The Beatles ‎– Magical Mystery Tour EP Set
The Beatles ‎– Magical Mystery Tour EP Set
The Beatles ‎– Magical Mystery Tour EP Set

The Beatles ‎– Magical Mystery Tour EP Set

€89,99

Gatefold laminated sleeve with a 24-page numbered book and a light blue lyrics sheet. Records are housed in white inner sleeves.

The last EP ever released by the Beatles was a matter of expediency. The chaotic production of the Magical Mystery Tour movie had not yielded enough music to fill more than one side of an LP, but too much for an extended play single. There was so much money tied up in the production — due to air over British television on December 26, 1967 — that it had to be exploited and supported with a record release. So EMI released a double-EP set in England that wasn’t much more coherent (in the most literal sense of that word’s root) than the movie to which it was attached creatively (but a lot more fun). The record was a hit in the U.K., although, for U.S. release, where EPs had never sold well, Capitol grabbed up the group’s recent singles and B-sides plus the orphaned late-1966 single “Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields Forever” to make a full LP, which was issued many years later in England as well. The EP was enjoyable if a bit discursive (a big surprise given the nature of the movie project and the recreational drugs involved), and seemed to lack a little stature given its short running time, but the six tracks were as fascinating as anything group had ever released.

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Parlophone ‎– SMMT-1 UK Stereo 2 × Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP, Stereo

Side 1.

1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. Your Mother Should Know

Side 2.

1. I Am The Walrus

Side 3.

1. The Fool On The Hill
2. Flying (Instrumental)

Side 4.

1. Blue Jay Way

  • The “Northern Songs, NCB” text is larger and displayed on two lines.
  • The “7YCE” matrix information on the labels is not displayed within brackets.
  • “℗ 1967” is positioned below the “7YCE” matrix information on the labels, just above the side numbers.
  • Side numbers are smaller.

The font used on parts of the Record 1 labels is slightly different to the font used on parts of the Record 2 labels.
The Producer credit on the labels is listed “Producer: George Martin”, on sleeve is listed “Produced by Big George Martin”.

Information on labels:
The Beatles In Songs and Music from the T.V. Film “Magical Mystery Tour”

Northern Songs, NCB
℗ 1967

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The Gramophone Co.Ltd.
Made in Gt. Britain

Information on first page of book:
Made in England by The Beatles
(c) 1967, NEMS Enterprises Ltd.

Information from inside sleeve:
Apple Presents
The Beatles in Songs and Music from a Colour Television Film called “Magical Mystery Tour”

℗ 1967

E.M.I. Records
(The Gramophone Company Ltd.)
Hayes · Middlesex
England

Made & Printed in Great Britain
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Additional information

Weight 0,5 kg
LP Condition

Near Mint (NM or M-)
Cover Condition

Near Mint (NM or M-)

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