THE BEATLES – MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR 2×7″ – Nr MINT UK STEREO

The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour
(Parlophone Records  1981  SMMT1)
UK Pressing

Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

G&L Laminated Gatefold Sleeve & Book in Nr MINT condition
– a little wear on corners

The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Their huge popularity became known as “Beatlemania”. The main songwriters were Lennon and McCartney.

Magical Mystery Tour is a double EP and LP by the English rock group the Beatles, produced by George Martin, both including the six-song soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name. The material was released in the United Kingdom on 8 December 1967 as a six-track double EP on the Parlophone label; in the United States the record, released on 27 November 1967, was an eleven-track LP compiled by Capitol Records, adding the band’s 1967 single releases. The EP was also released in Germany, France, Spain, Yugoslavia, Australia and Japan. The first official release of the recordings in the UK as an eleven-track LP did not occur until 1976.

Track listing

Double EP

Personnel

The Beatles

• John Lennon – lead, harmony and backing vocals; wordless vocals on “Flying”; rhythm and acoustic guitars; acoustic and electric pianos; mellotron, Hammond organ, clavioline, harpsichord, banjo; harmonica and Jew’s harp on “The Fool on the Hill”
• Paul McCartney – lead, harmony and backing vocals; wordless vocals on “Flying”; bass and acoustic guitars, piano, mellotron, harmonium; recorder and penny whistle on “The Fool on the Hill”
• George Harrison – lead, harmony and backing vocals; wordless vocals on “Flying”; lead, slide and acoustic guitars; Hammond organ, swarmandal, violin; harmonica on “The Fool on the Hill”
• Ringo Starr – drums and percussion; backing vocals on “Hello, Goodbye”; wordless vocals on “Flying”;

Additional musicians and production

• “Magical Mystery Tour” – Mal Evans and Neil Aspinall on percussion, David Mason, Elgar Howarth, Roy Copestake and John Wilbraham on trumpets
• “The Fool on the Hill” – Christoper Taylor, Richard Taylor and Jack Ellory on flute^[59]
• “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 and 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
• “Hello, Goodbye” – Ken Essex, Leo Birnbaum on violas
• “Strawberry Fields Forever” – Mal Evans on percussion; Tony Fisher, Greg Bowen, Derek Watkins and Stanley Roderick on trumpets and John Hall, Derek Simpson, Peter Halling, 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 and 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 McCartney, Maureen Starkey, Graham Nash and wife Rose Eccles Nash, Gary Leeds and Hunter Davies on backing vocals; Sidney Sax, Patrick Halling, Eric Bowie and Jack Holmes on violins; Rex Morris and Don Honeywill on sax, David Mason and Stanley Woods on trumpets; Evan Watkins and Henry Spain on horns; Jack Emblow on accordion, Brian Martin and Peter Halling on cello
• Geoff Emerick, Ken Scott – audio engineering