So this leaves Walrus, All You Need is Love, Fool on the Hill, Baby You’re a Rich man, Magical Mystery Tour, Blue Jay Way and the Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields single. I know Hello Goodbye is a fan fave but to my mind it isn’t in the same league as Getting Better or say McCartney’s work after MMT. I find ‘Flying’ to be one of most dull Beatles songs ever (their final stab at releasing the ’12 bar original that’s so grating on Anthology 2!) I find ‘Your Mother Should Know’ to be just tolerable, and certainly not up there with ANYTHING on Pepper or revolver. I think the magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine releases (all songs on MMT and some songs on YS being recorded in 1967 I believe) would have made a great album combined. The two-disc EP was reissued in 2012 as part of the deluxe Blu-ray edition of Magical Mystery Tour. It had advance orders in the UK of 400,000, and by mid January 1968 had sold 600,000. The EP retailed at 19 shillings and sixpence. It was held off the top spot by The Beatles’ own ‘Hello, Goodbye’. Its highest chart position was number two on the singles chart, the dedicated EP chart having been abandoned at the start of December 1967. Magical Mystery Tour entered the charts on 13 December, and spent 12 weeks in the top 40. It was the first Beatles EP to be issued in both mono and stereo. The EP had the catalogue number Parlophone MMT 1 (mono) and SMMT 1 (stereo). This retailed at twice the normal price of a single. The package came with a gatefold sleeve and a 28-page book, including lyrics. Hello Goodbye (nice to hear the song – like another B&W music video)ġ1.More than two weeks before its accompanying film received its premiere on BBC television, The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour EP was released.Īs The Beatles had six songs for release, it was decided that they would release a double-EP set.
The Fool on the Hill (alternate video using unseen footage: great sound)Ġ8.
Blue Jay Way (alternate video using unseen footage)Ġ7. Your Mother Should Know (alternate video using unseen footage: great sound)Ġ6. The Making of Magical Mystery Tour (20 mins, with lots of cool previously unseen footage)Ġ5. Director’s Commentary by Paul McCartneyĠ2. Special Features (also 53 minutes) include:Ġ1. There were also clips of oldies, like the one from 1930: Rudy Vallee’s big hit “Stein Song (University of Maine)”…how about that. There were also short clips of incidental instrumental recordings of Can’t Buy Me Love, She Loves You, etc. Song listing that appeared in the movie is as follows:ġ5 There’s No Business Like Show Business There are other cute songs in this movie too. Based on a loose unscripted narrative, in the spirit of the experimental mood of the time, and directed by The Beatles themselves, the film became the vehicle to present 6 new songs - Magical Mystery Tour, The Fool On The Hill, Flying, I Am The Walrus, Blue Jay Way and Your Mother Should Know. In September 1967 The Beatles embarked on making their third film, this time conceived and directed by themselves. How do you like to listen to the Beatles in 5.1 lossless tracks? (soundtrack 3/5 sound of the Beatles songs in 5.1: priceless!!!) The songs are the real stars of this short movie. The musical elements are offered with brilliant clarity and exceptional fidelity. The soundtrack work was done at Abbey Road Studios by Giles Martin and Sam Okell.
#MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR MOVIE REMASTERED BLURAY PLUS#
Magical Mystery Tour comes with DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio lossless track, plus uncompressed stereo soundtrack (LPCM 2.0). Blacks are quite deep, in good contrast to the white tuxedos worn by the boys in Your Mother Should Know segment. However, close-up details are good, especially Paul’s hair and Ringo’s mustache. I think this is due to the original elements. (my review elsewhere) The overall picture is very soft and sometimes out-of-focus. of Eque Inc., the same company that handled the much acclaimed restoration of Yellow Submarine.
The restoration of Magical Mystery Tour has been overseen by Paul Rutan Jr. After 45 years, the virtually forgotten film has been fully restored and is being presented properly for the first time. The Beatles’ 1967 Magical Mystery Tour finally arrives at blu ray with MPEG-i 1.33:1 encode.
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