Magical Mystery Tour was the only post 1965 Beatles album in my Dad’s record collection. For years it was the only thing I knew about The Beatles following their Fab Four era. Without any awareness of Sgt. Pepper’s or the White Album it was wildly unique and I listened to it countless times. For that reason it has special significance for me.

The 1-2 punch of psychedelia in Flying/Blue Jay Way is severely underrated, and not to be missed.

Correction: The Vee-Jay EP was released in 1964.

MMT is the greatest example of Capitol correcting a Beatles error in judgement ever. I LOVE the fact that any time the Beatles catalog gets reissued its the full Album version that gets released along with the original 12 authorized albums. Since I have always seen it as a companion piece to Sgt Pepper(It and Yellow Submarine), its kind of insane The Beatles and EMI didn't just see the brilliance in what Capitol did right out of the gate. They gave everyone an album with Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane! What is completely insane is that The Beatles didn't just finish the MMT album proper. You think "All Too Much" "Only a Northern Song" and Hey Bulldog were not floating around somewhere during the Pepper sessions?!?! I mean in my estimation of the two addendum albums to Pepper...Yellow Submarine is the throw away. You have 4 songs that could have been written during pepper and two songs that were retreads(Why was it NOT Ok to have All you Need is Love on MMT but perfectly fine to have it on Yellow Sub?!?). Much as I love Yellow Subs first side there was no need for it. THAT could have been an Ep! Bulldog, All Together now, Northern Song and All too much. In fact if you ask ME, Yellow Submarine is the Beatles saying "You know, that stunt Capitol pulled with MMT worked out SO well...lets do that with Yellow Submarine!" If Apple thought this through, they would do a double anniversary box "Magical Mystery Tour and the Yellow Submarine Songbook" Take EVERYTHING left from that time period, remix the two albums and then compile ALL the oddities from both. Then do what Apple SHOULD have done with the LET IT BE Box Set. Have the MMT and Yellow Submarine movies cleaned up with the updated soundtracks and put them in the box with the albums and extras! Have interviews with the Beatles about them circa 1967/8. If they do it RIGHT then they could also do the same thing with a Help and Hard Days Night box sets! MMT should have been a wake up call to The Beatles "Hey, maybe people DO want the singles on an LP"!!!

For maybe the only time, Capitol was ahead of the curve as compared to EMI/Parlophone. And having the Capitol version become "canon" for the C.D. releases was the right call.

As a U.K. fan I thought MMT was only issued on double EP until I was rummaging through a record store in the late 70s and came across the LP. I was astonished such a thing existed. I was completely in shock. I bought it immediately and still have it today.

I absolutely love this album. In 1975 when I was nine years of age, I discovered the Beatles through my older sister who is eleven years older than me. I used to borrow her Beatles albums and play them on my kiddie record player. She didn’t have MMT in her collection but I became fascinated with Sgt Pepper and played that album to death. Don’t ask me why I loved the Beatles psychedelic period at age nine. Anyway, I’ll never forget that for my 10th birthday my parents bought me the MMT vinyl. It would be the very first album of my own of any artist in any format. Since, as I mentioned, my sister didn’t own this album, I had never heard any of the songs before. I was totally blown away and played this to death as well. Unfortunately I don’t know what happened to that album over the years. As a side note, it wasn’t until 2015 that I finally saw for the first time the live action TV production of MMT on DVD. Not great, but not terrible. The performance of I am the Walrus alone probably makes it worth seeing.

I got the Capitol album for Christmas in 1967 and loved it. It was my first stereo Beatles album as I was in high school and was short of cash when Sgt Peppers came out and bought the mono album because it was $1.00 less than the stereo version! I was upset that the film was cancelled on American TV, but in the spring of 1968, a college near me had a showing at a local theatre for charity. The film wasn't great, but I felt special since I had seen it. A friend of mine got a copy of the UK EP from his brother when he visited London and I finally got a copy of the EP when my brother visited the UK in 1971.

Great work Andrew! I’m still secretly hoping Giles will mix a new version of the album with studio outtakes like he’s done for the others. But one can dream 😭

Andrew, you’re the Encyclopaedia Britannica of The Beatles. 👍👍👍

Our family went to visit our mother's family in The Netherlands in 1984, and I bought 17 albums I couldn't find in the U.S. Although I had been able to buy all of the early Beatles LPs (except Help!) in their UK configuration, the German Magical Mystery Tour was elusive. I found it at the Bijenkorf in The Hague, and got up early the next morning to put on some headphones to listen to it on my aunt's stereo. The following day I listened to Etta James's Peaches. Two of my greatest, happiest purchases ever.

