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The Beatles: MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

Magical Mystery Tour was an unqualified triumph, sitting atop the American charts for eight weeks and eventually going sextuple-platinum. It extended and refined the Beatles' version of psychedelia: a vision of the world that was essentially colorful, reflective and loving, but encompassed bad trips as well as good ones.

Tracklist:

1.Magical Mystery Tour 2.The Fool On The Hill 3.Flying 4.Blue Jay Way 5.Your Mother Should Know 6.I Am The Walrus 7.Hello, Goodbye 8.Strawberry Fields Forever 9.Penny Lane 10.Baby You're A Rich Man 11.All You Need Is Love

Lineup:

John Lennon - lead, harmony and backing vocals, wordless vocals on "Flying", rhythm and acoustic guitars; piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, electric piano, clavioline, harpsichord, bass harmonica, Jew's harp, banjo, percussion, Paul McCartney - lead, harmony and backing vocals, wordless vocals on "Flying", bass, acoustic and lead guitars, piano, Mellotron, harmonium, recorder, penny whistle, percussion, George Harrison - lead, harmony and backing vocals, wordless vocals on "Flying", lead, rhythm, acoustic and slide guitars, Hammond organ, bass harmonica, swarmandal, violin, percussion, Ringo Starr - drums and percussion, backing vocals on "Hello, Goodbye", wordless vocals on "Flying". Additional musicians: "Magical Mystery Tour" - Mal Evans and Neil Aspinall on percussion, David Mason, Elgar Howarth, Roy Copestake and John Wilbraham on trumpets, "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, Neill Sanders, Tony Tunstall and Morris Miller on horns, Mike Sammes Singers (Peggie Allen, Wendy Horan, Pat Whitmore, Jill Utting, June Day, Sylvia King, Irene King, G. Mallen, Fred Lucas, Mike Redway, John O'Neill, F. Dachtler, Allan Grant, D. Griffiths, J. Smith and J. Fraser) on backing vocals, "The Fool On The Hill" - Christoper Taylor, Richard Taylor and Jack Ellory on flute, "Hello, Goodbye" - Ken Essex and Leo Birnbaum on violas, "Strawberry Fields Forever" - Mal Evans on percussion, Tony Fisher, Greg Bowen, Derek Watkins and Stanley Roderick on trumpets, John Hall, Derek Simpson, Peter Halling and Norman Jones on cellos, "Penny Lane" - George Martin on piano, Ray Swinfield, P. Goody, Manny Winters and Dennis Walton on flutes, Leon Calvert, Freddy Clayton, Bert Courtley and Duncan Campbell on trumpets, Dick Morgan and Mike Winfield on English horns, Frank Clarke on double bass, David Mason on piccolo trumpet, "Baby, You're A Rich Man" - Eddie Kramer on vibraphone, "All You Need Is Love" - George Martin on piano, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Boyd Harrison, Jane Asher, Mike McGear, Graham Nash, Gary Leeds, Hunter Davies and others on backing vocals, Sidney Sax, Patrick Halling, Eric Bowie and John Ronayne on violins, Lionel Ross and Jack Holmes on cellos, Rex Morris and Don Honeywill on tenor saxophones, David Mason and Stanley Woods on trumpets and flugelhorn, Evan Watkins and Henry Spain on trombones, Jack Emblow on accordion, Geoff Emerick, Ken Scott - audio engineering

Release date: November 27, 1967