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Magical Mystery Tour is a record by the English rock group the Beatles that was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States. Produced by George Martin, both versions include the six-song soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name. The EP was issued in the UK on 8 December 1967 on the Parlophone label, while the US release took place on 27 November, after Capitol Records had compiled an eleven-track LP through the addition of songs from the band's 1967 singles. The EP was also released in Germany, France, Spain, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Australia and Japan.^[1] The first official release as an eleven-track LP in the UK did not occur until 1976.

Despite widespread media criticism of the Magical Mystery Tour film, the soundtrack was a critical and commercial success and a number one Grammy-nominated album in the US. In 1987, when EMI issued the Beatles' catalogue on compact disc, the track listing of the 1967 US LP was adopted rather than the six-song UK release. Along with the rest of the group's studio albums, Magical Mystery Tour was remastered and released on 9 September 2009 for the first time since its CD release.

History of the project

Magical Mystery Tour film

After the Beatles recorded Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Paul McCartney wanted to create a film based upon the group and their music. The film was to be unscripted: various "ordinary" people were to travel on a 1964 Bedford VAL coach and have unspecified "magical" adventures. The Magical Mystery Tour film was made and included six new Beatles songs. The film originally screened on BBC-TV over the 1967 Christmas holidays but was savaged by critics.^[2]

Initial release formats

The number of songs used in the film posed a challenge for the Beatles and their UK record company EMI, as there were too few for an LP album but too many for an EP.^[3] One idea considered was to issue an EP which played at 33⅓ rpm but this would have caused a loss of audio fidelity that was deemed unacceptable. The solution chosen was to issue an innovative format of two EPs packaged in a gatefold sleeve with a 28-page booklet containing the lyrics, colour photos from film production, and colour story illustrations by Beatles Book cartoonist Bob Gibson.^[3] Of the package, Bob Neaverson wrote: "While it certainly solved the song quota problem, one suspects that it was also partly born of the Beatles' pioneering desire to experiment with conventional formats and packaging".^[4] The package was released in the UK on 8 December, in time for the Christmas market, at the sub £1 price of 19s 6d^[3] (equivalent to £22 today).

EPs were not popular in the US at the time so Capitol Records decided to release the soundtrack as an LP by adding tracks from that year's non-album singles.^[3] The first side of the LP contained the film soundtrack songs (like earlier British Beatles soundtrack albums), and the second side had the remaining A-side and B-sides released in 1967, with the last three of these five songs – "Penny Lane", "Baby, You're a Rich Man" and "All You Need Is Love" – presented in duophonic, fake "processed" stereo sound.^[3]^[5] Capitol took the EP-set's 28-page booklet, consisting of 24 pages of colour photos and illustrations, and four pages for the song lyrics on its center leaves, and enlarged the photos and illustrations to LP-size to be included as a 24-page booklet inside a gatefold album sleeve. The lyrics to the film songs were also printed inside the gatefold itself. Several years later Capitol quit including the 24-page booklet, and removed mention of it from the album cover.

Reception

Professional ratings
Retrospective reviews
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]
The A.V. Club	A^[7]
Consequence of Sound	A+^[8]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[9]
MusicHound	3/5^[10]
Paste	94/100^[11]
Pitchfork Media	10/10^[12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[13]
Sputnik Music	^[14]

Magical Mystery Tour was number 1 on Billboard's Top LPs listings for eight weeks at the start of 1968, and remained in the top 200 until 8 February 1969.^[15] It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1968.^[16] In Britain, the EP peaked at number 2 on the national singles chart,^[17] behind "Hello, Goodbye".^[18] On the UK listings compiled by Melody Maker magazine, however, it replaced "Hello, Goodbye" at number 1, for a week.^[19]

Reviewing the EP a month before the film's screening, Nick Logan of the NME enthused that the Beatles were "at it again, stretching pop music to its limits". He continued: "The four musician-magicians take us by the hand and lead us happily tripping through the clouds, past Lucy in the sky with diamonds and the fool on the hill, into the sun-speckled glades along Blue Jay Way and into the world of Alice in Wonderland … This is The Beatles out there in front and the rest of us in their wake."^[20] In Record Mirror, Norman Jopling wrote that, whereas on Sgt. Pepper "the effects were chiefly sound and only the album cover was visual", on Magical Mystery Tour "the visual side … has dominated the music", such that "Everything from fantasy, children's comics, acid (psychedelic) humour is included on the record and in the [EP] booklet."^[21]