Magical Mystery Tour was the first album I obsessed over as a child walking around with a discman . Before it I had no context for music, after I was set on my life’s path

I LOVE THIS ALBUM! It is certainly one of my favourites in the cannon. For me, it is really a Best of 1967 album, as you get all of The Beatles’ singles and B-Sides from that year, which the buying public would already be aware of, as well as the new songs to promote, which you often get on a greatest hits compilation. Sometimes it places above Sgt Pepper on my list; it was the first Beatles CD I bought, along with Yellow Submarine, so I often had a very psychedelic view of The Beatles when I first heard their music, so it holds a special place in my heart!

This is one of the albums I didn't really get into initially due to practically all the tracks appearing on 1967-1970 (blue album) and Yellow Submarine Songtrack, but rediscovered when I got the mono CD box. In mono, it's a lot of fun and I'd even listen to it back to back with Sgt. Pepper for a while.

Another awesome video, Andrew! My memories of this album were that inside the CD edition, when I opened it up and saw the band during the I Am The Walrus segment, I saw George playing his painted Fender Stratocaster, which later became known as “Rocky”. I wanted one like it. I couldn’t play guitar, but I knew I had to have one. I was in my first guitar lesson 4 months later, after George had passed away. Over 21 years later, Fender announced a recreation of the Rocky guitar, and I secured one, and it’s all thanks to this album for making a childhood dream come true. Can’t wait to see what’s in store next week!

You know more about the Beatles than the Beatles. Your videos are always amazing! Thank you

I really wish they do a box set on this. Would love to hear the extras on the songs on this album.

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As a first generation Beatles fan, regardless of the pressing (and I own quite a few) the Capitol LP of Magical Mystery Tour is still among my favorite Beatles albums. Side two is pure genius, the Beatles at the top of their game.

What a great video! This is the only time in my opinion that Capitol records made a good Beatles compilation that worked as an album. I love this version of the album.

MMT was one of the first CD’s that I ever got for Christmas in 1987, along with five others that same Christmas (and one bought a week earlier) and an entirely new Stereo system, with CD player. Talk about an enjoyable CD experience!

Magical Mystery Tour is one of my favorite Beatles albums. I have it on the 2009 CD remaster, as well as the mono box, and the most recent stereo and mono LP pressings. I think MMT sounds best in mono, and I give the best sounding LP award to the 2014 mono issue. With all that I would welcome a Magical Mystery Tour box set. I would absolutely look forward to a modern 5.1 mix of the album. I say that because the 5.1 of Sgt. Pepper is simply a magical mixing triumph in itself.

Great video, Andrew. I think I've mentioned to you before that I'm a nurse (I specialize in dementia), and watching your updates on my breaks are always a highlight of often difficult days. Thanks from one lifelong fan to another. I'll be a member as long as your channel exists. To others reading - support this channel. It's not expensive, and out of many channels I follow, Andrew's is right at the top in terms of quality content.

I got Sgt. Peppers stereo LP June 11,'67. MMT was released and bought on Dec 7, '67. (Stereo LP).. I ended up getting 2 of each. Still have them. The only 2 Beatles CDs I have now. Rock on!

I grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah during Beatlemania and I NEVER EVER saw an EP of The Beatles much less any other artist on sale in record stores. The first time I saw and bought an EP was the mid 1970's. So wherever these "rarities" were sold certainly was not in my neck of the woods.

Nice data about a much beloved album. In my country, Peru, in the 60's we have local pressings of both the Beatles' EMI records and also some of the Capitol albums (not all of them, I don't know why). And Sears Roebuck imported the original editions of both UK and USA. Being a crazy Beatle fan I bought all the copies available of all brands. I loved the UK "orthodox" program of songs but the sound of Capitol was always better. Even in the local pressing. The definitive test was always play it loud in a party. Capitol's Penny Lane and I'm a Walrus was miles above in clearity. Thanks for the info. You research quite a lot.

