- Magical Mystery Tour (Lennon - Mccartney)
- The Fool On The Hill (Lennon - Mccartney)
- Flying (Harrison)
- Blue Jay Way (Harrison)
- Your Mother Should Know (Lennon - Mccartney)
- I Am The Walrus (Lennon - Mccartney)
- Hello Goodbye (Lennon - Mccartney)
- Stawberry Field Forever (Lennon - Mccartney)
- Penny Lane (Lennon - Mccartney)
- Baby You're Rich Man (Lennon - Mccartney)
- All You Need Is Love (Lennon - Mccartney)
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This album release is definitely an E.M.I. enigma !On 8th December 1967 the "Magical Mystery Tour" soundtrack was released in the U.K. as a double E.P. package (see The M.M.T. E.P.) but in the United States they had a full L.P. released 11 days earlier on 27th November 1967. Admittedly it was padded out with the singles that had been released in 1967, but, Capitol certainly got their sums right, because with this release (as up to that time) they had the biggest initial sale of ANY album, passing sales of 8 million dollars worth in just three weeks. And by January 1968 they had a number 1 where it stayed for eight weeks.
But it should be noted that some of tracks were in mono, as stereo masters had NOT been created at this time.
So, did E.M.I. give it an official release ... NO (not on vinyl) ... but oddly, they did give it an official IMPORT release. Through the usual E.M.I. ordering procedures British record shops could order it using the U.S. catalogue number of SMAL 2835 and it became the biggest selling import for E.M.I. selling over 50,000 copies, which even took it into the official charts reaching number 31.
But, Even more bizarre, this release DID emerge in the U.K. at the time on tape !
The E.M.I. record catalogue reveals a unique catalogue number never to appear on vinyl and a slightly changed title, "Magical Mystery Tour and Other Titles".
The album was released on cassette tape (1⅞ ips) - Catalogue number - TC-PCS 3077
The album was also released on 8-track stereo continuous play cartridges (3¾ ips) - catalogue no. 8X-PCS 3077
During the big Beatles sales push by E.M.I. in 1976 after their contract expired, this L.P. was given a proper official release on the Parlophone label with a catalogue number of PCTC 255 (although the cassette was TC-PCS 3077 !) BUT inexplicably this first official OFFICIAL release was NOT advertised in any way.
(Can anyone from E.M.I. out there reading this offer an explanation ?!)
Consequently, the only U.K. issue of this album failed to chart.
It should also be noted that this 1976 edition used the same masters as the original U.S. release, and therefore some tracks were still in mono ... BUT ... another bizarre E.M.I. move ... the cassette DID have "Baby. You're A Rich Man" in stereo.
In 1978 a "gold" vinyl edition was released.
The album was also part of "The Beatles Collection" 13 album box set (see Beatles Collection).
On 21st September 1987 this album had it's first release on C.D. which was published in full stereo, with a catalogue number of CDP 7 48062 2 (although, in the U.K. this WAS released as CD-PCTC 255 !) ... and at this time almost 20 years after it should have been released it did make a fleeting appearance in the charts at number 52 in October 1987.
And on the same day, the record shop H.M.V. produced a special 12" numbered CD Box Set Comprising:
The C.D. of "Magical Mystery Tour"
+ An "It was twenty years ago today" badge
+ Informative notes in a booklet
+ A poster
This set had a catalogue number of BEA CD 25/6, and was in a limited edition of 8,000 copies.
The C.D. was also part of "The Beatles Box" 15 C.D. box set (see Beatles C.D. Box).
09/09/09 (Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine) - the album was re-released as part of the Beatles In Stereo Remasters collection.
13th September 2009 it re-entered the chart again at number 33 in the ninth highest position of SEVENTEEN chart positions The Beatles captured in one amazing week.
(see the box set detail for the chart position of all 17 titles together)
20th September 2009 - dropped sixteen places down to number 49.
27th September 2009 - dropped twenty-nine places down to number 78 (which is outside the chart for longevity purposes).
4th October 2009 - No longer listed in the Top 100.
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