The album review in Rolling Stone consisted of a single-sentence quote from John Lennon, reading: "There are only about 100 people in the world who understand our music."^[22] Writing in Saturday Review, Mike Jahn hailed Magical Mystery Tour as the Beatles' "best album yet", superior to Sgt. Pepper in emotion and depth, and "distinguished by its description of the Beatles' acquired Hindu philosophy and its subsequent application to everyday life".^[23]

Robert Christgau of Esquire considered three of the five new songs to be "disappointing", including "The Fool on the Hill", which, he wrote, "may be the worst song the Beatles have ever recorded". Christgau still found the album "worth buying", however, "for all the singles, which are good music, after all; for the tender camp of 'Your Mother Should Know'; and especially for Harrison's hypnotic 'Blue Jay Way,' an adaptation of Oriental modes in which everything works, lyrics included".^[24] Hit Parader said: "and the beautiful Beatles do it again, widening the gap between them and 80 scillion other groups." Remarking on how the Beatles and their producer "present a supreme example of team work", the reviewer compared the album with the Rolling Stones' concurrent release, Their Satanic Majesties Request, and opined that "I Am the Walrus" and "Blue Jay Way" alone "accomplish what the Stones attempted".^[25]

The 2012 remastered Magical Mystery Tour DVD entered the Billboard Top Music Video chart at number 1, while the CD album climbed to number 1 on the Billboard Catalog Album Chart, number 2 on the Billboard Soundtrack albums chart, and re-entered at number 57 on the Billboard 200 albums chart for the week ending 27 October 2012.^[26]

Release history

In 1969 and 1971, the previously unavailable true-stereo mixes were created,^[3] which allowed the first true-stereo version of the Magical Mystery Tour LP to be issued in Germany in 1971.^[27] As an American import, the LP had peaked on the British album charts at number 31 in January 1968.^[28]^[29] Due to continued public demand, EMI officially released it in the UK in November 1976,^[3] but using the Capitol masters with fake-stereo.

When standardising the Beatles' releases for the worldwide Compact Disc release in 1987, the US LP version of Magical Mystery Tour (in true-stereo) was included with the otherwise British album line-up. ^[30]

The inclusion of the 1967 singles on CD with this album meant both that the Magical Mystery Tour CD would be of comparable length to the band's CDs of its original albums, and that those three singles would not need to be included on Past Masters, a two-volume compilation designed to accompany the initial CD album releases and provide all non-album tracks (mostly singles) on CD format.^[31]

In 1992 the EP version of Magical Mystery Tour was reissued in both mono and stereo as part of a box set containing CD versions of the Beatles original UK EPs. The album (along with the Beatles' entire UK studio album catalogue) was remastered and reissued on CD in 2009. Acknowledging the album's conception and first release, the CD incorporates the original Capitol LP label design. The remastered stereo CD features a mini-documentary about the album. Initial copies of the album accidentally list the mini-documentary to be one made for Let It Be. The mono album was reissued as part of The Beatles in Mono CD and LP box sets.

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue	Notes
United States	27 November 1967	Capitol	mono LP	MAL 2835
United States	27 November 1967	Capitol	stereo LP†	SMAL 2835
United Kingdom	8 December 1967	Parlophone	mono double EP	MMT 1-2	6-track soundtrack only
United Kingdom	8 December 1967	Parlophone	stereo double EP	SMMT 1-2	6-track soundtrack only
New Zealand	1970^[32]	World Record Club/Apple	stereo LP*	SLZ 8308 / PCSM 6084	With different cover artwork and titled Magical Mystery Tour and Other Splendid Hits(3 label variations known to exist).EMI(NZ) released this LP on the Apple label cat. no. PCSM 6084 The last 4 songs are in mono.
Germany	1971	Hör Zu/Apple	stereo LP	SHZE 327	With different cover artwork. The first issue with all tracks in true-stereo
United Kingdom	1973^[33]	EMI	stereo cassette	TC-PCS 3077	Titled Magical Mystery Tour & other titles
United Kingdom	19 November 1976	Apple, Parlophone	stereo LP†	PCTC 255	Also in a limited edition yellow vinyl, sold individually, not part of a boxed set.
Worldwide	21 September 1987	Apple, Parlophone, EMI	stereo Compact Disc	CDP 7 48062 2
United States	1988^[32]	Capitol	stereo LP	C1-48061
United Kingdom	15 June 1992^[34]	Parlophone	stereo/mono CDs‡	CDMAG 1	6-track soundtrack only
Japan	11 March 1998	Toshiba-EMI	CD	TOCP 51124
Japan	21 January 2004	Toshiba-EMI	LP	TOJP 60144	Remastered
Worldwide	9 September 2009	Apple, Capitol	mono CD‡		Remastered
Worldwide	9 September 2009	Apple, Capitol	stereo CD	0946 3 82465 2 7	Remastered
Worldwide	9 September 2014	Apple, Capitol	mono LP	MAL 2835 5099963380613	Remastered

† With "Penny Lane", "Baby, You're a Rich Man" and "All You Need Is Love" in fake-stereo.

