- Release date:
- Sep 09, 2009
- Publisher:
- Apple, EMI
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Disc 1
1.
2:50 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Lead vocals, Piano
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Percussion (?)
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Percussion (?)
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Percussion (?)
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Mal Evans :
- Percussion
- Neil Aspinall :
- Percussion
- David Mason :
- Trumpets
- Elgar Howarth :
- Trumpets
- Roy Copestake :
- Trumpets
- John Wilbraham :
- Trumpets
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Session Recording:
- Apr 25, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Apr 25 & 26 & 27, May 3, Nov 7, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 06, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 07, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
2.
2:59 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Piano, Recorder, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Finger cymbals
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic guitar, Harmonica, Piano
- George Harrison :
- Harmonica, Maracas
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Ken Scott :
- Recording engineer
- Christopher Taylor :
- Flutes
- Richard Taylor :
- Flutes
- Jack Ellory :
- Flutes
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Ray Thomas :
- Harmonica (?)
- Mike Pinder :
- Harmonica (?)
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Session Recording:
- Sep 26, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Sep 27, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Oct 20, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 01, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
3.
Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison
2:16 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Guitar, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Maracas, Sound effects, Vocals
- John Lennon :
- Mellotron, Organ, Sound effects, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Ken Scott :
- Recording engineer
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Session Recording:
- Sep 08, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Sep 28, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 07, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
4.
Written by George Harrison
3:55 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Tambourine
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Organ
- George Harrison :
- Hammond organ, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Peter Willison :
- Cello
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Session Recording:
- Sep 06, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Sep 07, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Oct 06, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 07, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
5.
2:28 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Organ
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Ken Scott :
- Recording engineer
- John Timperley :
- Recording engineer
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Session Recording:
- Aug 22, 1967
- Studio :
- Chappell Recording Studios, London UK
- Session Overdubs:
- Aug 23, 1967
- Studio :
- Chappell Recording Studios, London UK
- Session Overdubs:
- Sep 29, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 06, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
6.
4:33 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Tambourine
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Electric piano, Mellotron, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Conductor, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Jack Rothstein :
- Violin
- Ken Scott :
- Recording engineer
- Sidney Sax :
- Violin
- Peggie Allen :
- Backing vocals
- Wendy Horan :
- Backing vocals
- Pat Whitmore :
- Backing vocals
- Jill Utting :
- Backing vocals
- June Day :
- Backing vocals
- Sylvia King :
- Backing vocals
- Irene King :
- Backing vocals
- G Mallen :
- Backing vocals
- Fred Lucas :
- Backing vocals
- Mike Redway :
- Backing vocals
- John O'Neill :
- Backing vocals
- F Dachtler :
- Backing vocals
- Allan Grant :
- Backing vocals
- D Griffiths :
- Backing vocals
- J Smith :
- Backing vocals
- J Fraser :
- Backing vocals
- Ralph Elman :
- Violin
- Andrew McGee :
- Violin
- Jack Greene :
- Violin
- Louis Stevens :
- Violin
- John Jezzard :
- Violin
- Jack Richards :
- Violin
- Lionel Ross :
- Cello
- Eldon Fox :
- Cello
- Bram Martin :
- Cello
- Terry Weil :
- Cello
- Gordon Lewin :
- Clarinet
- Neill Sanders :
- Horn
- Tony Tunstall :
- Horn
- Morris Miller :
- Horn
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Ray Thomas :
- Backing vocals (?)
- Mike Pinder :
- Backing vocals (?)
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- The Mike Sammes Singers :
- Backing vocals
- Session Recording:
- Sep 05, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Sep 06, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Orchestra overdubs:
- Sep 27, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One and Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 28-29 & Nov 06 & 17, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
7.
3:27 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Lead vocals, Piano
- Ringo Starr :
- Congas, Drums
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar, Organ
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar, Tambourine
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Ken Scott :
- Recording engineer
- Kenneth Essex :
- Viola
- Leo Birnbaum :
- Viola
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Bongos, Maracas
- Session Recording:
- Oct 02, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Oct 19, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Oct 20 & 25 & Nov 2, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 06, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
8.
