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Binding: LP RecordEAN: 5099910444917 Format: Import Label: Emd Int'l Manufacturer: Emd Int'l Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Emd Int'l Release Date: July 15, 2008 Studio: Emd Int'l Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The album feels even more like a collection of singles (instead of an actual movie soundtrack) than Help! or A Hard Day's Night, but maybe that's because every song sounds like it could have been a hit single--with the natural exception of the goofy/weird instrumental "Flying." Even George's "Blue Jay Way" paints a vivid sound-portrait in fascinating detail. (I consider Joni Mitchell's "Car on the Hill" from Court and Spark to be a companion piece about sitting in the Hollywood Hills, waiting for somebody to show up.) And although the goofy TV movie may have been mostly Paul's baby, this album features the two 45 rpm masterpieces that sum up the quintessential best of Lennon and McCartney at this stage of their development: Paul's "Penny Lane" and John's "I Am the Walrus." --Jim Emerson Album Description: Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Olympic Sound Studios, De Lane Lea and Chappell Recording Studios, London, England between November 24, 1966 and November 7, 1967. The first six songs on Magical Mystery Tour were the soundtrack to the Beatles' TV movie of the same name. The film was an experimental mess, but the experimental pop of the album included some of their most memorable productions. The soundtrack side was dominated by Paul McCartney pop tunes, including the bittersweet piano ballad "Fool On The Hill" and "Your Mother Should Know," an impossibly catchy bit of Vaudevillian pop. But it also featured George Harrison's mystical "Blue Jay Way" (about his house in Hollywood) and John Lennon's "I Am The Walrus," which wedded a stream-of-consciousness lyric to a fierce drum beat, layers of strings, odd voices and some dialogue from Shakespeare's "King Lear." McCartney's "Hello Goodbye," which led off the assorted singles, featured some neatly arranged contrapuntal vocals, and may well have been about the dissolving partnerships (songwriting and otherwise) between McCartney and Lennon. Lennon's strangely arranged "Strawberry Fields Forever," whose two halves blend different takes of the same song, one slowed down to match the pitch of the other, was a trippy reverie; its bridges, orchestrated with horns, cellos, and backward cymbals, are sheer brilliance. "Penny Lane," a wistful fantasy featuring a beautiful trumpet solo, was McCartney at his melodic best, the AM foil to Lennon's FM headiness. EMI. 2005. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - One of My Fav.sA lot has been said about the Beatles, and it leaves little to add. I enjoyed this piece when I first bought it back in 1972, which was 5 years after it's initial release. It blew me away then and it still does to this day. All ages will identify with this. Simply enjoyable to listen to. Rating:  - In memory of my brotherIntroduction: My brother, Marc, was a great fan of the Beatles. He was almost nine years older than me, and his music was what I listened to (not always by choice!) when I was a kid. My brother died, suddenly and unexpectedly, on 8/6/2002. Today, 8/10/08, would have been his fifty-seventh birthday. Magical Mystery Tour was the first album I bought, as a cassette tape, that might not have thrilled my parents. They saw The Beatles as hippies and a bad influence, but they did not openly ... Read More Rating: - The WalrusI have always loved this album. So underrated. So many Beatle albums are good, this one is great. I could listen to this forever, and trust me, I will. Rating: - This was my first Beatles' album--and it still sounds good!Yep, I'd heard plenty of Beatles' songs. But when my brother gave me the LP (vinyl) of this album after it had come out, this was my first Beatles' recording. I wore it out playing it on my cheap record players and too-long-used needles. But it was a lot of fun while it lasted! The sound is a lot different from the early Beatles albums. There are some glorious songs on this CD--as well as a few idiosyncratic items. The CD begins with the title song, "Magical Mystery ... Read More Rating:  - Not as good as Sgt PepperMagical Mystrey Tour is a good album. It is not as good as Sgt. Pepper, or some other albums of that time. It does have some of the most innovative and original songs the Beatles had ever done. What was unique was the way it was recorded. With the technology of the time they had to hire musicians from the London Symphony instead of simply programming keyboards as they do now. You hear Cellos and violins along with trumpets and French horns. There was no limit to the experimenting ... Read More |