This was my favorite lp when it came out.. my cousin had the u.s. mono version and we thought it was phenomenal!! Here in Arkansas the mono was easier to find than the stereo.. back then.. in college(73) I finally got an apple copy.. finding out about the wonderful sound of mono!! Funny how things have changed!! Magical Mystery is a beautiful record!!! Andrew as usual!! Fantastic job and great analysis!!❤

I remember buying my Capital pressing of this album in the early 70s. I guess I was around 10 years old, so that would make it 1974 or so. Several years later, the best record store to ever open in New Orleans (at that time), Leisure Landing, had a very intriguing section of Beatles export records. These were all new/sealed copies of various records from different countries. I remember holding the German MMT, flipping it over, reading the track listing, and then deciding to pass on it since I already had a copy. Little did I know then what we all know now. 😂 I’m very grateful to have recently purchased a copy from you, Andrew! It’s one of my favorite records.

Growing up in the UK I of course had the 2 record EP which I loved. I also saw the film (in B/W) on the BBC but wasn’t entranced by it. Interestingly in Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange in the scene of Alex in the record store (shot in the Chelsea Drugstore) you can see the Capital Album on one of the shelves. I assume that it was part of an original display of the import at that London record shop.

I remember the first time I saw. the "Magical Mystery Tour" movie. It was in San Francisco in 1968; a group of DJ's were striking a local radio station. John Lennon heard about the strike and decided to support it by sending the strikers a print of "Magical Mystery Tour" so they could show it as a benefit for their cause. The showing was held at Winterland Ballroom and there were no seats (we sat on the floor). I was truly perplexed by the movie; later, after the Monty Python shows were broadcast in the U.S. and I and other American audiences knew more about this loony sort of British humor, I saw "Magical Mystery Tour" again and liked it a lot better.

I had just turned 13 when this album was released in late 1967. The record shop across the street from me in Brooklyn initially carried only the stereo version so I asked the store manager if it would play on my little single speaker mono player. He told me yes so I bought it. The side 2 fake stereo tracks sounded utterly horrible on my crappy little mono player. I knew something was horribly wrong but at that time, did not understand exactly what. Being my first stereo album purchase at the time I just thought stereo was inferior. As my luck would have it, 2 weeks later that shop had the mono version for sale. In 1980 Mobile Fidelity should have leased the German version. Thanks for the memories (I think) and cheers to you for this very detailed account.

My favorite. This one definitely needs the treatment that their other albums have been getting! I don't follow such things closely, but I can only hope one is in the works. Strawberry Fields, Penny Lane and All You Need is Love represent their ultimate peak, in my book. Blue Jay Way is right up there too.

I was 21 in Sept 1969 and bought myself a copy of the Capitol LP from a record store in Harrow on the Hill by way of a 'special present' for myself. I already had the double EP set from 1967 (as well as all of the other UK releases...of course!) so this was a bit of an expensive treat for me. The last time I played it was on a very poor non-stereo player. The arm was too heavy and it actually chipped bits of vinyl off the surface before I could stop it. I still have the LP even though it's unplayable now! As for the sound of it - well, my hearing has never been able to pick up on most of the subtle differences in Beatle recordings, so I just enjoyed it! Another fascinating video Andrew - many thanks!

This was one rare time when a compilation was better than most albums. They were at their psychedelic peak, plus they put in King Lear purely on accident. You can’t get more English!

Great video as always Andrew. First album I ever owned; it was a Christmas present from my parents in 1976 when newly released here in UK. Set me on a Beatles journey still running strong today...

Love this album as a kid. I hope they do a remix on this one soon.

Some great memories for me associated with MMT, Andrew. I was just 12 years old at the time my older brother purchased the album. I loved all the songs, but was especially intrigued by the photos. (What is this? A new Beatles movie? And what's with John and the shovelfull of spaghetti? Looks wild!). I finally saw the film at a midnight showing and it was...well...I loved the songs, I'll say that for sure! I recently found a near mint copy on Horzu per your recommendation, and it is fantastic. Thanks again, great video.

I bought my copy in 1978 whilst still at school, one of my favourites to this day

This was really informative. Magical Mystery Tour is in my all-time top ten of all albums, and certainly top three of all Beatles. Hoping that a deluxe box set emerges with the film secondary (doesn't have to be included at all) , and true stereo mixes, as well as hi-res stereo, 5.1 and Atmos mixes.

I created a playlist using the remixed audio from the MMT bluray set and the newest stereo remixes from the Pepper box and Past Masters set with a few other of the bits and pieces left off. A reimaging that works pretty well!

