*BEATLES* MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - 1977 UK LP *SAMPLE*

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*BEATLES* MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - 1977 UK LP *SAMPLE*














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THE BEATLES :- Magical Mystery Tour - Original 1977 UK Parlophone PCTC 255 LP with Gatefold Booklet Sleeve- complete with Original EMI Liner Sleeve

Issued in 1967 as a double 7" EP set - finally released in LP form in the UK in 1977 ...........

This great album is just one of a lovely collection of Beatle items I have purchased from an ex label licensing employee at EMI Records , Manchester Square , London W1 , who worked there throughout the 1970's ........

Copies of EMI records were available to employees working there , with stickers attatched to either sleeves or labels stating 'Factory Sample' or 'Manufacturers Property'

The disc (- 1 / - 1 matrix) has minimal use .... there is just one very small , light surface mark on side two (easy to miss) ..... No label wear ( there is still a piece of pressing residue still in centre hole ), minimal trace of spindle use : EXCELLENT / MINT minus condition.

The sleeve has minimal use ........ Beautifully bright , crisp and clean ........ No edge wear , lovely spine ......... No inner page wear : MINT minus condition.

1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. 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

The Beatles: John Lennon (vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, harmonica, piano, harpsichord, organ, clavioline, Mellotron, maracas, tambourine, tape loops); George Harrison (vocals, guitar, violin, harmonica, Hammond organ, timpani, congas, firebell, tambourine, tabla); Paul McCartney (vocals, guitar, flute, recorder, piano, acoustic & electric basses, bongos, congas); Ringo Starr (vocals, drums, maracas, tambourine, finger cymbals, tape loops).Additional personnel includes: Dave Mason (piccolo, trumpet); Philip Jones (trumpet); George Martin (piano); Mal Evans (tambourine); Mick Jagger, Gary Leeds, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Jane Asher, Patti Harrison, Keith Moon, Graham Nash (background vocals). 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.

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**POSTAGE & PACKING RATES**

UK Mainland - 7" £1.65 - 12" / LP £2.85

Europe - 7" £2.25 - 12" / LP £4.40

Rest of the World - 7" £2.50 - 12" / LP £6.85

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