* With "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Penny Lane", "Baby, You're a Rich Man" and "All You Need Is Love" in mono.

‡ Available only as part of a boxed set.

Track listing

Album

All tracks are written by Lennon–McCartney except where noted

Side one: Film soundtrack
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Magical Mystery Tour"	Paul McCartney with John Lennon	2:48
2.	"The Fool on the Hill"	Paul McCartney	3:00
3.	"Flying" (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starkey)	(Instrumental)	2:16
4.	"Blue Jay Way" (Harrison)	George Harrison	3:50
5.	"Your Mother Should Know"	Paul McCartney	2:33
6.	"I Am the Walrus"	John Lennon	4:35

Side two: 1967 singles
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Hello, Goodbye"	Paul McCartney	3:24
2.	"Strawberry Fields Forever"	John Lennon	4:05
3.	"Penny Lane"	Paul McCartney	3:00
4.	"Baby, You're a Rich Man"	John Lennon	3:07
5.	"All You Need Is Love"	John Lennon	3:57
Total length:			36:35

Double EP

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Magical Mystery Tour"	2:48
2.	"Your Mother Should Know"	2:33

Side two
No.	Title	Length
3.	"I Am the Walrus"	4:35

Side three
No.	Title	Length
4.	"The Fool on the Hill"	3:00
5.	"Flying"	2:16

Side four
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Blue Jay Way"	3:50
Total length:		19:08

Personnel

John Lennon – lead, harmony and backing vocals; rhythm and acoustic guitars; keyboards (acoustic and electric pianos, mellotron, organ, clavioline), harmonica on "The Fool on the Hill"
Paul McCartney – lead, harmony and backing vocals, bass, piano, mellotron, recorder on "The Fool on the Hill"
George Harrison – lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead, slide and acoustic guitars; organ, harmonica on "The Fool on the Hill"
Ringo Starr – drums and percussion

Engineers

Geoff Emerick & Ken Scott

Additional musicians

"Magical Mystery Tour" – Mal Evans and Neil Aspinall on percussion, David Mason, Elgar Howarth, Roy Copestake and John Wilbraham on trumpets
"The Fool on the Hill" – Christoper Taylor, Richard Taylor and Jack Ellory on flute^[35]
"I Am the Walrus" – Sidney Sax, Jack Rothstein, Ralph Elman, Andrew McGee, Jack Greene, Louis Stevens, John Jezzard and Jack Richards on violins, Lionel Ross, Eldon Fox, Brian Martin and Terry Weil on cellos and Neill Sanders, Tony Tunstall and Morris Miller on horns, Peggie Allen, Wendy Horan, Pat Whitmore, Jill Utting, June Day, Sylvia King, Irene King, G. Mallen, Fred Lucas, Mike Redway, John O'Neill, F. Dachtler, Allan Grant, D. Griffiths, J. Smith and J. Fraser on backing vocals
"Hello, Goodbye" – Ken Essex, Leo Birnbaum on violas.
"Strawberry Fields Forever" – Mal Evans on percussion, Tony Fisher, Greg Bowen, Derek Watkins and Stanley Roderick on trumpets and John Hall, Derek Simpson, Peter Halling, Norman Jones on cellos.
"Penny Lane" – Ray Swinfield, P. Goody, Manny Winters and Dennis Walton on flutes, Leon Calvert, Freddy Clayton, Bert Courtley and Duncan Campbell on trumpets, Dick Morgan and Mike Winfield on English horns, Frank Clarke on double bass and David Mason on piccolo trumpet
"Baby, You're a Rich Man" – Eddie Kramer on vibraphone
"All You Need Is Love" – George Martin on piano, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Keith Moon, Eric Clapton, Pattie Boyd Harrison, Jane Asher, Mike McCartney, Maureen Starkey, Graham Nash and wife Rose Eccles Nash, Gary Leeds and Hunter Davies on backing vocals, Sidney Sax, Patrick Halling, Eric Bowie and Jack Holmes on violins, Rex Morris and Don Honeywill on sax, David Mason and Stanley Woods on trumpets, Evan Watkins and Henry Spain on horns, Jack Emblow on accordion, Brian Martin and Peter Halling on cello

