BEATLES: MAGICAL MYSTERY (GERMAN TRUE STEREO PRESSING)
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THE BEATLES: MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
Apple Germany 1C 072-04 449
1970s German 11-track Apple label vinyl LP, presented in the original unique multicoloured picture sleeve.
This true-stereo version of the Magical Mystery Tour LP was first issued in Germany in 1971
CONDITION:
COVER: VG (slight wear, seam split top)
RECORD: M- (inaudible mark side 1, track 6 - Walrus)
The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour
The movie's soundtrack was far more favorably received, and was nominated for a Grammy Award for best album in 1968. and reached number 1 in the U.S for eight weeks. It was released in the UK in December 1967 as a double EP. The American version was released in late November 1967 as an LP; its cover depicts the EP's artwork in an orange border, with a list of song titles above it. Capitol Records released Magical Mystery Tour as full-length album because EPs were not as popular in the US as they were in the UK. The Magical Mystery Tour LP was divided into two halves: The first side was the film soundtrack, and the second side was a collection of A- and B-sides released in 1967.
Side one
The first side (containing the same songs as the British EP, but in a different running order), is a prime example of music from the psychedelic era, opening with the grandly rollicking title track, followed by McCartney's wistful "The Fool on the Hill"; "Flying", one of only two commercially released Beatles instrumentals up until that time (the first being the very early, and often forgotten Harrison-Lennon composition "Cry for a Shadow"); "Blue Jay Way", an evocative mood piece by George Harrison; and the nostalgic "Your Mother Should Know."
Rounding out side one, "I Am the Walrus" — full of crashing orchestrations and dubbed vocals — is one of the Beatles' more startling, avant-garde creations. The lyrics, filled with maddening juxtapositions of words and phrases, were Lennon's sardonic response to learning that an English master at his alma mater, Quarry Bank Grammar School, was requiring his students to analyse Beatles songs. Lennon was particularly inspired by Alice in Wonderland during this period and the title comes from "The Walrus and the Carpenter".
Side two
The songs on side two were the band's non-album singles from the period. To keep to its release schedule, Capitol Records used a stereo simulator on the monaural master tapes of the last three songs, rather than waiting for the stereo tapes to be sent over from Britain. Even so, the seemingly random choice of songs showed the band at its creative peak.
Side two is anchored by two starkly contrasting, semi-autobiographical songs: Lennon's "Strawberry Fields Forever" and McCartney's "Penny Lane". Originally released as a double A-side single, Lennon's "Strawberry Fields" was a surreal account of childhood memories, while McCartney's "Penny Lane" was more light-hearted. Both songs were recorded at the beginning of the Sgt. Pepper sessions, but had been left off that album, a decision that producer George Martin later regretted.
The remaining tracks on side two include McCartney's counter (and A-side) to "I Am the Walrus" — the relentlessly upbeat, "Hello Goodbye", and the Lennon-McCartney collaboration "Baby, You're a Rich Man" (the first song recorded specifically for The Beatles' animated film Yellow Submarine, which would be released in theatres one year later). The LP concludes with Lennon's jaunty anthem "All You Need Is Love" — the centrepiece of the Our World satellite broadcast — which coincided with 1967's Summer of Love and encapsulated the sentiments of the flower power movement.
Tracks:
All songs credited to Lennon/McCartney, except where noted.
Side one
- Magical Mystery Tour – 2:51
- The Fool on the Hill – 3:00
- Flying (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey) – 2:16
- Blue Jay Way (Harrison) – 3:56
- Your Mother Should Know – 2:29
- I Am the Walrus – 4:36
Side two
- Hello Goodbye – 3:31
- Strawberry Fields Forever – 4:10
- Penny Lane – 3:03
- Baby You're a Rich Man – 3:03
- All You Need Is Love – 3:48
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