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It was inspired by a real orphanage in Liverpool and it is hard not imagine the young near-orphan Lennon looking wistfully at its gates. I think it is John Lennon’s finest moment and one of the Beatles’ best songs. It was a double sided single with Penny Lane that appeared long before Magical Mystery Tour was released. Let’s get Strawberry Fields out of the way immediately. Only the first six songs were originals after all, the others were from 45s and EPs.

Perhaps the album seemed like an afterthought, something thrown together to cash in.

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At this late date it’s hard to imagine how anyone ever found this album disappointing, even though the now largely forgotten TV special that begot it was a total flop. All of the other Beatles studio albums had five. Magical Mystery Tour had only four stars in the Rolling Stone Record Guide that I studied like a Dead Sea Scroll when I was a teenager. They might be disappointing, but they are records that you need to hear.

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“ On e thing must be made clear,” he says, “ this is not a series about terrible albums.

'Penny Lane' - Ray Swinfield, P.Each week TONY THOMPSON discusses a ‘disappointing album’: why it’s disappointing, what that means in the context of the band or musician’s career, and what that says about changing critical tastes.

'Strawberry Fields Forever' - Mal Evans on percussion, Tony Fisher, Greg Bowen, Derek Watkins and Stanley Roderick on trumpets and John Hall, Derek Simpson, Norman Jones on cellos.

'Hello, Goodbye' - Ken Essex, Leo Birnbaum on violas.

Mallen, Fred Lucas, Mike Redway, John O'Neill, F.

'I am the Walrus' - Sidney Sax, Jack Rothstein, Ralph Elman, Andrew McGee, Jack Greene, Louis Stevens, John Jezzard and Jack Richards on violins, Lionel Ross, Eldon Fox, Brian Martin and Terry Weil on cellos and Neill Sanders, Tony Tunstall and Morris Miller on horns, Peggie Allen, Wendy Horan, Pat Whitmore, Jill Utting, June Day, Sylvia King, Irene King, G.

'The Fool on the Hill' - Christoper Taylor, Richard Taylor and Jack Ellory on flute.

'Magical Mystery Tour' - Mal Evans and Neil Aspinall on percussion, David Mason, Elgar Howarth, Roy Copestake and John Wilbraham on trumpets.

George Martin - producer and mixer, harpsichord, Lowrey organ, harmonium, piano, Hammond organ, pianet and glockenspiel.

Ringo Starr - lead vocals, drums, tambourine, maracas, congas, chimes, piano, handclaps.

George Harrison - lead and backing vocals, lead guitar ( 1961 Fender Stratocaster, 1965 Epiphone ES-230TD Casino), acoustic guitar ( 1962 Gibson J-160E), sitar, tambura, organ, maracas, handclaps.

Paul McCartney - lead and backing vocals, bass ( 1964 Rickenbacker 4001S), lead guitar on ' Strawberry Fields Forever' and ' The Fool on the Hill' ( 1964 Fender Esquire and 1967 Martin D-28), piano, organ, handclaps, tape-loops, sound effects.

John Lennon - lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar ( 1964 Gibson J-160E), piano, organ, harmonica, cowbell, tambourine, maracas, handclaps, tape-loops, sound effects.

Side 3: 'The Fool on the Hill', 'Flying'.

Side 1: 'Magical Mystery Tour', 'Your Mother Should Know'.

(It is often said that instead of the unscripted 'happenings' on the coach, what ought to have been filmed was the disruption and chaos the project unwittingly caused, as this was often more entertaining than what was actually filmed.)Īll songs written by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted otherwise. The project of Magical Mystery Tour and the album are considered to be the Beatles' only failure. John is the walrus, Ringo is a chicken, Paul is a hippo and George is a bunny. The cover art portrays the band in costumes, as seen in the I am the Walrus musical segment of the film. This movie/album was made to take you away on a 'magical' journey with Paul, Ringo, John, and George, or the four magicians.

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Magical Mystery Tour contains songs from the movie of the same name, and the album version (which replaced the UK double-EP version as the international canonical version in 1976) also contains other singles. Although the Beatles disapproved of the US album upon its release (due to their 'no already released singles on albums' policy), it was added to the core catalogue in 1988. In the United States, the EP was expanded into an album, which contained non-album singles such as ' Strawberry Fields Forever', ' Penny Lane', and ' All You Need Is Love' as well as the songs from the film. The album was released as a double EP in the UK, which only contained the songs in the film. Its first side contains most songs from the movie such as ' I am the Walrus', and ' The Fool on the Hill'. Magical Mystery Tour is an album by The Beatles, recorded between 25 April – 3 May and 22 August – 7 November 1967, which was made to correspond to the film, Magical Mystery Tour. 24 November 1966 - 17 January, 25 April - 7 November 1967

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