Great video upload Andrew, I know the Beatles would not put out an album with "old tracks" on it to fill it out in the UK. But on face value the album is a triumph! I think the singles released in 1967 are the strongest for any of the years and with the eclectic songs from the film made for a very good album. 1967 was a brilliant year for Beatles fans whether you have the UK or USA releases look at the releases Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love/Baby Your A Rich Man, Hello Goodbye, I Am The Walrus plus the SGT Pepper album and the Christmas flexi with Christmas Time on it. Penny lane had a picture sleeve, the brilliant Sgt Pepper sleeve with lyrics for the first time and the book with the Magical Mystery Tour plus the fan club flexi. Nobody could say the Beatles gave short weight. 1967 must rank as the most exciting year for Beatles fans. Liking the look of Skillshare too, I am a pastry chef and I am looking at creating a KZfaq channel to plug my books via pastry and baking uploads. Great upload as always Andrew. Best wishes Tim

In the late 70's I attended the university of Pittsburgh there was a used record store on campus. Over the years I bought original used Beatles albums along with all their solo stuff for $3 apiece. I had an inexpensive stereo and it sounded just fine to me. I love your work Andrew you're my favorite Beatles content creator. Keep it up your fan, Mike

Thank you, Andrew, for another fun and informative video! I went and checked my collection and was surprised to find I only have multiple mono copies of the original and no stereo. I did pick up the Horzu pressing some years back, though! With your details in mind, I'll find an early US stereo just for the fun of a comparison listen. I love the material on MMT for its vast imagination and further expanding of the boundaries of popular music. I agree, an archival box set would be essential! Thanks again, Jason (Spy Vibe)

Thanks, again, for your video series. Nothing else gets me so pumped-up to listen to my collection some more, and feel freshly excited. You are an excellent host. The light in your eyes makes all your videos seem like 'breaking news', you give such fresh perspectives. I justed wanted to chime in with the other comments, and thank you.

Fantastic video Andrew! As always, exhaustively researched, hugely informative and entertaining. (Loved the outtake at the end BTW 😊) Thank you! Best, Rob

Great stuff as always, Andrew. I got my copy for Christmas 1967. A US stereo East Coast copy. It came with a Sgt Pepper inner sleeve. I thought I had a rarity, as all of my friend's copies were in white sleeves, but I have heard that quite a few copies came with the Pepper inner.

The very first Beatles' album I purchased. My friend bought Sgt. Pepper about the same time (1976 or 77), and we played these albums all throughout the summer.

I bought this extraordinary album in the summer of 1975, when i was 12 years old, in Heidelberg, visiting my younger cousin, who lives there. We were allowed to go alone to the city. I spent all my pocket-money on this record and another, which was (is) "Tago Mago" by german "Krautrock"-Band "CAN". Two favorites until today. I loved drawing and learned getting better by re-drawing stuff i loved. So, of course, I re-draw the Magical Mystery Tour Comic Book, just in Black & White. Still have it in my collection. In 1997 I decided to accept myself for what i am and became an autodidact free illustrator. I worked in a lot of artistic visual fields, from bottle labels for local breweries to being a props painter and storyboard-artist for cinema-productions. My most important works for me are my 240-pages Graphic Novel called "Zappaesk" and, through the pandemic, a 3 CD Digi-pack with an accompanying song-lyrics-book with over 50 collage-illustrations by me for one of my other musical heroes, Rob K. So my personal magical mystery tour of illustrating the music i love started with "The Magical Mystery Tour". No wonder. In 1973 i got "The BEATLES (White Album)" for my tenth birthday. Something had to happen.

Thank you so much for this. You've really cleaned up many theories about mixes AND edits for side two of the American album...which, to me, I always thought sounded "cold." In the late 1970s, I met one of my oldest friends (and Beatle-freak) who extolled the virtues of the German issue. He let me borrow his copy, and, like he said, it blew me away. Without asking, he acquired a copy for me in around 1982, at a big independent music store in our city. That was my "go-to" forever on out. Sometime in the late 1980s, I dug up a mono copy, thinking it would be a bit more "uniform," due to it's mono-ness (?). The big price to be paid on every mono version I've heard of "Your Mother Should Know" is the high-end sounds on the percussion track ARE phasing, and, as of yet, nobody has fixed it. As for the album itself, it was one of the first Beatles' albums I ever heard (around 1971). Certainly before SGT. PEPPER. Throughout the years, I've kinda favored this album a tiny bit more. Usually, Beatles' albums didn't have A-sides on them. This one has a bunch. The US mono copy I had, I gifted to my brother in early 2017. I hope it has stayed in the family, as my brother was over the moon that I had one, and that I gave it to him. Thanks again. Lotsa memories.