4:07 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Bongos, Electric guitar, Mellotron, Timpani
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Percussion
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic guitar, Bongos, Mellotron, Piano, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Electric guitar, Maracas, Svarmandal, Timpani
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Mal Evans :
- Tambourine
- Derek Simpson :
- Cello
- Norman Jones :
- Cello
- Neil Aspinall :
- Guiro
- Terry Doran :
- Maracas
- Tony Fisher :
- Trumpet
- Greg Bowen :
- Trumpet
- Derek Watkins :
- Trumpet
- Stanley Roderick :
- Trumpet
- Joy Hall :
- Cello
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Session Recording Take 7:
- Nov 29, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording Take 26:
- Dec 08, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Dec 09, 15 and 21, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Dec 29, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
9.
3:00 • Studio version • C2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Handclaps, Harmonium, Pianos, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Tambourine, Tubular bells
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Congas, Guitar, Handclaps, Piano
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Handclaps
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- David Mason :
- Piccolo trumpet
- Ray Swinfield :
- Flute
- P Goody :
- Flute
- Manny Winters :
- Flute
- Dennis Walton :
- Flute
- Leon Calvert :
- Trumpet
- Freddy Clayton :
- Trumpet
- Bert Courtley :
- Trumpets
- Duncan Campbell :
- Trumpets
- Dick Morgan :
- Cor anglais, Oboes
- Mike Winfield :
- Cor anglais, Oboes
- Frank Clarke :
- Double bass
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Unknown musician(s) :
- Flugelhorn, Two piccolos
- Session Recording:
- Dec 29, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Dec 30, 1966 and Jan 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 17, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 30, 1971
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
10.
3:01 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Piano, Rhythm guitar, Tambourine
- Ringo Starr :
- Backing vocals, Drums, Handclaps (?)
- John Lennon :
- Clavioline, Handclaps (?), Lead vocals, Piano
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps (?), Lead guitar, Maracas
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Keith Grant :
- Recording engineer
- Mick Jagger :
- Backing vocals (?), Handclaps (?)
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Session Recording:
- May 11, 1967
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs:
- May 11, 1967
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 22, 1971
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
11.
4:02 • Studio version • B2009 • Stereo • 2009 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass, Double bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Banjo, Harpsichord, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Guitar, Violin
- George Martin :
- Piano, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Eric Clapton :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Mike McCartney / McGear :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Mal Evans :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Sidney Sax :
- Violin
- Pattie Boyd / Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Marianne Faithfull :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- David Mason :
- Trumpet
- Lionel Ross :
- Cello
- Eddie Kramer :
- Recording engineer
- Mick Jagger :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Patrick Halling :
- Violin
- Eric Bowie :
- Violin
- John Ronayne :
- Violin
- Jack Holmes :
- Cello
- Rex Morris :
- Tenor saxophone
- Don Honeywill :
- Tenor saxophone
- Stanley Woods :
- Trumpet
- Evan Watkins :
- Trombone
- Harry Spain :
- Trombone
- Jack Emblow :
- Accordion
- Keith Richards :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Jane Asher :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Keith Moon :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Hunter Davies :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Gary Leeds :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Mike Vickers :
- Conductor
- Guy Massey :
- Remastering
- Steve Rooke :
- Remastering
- Allan Rouse :
- Project co-ordinator
- Rose Nash :
- Backing vocals, Handclaps
- Session Recording:
- Jun 14, 1967
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs:
- Jun 19, 23, 24, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Jun 25, 1967
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Oct 29, 1968
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
About
From the liner notes:
The Beatles devised, wrote and directed a television film called Magical Mystery Tour, which was broadcast on BBC TV at Christmas, 1967. It featured six new songs and these were released in the UK on the unique format of a double- EP on 8th December. Two seven inch records with three songs on each – were presented in a gatefold sleeve with a 28- page booklet of photos from the film, lyrics and the story told in a comic strip. As with albums, record buyers were offered the choice of a mono or stereo version. However, in the USA and some other countries, the EP format was no longer considered viable. Instead, the film songs appeared on one side of a twelve inch disc with the reverse side’s five tracks drawn from recent singles that had never surfaced on an LP. The album was eventually released in the UK in November, 1976 and was added to the ‘core’ Beatles catalogue when their music was transferred to CD in 1987.
