The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour 1967 Mono Vinyl LP MAL 2835 VG With Booklet
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Magical Mystery Tour is an album by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States. Produced by George Martin, it includes the soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name. The EP was issued in the UK on 8 December 1967 on the Parlophone label, while the Capitol Records LP release in the US occurred on 27 November and featured eleven tracks with the addition of songs from the band's 1967 singles. The first release as an eleven-track LP in the UK did not occur until 1976.
Despite widespread media criticism of the Magical Mystery Tour film, the soundtrack was a critical and commercial success and a number one Grammy-nominated album in the US. When EMI issued the Beatles' catalogue on compact disc in 1987, the track listing of the 1967 US LP was adopted rather than the six-song UK release.
As part of the unusual format, the Beatles decided to package the two EPs in a gatefold sleeve with a 24-page booklet.[14][20] The latter contained song lyrics, colour photos from film production, and colour story illustrations in the comic strip style[14] by Beatles Book cartoonist Bob Gibson.[13] Of the double-EP package, film studies academic Bob Neaverson later commented: "While it certainly solved the song quota problem, one suspects that it was also partly born of the Beatles' pioneering desire to experiment with conventional formats and packaging."[21]
When preparing the US release, Capitol enlarged the photos and illustrations to LP size to serve as a booklet inside a gatefold album sleeve.[20] The cover design for both the EP and LP releases was done by John Van Hamersveld, the head of Capitol's art department, rather than by EMI in London.[22] The lyrics to the film songs were also printed inside the gatefold itself. Several years later Capitol stopped including the 24-page booklet and removed mention of it from the album cover.
Original issue has ("No You're Not" said Little Nicola) under the "I Am The Walrus" title inside the gatefold sleeve in block print and not cursive as in later issues. This release has block print.Serial MHT1-2835-G8
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