Magical Mystery Tour

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work

Magical Mystery Tour belongs to the television film of the same name from 1967. The idea came from Paul McCartney, who after Sgt. Pepper wanted to film a psychedelic bus trip. After the death of manager Brian Epstein at the end of August the project went ahead after all, and the recording ran alongside the filming and editing. Biographers call the sessions unfocused, and producer George Martin spoke of organised chaos. In England a double EP was released, in the United States an LP with extra singles.

The Beatles kept experimenting with the studio. For I Am the Walrus John Lennon sang through a poor microphone and the song got strings, horns and a choir with laughter and noises. George Harrison's Blue Jay Way uses reversed tape and a Leslie speaker. McCartney contributed The Fool on the Hill. The film received mixed reactions, but the music was a success: in America the album spent eight weeks at the top of the Billboard chart.

Listening

Track list

1. 1Magical Mystery Tour2:49Apple Music ↗
2. 2The Fool On the Hill2:59Apple Music ↗
3. 3Flying2:16Apple Music ↗
4. 4Blue Jay Way3:55Apple Music ↗
5. 5Your Mother Should Know2:28Apple Music ↗
6. 6I Am the Walrus4:36Apple Music ↗
7. 7Hello, Goodbye3:29Apple Music ↗
8. 8Strawberry Fields Forever4:07Apple Music ↗
9. 9Penny Lane3:01Apple Music ↗
10. 10Baby, You're a Rich Man3:01Apple Music ↗
11. 11All You Need Is Love3:48Apple Music ↗
12. 12Magical Mystery Tour3:34Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