A perfect companion to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Magical Mystery Tour album rounds up all the other songs released in 1967. The double A -sided single ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ /’Penny Lane’ was released in February – the first new Beatles material for six months. ‘All You Need Is Love’ followed it in July – issued five weeks after Sgt. Pepper. An anthem for ‘the summer of love’, it was first heard on 25th June, 1967 by a massive global audience watching the historic TV programme Our World the first satellite link-up between countries from all five continents. Their sixteenth single ‘Hello, Goodbye’ had arrived in the shops at the end of November, 1967.
By Christmas, The Beatles were at number one with ‘Hello, Goodbye’ and at number two with Magical Mystery Tour. ‘I Am The Walrus’ was on the flip-side of the single and also part of the EP package and so, for three weeks, the same song occupied the top two positions of the British chart. In the States, the Magical Mystery Tour album reached number one in the first chart of January, 1968 and stayed there for eight weeks. Its initial run in the Top LPs chart lasted for 59 weeks and it re-entered the list several times until the summer of 1970.
Magical Mystery Tour contained the colourful recordings of what is often described as The Beatles’ ‘psychedelic’ period. At the end of 1968, the stark white cover of their new album signalled they had, once again, overturned any expectations of what they might do next …
_____________________________________________________________Recording Notes
Produced by George Martin
Orchestrations by George Martin
Principal Engineers: Geoff Emerick & Ken ScottThe title track of Magical Mystery Tour was started on 25th April, 1967 – five weeks before the release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and only four days after that LP was finished. The other songs on this album were recorded over a long period. The earliest ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ – dates from November 1966; the last – ‘Hello, Goodbye’ – from October of the following year. However, work on five of the six songs featured in the film was concentrated between August and October, 1967.
The sessions for the film songs continued the experimentation evident throughout the recording of Sgt. Pepper. The Beatles’ ideas for arrangements were often a step ahead of what technology could provide. But it was a challenge that George Martin and the Abbey Road engineers rose to as ambitious ideas were converted into reality. Not surprisingly, the intricacy of their songs demanded more tracks than were available on a four-track tape and so extra ones were created by ‘bouncing down’. This process involved copying the first four tracks to another tape and simultaneously combining some of them to leave free as many tracks as were needed for additional overdubs. ‘Bouncing down’ was repeated several times to accommodate a complicated arrangement and, on this album, all the titles needed the procedure. Three songs even required copying to a fourth tape.
One of these was ‘I Am The Walrus’, which evolved over nine unique tracks. These consisted of drums with tambourine, bass and additional drums, guitar, electric piano, lead vocal, eight violins, four cellos, three horns with contra bass clarinet and a choir of sixteen voices. There was a final overdub, which was only added during the mono mix. The sound of dialogue from a live radio broadcast being faded in and out of the song was not recorded on the four-track tape and so it meant it could not be replicated during the mix to stereo.
The solution was to edit to the mono mix at the point where the radio effect first occurs but change the mono to fake stereo using ADT (Artificial! Automatic Double Tracking). The mock stereo continues until near the end of the song when it returns to mono and is panned between left and right.
During 1967, there were a few occasions when The Beatles were unable to use Abbey Road at short notice and so they moved to independent studios in London. Despite visits to Olympic, De Lane Lea and Chappell, they still spent most of their time working in Studios Two and Three at Abbey Road.
This remastered album has been created from the original stereo analogue master tapes.
Remastered by Guy Massey and Steve Rooke
Project Co-ordinator: Allan RouseThanks to Simon Gibson
Historical Notes: Kevin Howlett and Mike Heatley
Recording Notes: Allan Rouse and Kevin Howlett
Project management for EMI Records Ltd: Wendy Day and Guy HaydenAll songs published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC.
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Artwork © 2009 Apple Corps Ltd. All photographs ©Apple Corps Ltd.Album Redesign: Drew Lorimer
Photo Retouching: Gavin O’NeillPhoto editing and research: Aaron Bremner and Dorcas Lynn
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