Charts

Album

Original release

Chart	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[36]	48^[A]
Norwegian Albums Chart	13
French Albums Chart	2
UK Albums Chart^[37]	31^[B]
US Billboard Top LPs^[38]	1
West German Media Control Albums Chart^[39]	8

2009 remaster

Chart	Position
Dutch Mega Albums Chart^[40]	53

EP

Chart	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[36]	3
UK Albums Chart^[37]	2

Notes

^ It did not chart in Australia until Oct 1974.
^ Magical Mystery Tour originally peaked at number 31 in the United Kingdom as an import of the United States issue. Parlophone officially issued the album in the UK on 19 November 1976.

Certifications

In the U.S., the album sold 1,936,063 copies by December 31, 1967 and 2,373,987 copies by the end of the decade.^[41]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[42]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Canada (Music Canada)^[43]	4× Platinum	400,000^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[44]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[45]	6× Platinum	6,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

^† BPI certification awarded only for sales since 1994.^[46]

Notes

^ "Beatles, The – Magical Mystery Tour at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ Miles 1997, pp. 368–369.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lewisohn 1988, p. 131.
^ Neaverson.
^ Davis 1980.
^ Magical Mystery Tour at AllMusic
^ Klosterman, Chuck (8 September 2009). "Chuck Klosterman Repeats The Beatles". The A.V. Club. Chicago. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ Caffrey, Dan (23 September 2009). "The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour (Remastered)". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 487. ISBN 0-19-531373-9.
^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 88. ISBN 1-57859-061-2. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
^ Kemp, Mark (8 September 2009). "The Beatles: The Long and Winding Repertoire". Paste. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^ Pitchfork Media review
^ "The Beatles | Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
^ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/2108/The-Beatles-Magical-Mystery-Tour/
^ Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1976). All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. p. 359. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.
^ Marinucci.
^ Schaffner, Nicholas (1978). The Beatles Forever. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. p. 97. ISBN 0-07-055087-5.
^ "Official Singles Chart Top 50: 10 January 1968 – 16 January 1968". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
^ Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1976). All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. p. 338. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.
^ Sutherland, Steve (ed.) (2003). NME Originals: Lennon. London: IPC Ignite!. p. 51. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ Jopling, Norman (1 December 1967). "The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour". Record Mirror. Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).
^ Vol 1. No. 4, 20 January 1968, p. 20
^ Jahn, Mike (December 1967). "The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour". Saturday Review. Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).
^ Christgau, Robert (May 1968). "Columns: Dylan-Beatles-Stones-Donovan-Who, Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield, John Fred, California". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
^ Staff writer (April 1968). "Platter Chatter: Albums from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Cream and Kaleidoscope". Hit Parader. Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).
^ Billboard magazine, week ending 27 October 2012.
^ Magical Mystery Tour Reconsidered … In True Stereo » Rock Town Hall
^ Magical Mystery Tour
^ everyHit.com – UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts
^ Other US LPs were subsequently issued as part of The Capitol Albums volumes 1 and 2 box sets, but not individually.
^ Album Review: the Beatles – Past Masters [Remastered] « Consequence of Sound
^ ^a ^b RareBeatles.com.
^ Russell 1982.
^ The Beatles - E.P. Collections
^ MacDonald 2005, p. 271.
^ ^a ^b
Peak chart positions for releases in Australia:
- "Discography The Beatles". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 January 2011. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
^ ^a ^b Roach, Martin, ed. (2009). The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums. London: Virgin Books. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7535-1700-0.
^ "The Beatles – Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 17 July 2013. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
^
Peak chart positions for releases in Germany:
- "Chartverfolgung / The Beatles / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 July 2013. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
- "Chartverfolgung / The Beatles / Single". musicline.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 July 2013. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
- "Musik-Charts durchsuchen" (To access, enter "Beatles" in first search field and select "Deutsche Album-Charts...ab 1962" search option). Charts Surfer. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^ "dutchcharts.nl The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour" (ASP). Hung Medien, dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
^ "How Many Records did the Beatles actually sell?". Deconstructing Pop Culture by David Kronemyer. 29 April 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ "Canadian album certifications – The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour". Music Canada. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ "British album certifications – The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 September 2013. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Magical Mystery Tour in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
^ "American album certifications – Beatles, The – Magical Mystery Tour". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
^ "Beatles albums finally go platinum". British Phonographic Industry. BBC News. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.