Very informative, Andrew! Thanks. Especially the story of the copied tapes. I heard this album for the first time in 1976/1977. A friend had bought it and invited me to come and have a listen to this 'weird' Beatles album. At the time we didn't know about the television special, so the booklet was somewhat of a revelation. The song that sounded the strangest to me was 'Baby You're A Rich Man'. To me and my friend that track sounded like it didn't belong on the album. A few years ago I read that it was recorded in a different studio. Maybe that was what it was.

It’s almost like a greatest hits album because it is crammed with so many classic Beatles songs. I always thought that if it were a proper Beatles album it would easily be a contender for their best album. No mean feat!

After first listening to the album from my parents Beatles collection around 1987/88 and being immediately drawn to the included photo book, the US MMT album became an instant favorite. Around the same time a set of four unauthorized Beatles videotapes by Video Warehouse were being marketed in the states, one of which was a rather poor quality copy of the MMT film. The "plot" didn't really gain my interest at first, but the creative musical films I really enjoyed, so much so that I saved up allowance for a new XDR cassette version of the album which at the time sounded great! Good memories! Thank you for another outstanding historical video, Andrew!

You always have such well researched and fun stuff to share with us. Thanks Andrew.

Wow! I have the holy grail in my collection and didn't even realize it! My dad was stationed in Germany with the Air Force in the 70s and brought the German stereo album home with home. When I was a kid, he put it (and a variety of other albums) in a milk crate at a garage sale for a buck. I rescued the milk crate from the garage and shoved it in the back of my closet, hiding it under a pile of clothes lol. I'm not an audiophile whatsoever, so the historical signifiance of this album is completely lost on me. But it's still cool to learn about!

Anyone reading this, just buy the later German A1/B3 version. It's the best. I remember telling everyone back in the day when the German A1/B3 came out that it was a game changer. Oddly, no one believed me! 😧. After watching Andrew's video, I played my first MMT I bought from 1968. It's the Jacksonville ASCAP/BMI Capital (no subsidiary) pressing. I don't think I've played it since the early 70's. The vinyl was substandard (IMHO) but the Strawberry Fields version from it is worth listening to again. I'd like to have a MMT box set with all versions, plus another complete mint German A1/B3.

I first learned of the true stereo German version LP thru Nicholas Schaffner's book 'The Beatles Forever' in 1978. Very Informative book for it's time. 👍

Fantastic history on this album. This was definitely one of my favorite Capitol albums. I have to admit that I wasn’t aware that Capitol used fold down mixes for the mono album especially since Blue Jay Way and I am the Walrus seem to have different mixes than the stereo but maybe they were exceptions? Either way I love both the mono and stereo. I think the only flaw with this release is the inner booklet which seems to come undone from the staple. The German pressing is by far my favorite Beatles pressing. Thanks for sharing.

Lovely video Andrew. It was the first Beatles album I bought in June 1979 while on holiday in Skegness! I was 10 and had a week to wait before I could play it on my portable record player! I can’t remember being as excited about an album I’ve bought since. I still have it complete with it’s cover sellotape repairs😮. I even know where all the crackles are.. I would absolutely love to hear the German Stereo press..they should release it

Great video, Andrew, with the funny ending as well. 😁👍🏼 we can do this now with playlists, but I always thought it would be interesting to have the MMTs on one side and the original Yellow Sub songs on side 2.

Excellent episode!!! I received my Capitol album on my birthday, December 1976. I absolutely loved it. While on a European vacation with my family in 1979, I acquired “The” German pressing along with The BC-13 box set. At the time, I figured the HorZu release was just the same as the Capitol version with the cover being the only difference. At the time I didn’t know or understand about mixes, mastering, etc. I purchased it strictly because of the cover. 😮😅

I remember seeing a CD of this album on the dining room table one day when I was about 10 years old. Due to how bizarre the cover was, even for The Beatles, I assumed it was a bootleg and wasn't interested. 6 years later, the CD is, more or less, now in my possession, and MMT is among my top 3 Beatles albums ever. I Am The Walrus is among my top 3 Beatles songs of all time. And as far as the CD goes, I've found out that it's the original 1987 digitally remastered U.S. release. I'm not quite sure how valuable it is or how good the sound quality adds up, but it's still super valuable to me regardless.

