Wings and John Lennon solo stuff was great, it can't compare with the Beatles.Am I starting to ramble?
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Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. It' the Beatles, how can you lose?
Mostly winners, it's hard to beat this CD. sam
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Though some might argue that the Beatles' unprecedented evolution from British Invasion pin-ups to pop music visionaries began with BEATLES FOR SALE, RUBBER SOUL is without a doubt the first album to definitively put the Fab Four in the running for Greatest Band Ever. Virtually every aspect of the Liverpool quartet's incredibly diverse sound is in evidence here: the dark, irony-filled Dylanism ("Norwegian Wood," "Nowhere ...
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Arguably the first psychedelic rock album, REVOLVER was praised for its musical experimentation--the Indian sounds of "Love You To," the Motown-inspired "Got To Get You Into My Life," the backwards guitar in "I'm Only Sleeping." "Tomorrow Never Knows" was the most radical departure from previous Beatles' recordings ...
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Includes a 28-page booklet with rare photos, notes on the recording sessions and lyrics.
Additional personnel includes: Neil Aspinall (tamboura, harmonica); Mal
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Includes liner notes by George Martin, Mark Lewisohn and Peter Blake.
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Each copy of this limited edition is sequentially numbered. The packaging recreates the original double-gatefold sleeve and includes the original poster as well as the individual photos of each band member.
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THE BEATLES (generally known as "The White Album" because of its cover) was a sprawling two-record set, highlighting the distinct personalities in the group as they matured and moved further away from each other. With the four Beatles playing like session men on each other's songs, the making of the album was fraught with tension. John Lennon's songs included a bitter take on people who read too much into the Beatles' lyrics ("Glass Onion"), reflections on loneliness and alienation ("Yer Blues," "I'm So ...
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