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(More customer reviews)MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR was a dismal failure as a BBC television special, and justly so. In fact, it was so awful the program was never aired in the United States. Unscriptedly ad-lib and haphazard, the film's occasional musical performance highlights couldn't redeem what was a silly exercise in group personal excess.
Conversely, the American record album of MMT (ironically unavailable in Britain) was a wondrous thing indeed. The entirety and order of its songlist are included on this CD release. Inside the record's foldout cover are several pages of 12" stills taken directly from that strange movie. The LP also contain the complete song lyrics. Best of all, several Top 40 records that weren't a part of that original TV show were used to flesh out this set.
The majority of the songs on this Xmas '67 release received a great deal of American AM radio airplay at the time. No other US Beatles album contain as many chart topping hits as MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR. Pretty good for what at the time was considered a letdown for all involved and their fans.
In many ways, MMT holds up better than SGT. PEPPER'S. Musically, if not cinematically, this was the Beatles at their height as a cohesive group.
PROGRAM--
SIDE ONE:
[2:51] Magical Mystery Tour
[3:00] The Fool on the Hill
[2:16] Flying (Instrumental)
[3:56] Blue Jay Way
[2:29] Your Mother Should Know
[4:36] I Am the Walrus
SIDE TWO:
[3:30] Hello, Goodbye
[4:10] Strawberry Fields Forever
[3:03] Penny Lane
[3:03] Baby, You're a Rich Man
[3:48] All You Need Is Love
TOTAL TIME: 36:48
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