Great video and info as usual, Andrew! I love all your Beatles content!

First time buying this album, I knew I Am The Walrus, Penny Lane and Hello, Goodbye. Without knowledge of the film, the film recap with the illustrations and irl pics, this album was one i liked a lot. They did great work continuing on the crazy psychedelic work from the Pepper sessions

Great video Andrew. This album never got any reviews original reconciliation. I always love this album. I have the album from capital, and also the cd. Thanks for the background story on this album.❤

Always informative and entertaining,thanks. Locking forward to a release of a remix box set too!

Like John said, it's one of my favorite Beatles albums "because it is so weird" and deep yet still poppy enough!

Wow, really good stuff. Thanks. My brother got this album Christmas morning '67. I was 9. These songs take me back to that morning, still remember the toys I got.

Great video! The OG US pressing was my second Beatles album in my collection as a kid after THE BEATLES AGAIN, and I still love the memory of having been given it by a neighbor. I noticed the sound even on a cheap Magnavox player, but still got into the music and the full album presentation anyways.

I never really paid attention to my copy of my first American stereo pressing. Happy to have found many years ago a superb copy purely for the sake of collecting and not for the pleasure of listening (I have my German copy for that haha). But you intrigued me with the lost Strawberry mix... What a pleasant surprise! I loved it so much I thought it was more interesting than the one we know so well. Further proof that the Beatles continue to surprise me after so many years, and that your channel is a nugget! Thanks a lot!

Another brilliant video Andrew. Full of in depth information from which I always learn something new. A question for you which I'm sure you'll be able to answer. There was a club edition of Magical Mystery Tour released in Germany with the same cover as the American album and the same matrix as the 1971 Hor Zu record - A1 / B1. Does that mean that it is the exact same pressing as the Hor Zu album. Many thanks for your videos. They are always a delight and a highlight of the weekend.

That colourful intro reminded me of a few lysergic adventures from back in the day😃 cool video as usual

In I am the Walrus, there were extra beats after the "I'm Crying" section...that was on the old US Rarities but never released again

Ooo great vid Andrew! How I miss my German Lp copy! Night and day above the others. I was real surprised about the submasters used in the MMT & White lps. I truly was getting confused about the sound quality differences back in the day…blaming my audio output gear most of the time! Great vid and thanks!!

Back in December 1967 someone at work told me they had the new Beatles MMT LP. You mean EP I said. No LP it's on sale now. I rushed out and bought it, a label on the cover said "specially imported by EMI'. It was easily available in London from the start. Great album and a much better idea than the double EP and it seems the EMI recognised that.

Mom and Dad gave it to me for Christmas 1967. I remember removing the plastic wrapping and smelling the ink off the new pressing, being carried away on the Beatles' exploratory 'mind ship!' A John Lennon fav LP. Can't wait for the box set!

4:04 "No consideration was ever given to repackaging old material onto a new release." *laughs in Yellow Submarine*

Another great video Andrew! MMT is another Beatles album that has brought me much happiness over the years. I have a copy I bought in the late 80s that sounds pretty good but fast forward 2014 when I acquired the mono box set. Sounds much better!

Superb and VERY informative 20:51 on the "Magical Mystery Tour" lp/ep! Thoroughly enjoyed this!

I got a cassette for Christmas back in 84 from my Grandparents . I still have it and i love the sound ,its an Australian copy marked TC-PCSO-3077. Great video mate ,cheers .

Hey Andrew! Nice job on this one as usual. I grew up in the States, so we had this album as an LP early on. Didn't even know about the fake stereo versions until years later in the 70's. I've got this LP on the original (American) Capital Rainbow label in Stereo, and also on the 1st press Apple (1968-69), and later Apple presses from 1971. One good thing is I DID score a mint ORIGINAL Capitol Rainbow label MONO pressing last year for $200 US. It's PERFECT!! Guess which one sounds the best! I guess I'll have to get my hands on the German LP as well!. Thanks again for the outstanding LP analysis.

Brilliant video Andrew. I have a German 1981 A1 B3 Apple pressing which I picked up at the Den Bosch record fair in April. Sounds stunning.

MMT is one of the few cases where the stereo version far outshines the mono version for the most part. For me, at least. Great video as always Andrew!

Very informative and entertaining, Andrew. Thanks for the deep dive into MMT.

