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#Magical mystery tour album series

UK issue upper right back cover, showing the MMT-1 record number and MONO designation

In 1997 Japan reissued the EP set in mono as part of a 30th anniversary promotion. Stereo copies were reissued in the UK during the 1970s and these are still fairly common. The rarest copies are the versions from Japan that were issued on red vinyl (Odeon OP-4335-6, released 3-10-68), followed by any of the mono versions. The EPs fit in pockets on each inside cover.

#Magical mystery tour album full size

The jacket was a near-identical miniature of the full size LP, including the entire 28 page booklet with lyrics (listed incorrectly in many places as '32 pages' - which there would be if you count the covers as four). The six tracks included were Magical Mystery Tour, Your Mother Should Know, and I Am The Walrus on disc 1, and The Fool On The Hill, Flying, and Blue Jay Way on disc 2. At least three countries, Australia, France and Japan, issued EP releases designated as 'mono', but were in fact just mono mixes from the stereo masters! MONO issue, of which far less were pressed than stereo versions. in both MONO and STEREO versions, and soon after in Japan, Italy and several other countries, the majority in STEREO versions only. If you have any suggestions or additions to make, please email us at Magical Mystery Tour double EP set was originally issued in the U.K. Following that is our chart listing and price guide of items related to Magical Mystery Tour. The section below features expanded highlights and photos of MMT related releases.

#Magical mystery tour album series

It was just a series of unconnected events which we thought would be interesting or humorous or just pleasant to watch.' In all, the Beatles shot 6 hours worth of film, edited down to less than 60 minutes. The mistake was that too many people were looking for a plot when there wasn't one. We wanted to try and do it ourselves, and we were expecting criticism. The Daily Express called it blatant 'rubbish,' The Daily Mail 'It's colossal, the conceit of the Beatles' and the Daily Mirror declared it 'chaotic.' Paul responded and stated that 'We could easily have assembled a team of experts and asked them to come up with a first class show for Christmas which would star the Beatles, but that would have been easy. The film was viciously attacked by the press, declaring it a mighty flop. The world premiere broadcast of the Magical Mystery Tour film was by BBC-1 on December 26th - shown in black and white and seen by more than 13 million viewers. With the extra time, EMI was able to press 750,000 copies for initial release.

The main hold-up was the book, which was more difficult to reprint than the pressing of additional records. Originally scheduled for release on December 1st, the EP release was delayed one week because EMI was overwhelmed with 400,000 advance orders. On December 8th, a 6-track double EP set was released in the U.K., peaking at No. Within twelve days of release, the single had sold one million copies in America. 1 on the USA Billboard charts, with the single charting for 11 weeks and the LP for more than a year and a half - 82 weeks. A news article mentioned that since the Beatles would have no further opportunity to make drastic changes to the film, it was unlikely to be shown on British television.īoth the album and the Hello Goodbye single reached No. But in spite of this the clip was still banned - I don't know why.' But the single was still featured on Top Of The Pops, in conjunction with an extract from the group's A Hard Day's Night movie. Consequently, the Beatles made themselves available on Tuesday for a BBC cameraman to shoot new film, which was to be used to replace the offending segments. A corporation spokesman had explained that 'a minor portion of the film contravened the Musician's Union regulations concerning miming on television.' Nems' press officer Tony Barrow then commented: 'The brief miming passages were pointed out to us by BBC officials on Monday of last week. it was banned by the BBC! The last minute decision by senior executives prevented the film from being screened in BBC-1's Top Of The Pops and BBC-2's Late Night Line-Up. The same week, the promo film was shown in several European countries, but not in the U.K. on the Ed Sullivan Show, followed the next day, November 27, by the album and single release in America. Two days later the Hello Goodbye promo film was broadcast in the U.S. The first release of songs from The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour album was the Hello Goodbye / I Am The Walrus single, issued in the U.K. (wait for page to completely load to use these links) Magical Mystery Tour Reference & Price Guide Volume I