I love how the tracks segue into each other on the Capitol LP. And honestly, other than the three fake stereo tracks, my purple label copy sounds pretty good.

I have both original pressing mono and stereo US MMT LPs, along with both mono and stereo MMT EPs. And yes every Boxing Day I always watch MMT on DVD. Great songs!✌

Fantástic video Andrew,great work

Thanks for another super video. If I had been head of a broadcasting network in either America or Canada or anywhere else, I would have snapped up the Magical Mystery Film. Curiosity value would have made it win through, along with the music as well as being the only station or network showing it. The movie was a good effort and certainly does not cause offense. The Magical Mystery Tour Gazette gave it a maximum 5 star review in the U.K. I wonder if the Film songs could have been on Side 1 with the Festival Of Light on Side 2. Magical Mystery Tour grows on you, both the music and the film.

At the time, for me the MMT album was just another Beatles album I was buying to collect. Before buying MMT, I had the Red & Blue albums, and the Blue album had a few songs from the MMT album. What was nice about the Capitol Red and Blue albums was they came with a card that had track listings for each album, plus the Beatles album that it came from. That was what I used to figure out the Capitol Beatles albums that I needed to collect. MMT got played like the rest of the Capitol Beatles albums I had at the time, depending on mood or maybe hearing a song from MMT on the radio. Over the years, I've read the backstory about the U.K. EP versus the Capitol Records album, and it's inclusion into the U.K. Beatles catalog.

Now I’m really confused. The 2009 remaster that I own at home sounds pretty damn good, but I also have the 1987 CD which also sounds good, so I guess I’m good. LOL

Thanks, Andrew; another fine, informative video. It's unfortunate that the Beatles were contracted to do the Yellow Submarine film. Being able to use Only a Nothern Song, All Together Now, and It's All Too Much, instead of the two Pepper era tracks (Strawberry Felds/ Penny Lane which I never thought fit on here), would have made for a real legitimate, more cohesive lp, similar to the two previous UK "soundtrack" lps Hard Day's Night and Help. Agree with you on the need for a MMT Box Set.

I remember my band, "The Nat'l Tube Pipe Company" learning the song "Magical Mystery Tour" back when it came out. There might even be a tape of that stashed somewhere...

Andrew, I am a mono purist at heart. It was the way the boys heard the songs as they were mixed. Also, because Blue Jay Way just sounds more dark and eerie without the backwards masking found on the stereo mix.

I own the english stereo EP for 40 years and never bought the LP record till today. And I was lucky, in the collectors section of my local record store I found exactly the record you showed us in this upload! German Horzu/Apple SHZE 327 A1 / B3 VG+ (record and sleeves) I payed 65 euro. I love it, sounds great! love your uploads.

I bought the Capitol mono MMT in a discount bin for 1.99 in 1968 at a local K-Mart store. They had a ton of them and looking back, I wish I had picked up several more. The copy I bought is still in my collection. I also still have the original Capitol US pressing, but I prefer the mono pressing.

Over the years I have obtained ; in my teens, first the Parlophone stereo Ep in 1977. Then a brand new capitol MMT Lp in 1978. Then the German import stereo Lp also in 1978 both fromTower Records.. Then took a break from any collection action for the duration of fatherhood. Starting in 2000, discovered eBay and acquired a mono Parlophone Ep, a stereo LP on capitol from 1967. Also a VHS copy of MMT, and BluRay copy of MMT. It is a hard movie to watch, but the song sequences are pretty good.. Great channel!!!

Nice video! Love these Beatles history videos. Keep them up!

Should note that the Beatles themselves first tied the film and non-film songs together when they put "I Am The Walrus" as the b-side to "Hello Goodbye"

Hi Andrew Great video as always !!!! Here in NZ we have had a string of MMT release variations from 60s to early-ish 70's- 1st the MMT EP's, 2nd MMT LP (Cover as on video here) Apple HMV NZ label, 3rd MMT LP WRC Blue Label, 4th MMT LP WRC Orange Blk label 5th MMT LP WRC Orange Blk label variant, 6th (US cover import) with Apple EMI NZ label. All the Lp's were US mixes. I have the German Apple pressing A1/B3 it is so good from the 80s but just before DMM, also I have the MMT 2012 boxset with 2009 Mono EP too :)

Great as usual! C-36 & 401 are solid background 👍

Magical Mystery Tour is the 1st album of the Beatles That I Got. I was 8 years old and got it for my birthday.