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MacDonald, Ian (2005). Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties (Second Revised ed.). London: Pimlico (Rand). ISBN 1-84413-828-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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Miles, Barry (1997). Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now. New York: Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 0-8050-5249-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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"Magical Mystery Tour Reference and Price Guide". RareBeatles.com. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
Penman, Ross (2009). The Beatles in New Zealand...a discography. Ross Penman. ISBN 978-0-473-15155-3.

External links

Preceded by Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd. by The Monkees	Billboard 200 number-one album 6 January – 1 March 1968	Succeeded by Blooming Hits by Paul Mauriat and His Orchestra

[37] It did not chart in Australia until Oct 1974.

[39] Magical Mystery Tour originally peaked at number 31 in the United Kingdom as an import of the United States issue. Parlophone officially issued the album in the UK on 19 November 1976.

[Discogs-1] "Beatles, The – Magical Mystery Tour at Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 28 September 2011.

[FOOTNOTEMiles1997368–369-2] Miles 1997, pp. 368–369.

[FOOTNOTELewisohn1988131-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Lewisohn 1988, p. 131.

[FOOTNOTENeaverson-4] Neaverson.

[FOOTNOTEDavis1980-5] Davis 1980.

[6] Magical Mystery Tour at AllMusic

[Klosterman-7] Klosterman, Chuck (8 September 2009). "Chuck Klosterman Repeats The Beatles". The A.V. Club. Chicago. Archived from the original on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[8] Caffrey, Dan (23 September 2009). "The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour (Remastered)". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[Larkin-9] Larkin, Colin (2006). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 487. ISBN 0-19-531373-9.

[10] Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 88. ISBN 1-57859-061-2. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)

[11] Kemp, Mark (8 September 2009). "The Beatles: The Long and Winding Repertoire". Paste. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

[12] Pitchfork Media review

[13] "The Beatles | Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

[14] ttp://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/2108/The-Beatles-Magical-Mystery-Tour/

[15] Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1976). All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. p. 359. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.

[FOOTNOTEMarinucci-16] Marinucci.

[17] Schaffner, Nicholas (1978). The Beatles Forever. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. p. 97. ISBN 0-07-055087-5.

[18] "Official Singles Chart Top 50: 10 January 1968 – 16 January 1968". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[19] Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1976). All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. p. 338. ISBN 0-345-25680-8.

[20] Sutherland, Steve (ed.) (2003). NME Originals: Lennon. London: IPC Ignite!. p. 51. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

[21] Jopling, Norman (1 December 1967). "The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour". Record Mirror. Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).

[22] Vol 1. No. 4, 20 January 1968, p. 20

[23] Jahn, Mike (December 1967). "The Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour". Saturday Review. Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).

[24] Christgau, Robert (May 1968). "Columns: Dylan-Beatles-Stones-Donovan-Who, Dionne Warwick and Dusty Springfield, John Fred, California". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 22 June 2015.

[25] Staff writer (April 1968). "Platter Chatter: Albums from The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Cream and Kaleidoscope". Hit Parader. Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).

[26] Billboard magazine, week ending 27 October 2012.

[27] Magical Mystery Tour Reconsidered … In True Stereo » Rock Town Hall

[28] Magical Mystery Tour

[29] veryHit.com – UK Top 40 Chart Archive, British Singles & Album Charts

[30] Other US LPs were subsequently issued as part of The Capitol Albums volumes 1 and 2 box sets, but not individually.

[31] Album Review: the Beatles – Past Masters [Remastered] « Consequence of Sound

[FOOTNOTERareBeatles.com-32] RareBeatles.com.

[FOOTNOTERussell1982-33] Russell 1982.

[34] The Beatles - E.P. Collections

[FOOTNOTEMacDonald2005271-35] MacDonald 2005, p. 271.

[AUS-36] Peak chart positions for releases in Australia:
"Discography The Beatles". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 January 2011. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)

[39] "Discography The Beatles". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 January 2011. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)

[UK-38] Roach, Martin, ed. (2009). The Virgin Book of British Hit Albums. London: Virgin Books. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-7535-1700-0.

[US-40] "The Beatles – Awards". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 17 July 2013. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)

[GER-41] Peak chart positions for releases in Germany:
"Chartverfolgung / The Beatles / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 July 2013. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)

"Chartverfolgung / The Beatles / Single". musicline.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 July 2013. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)

"Musik-Charts durchsuchen" (To access, enter "Beatles" in first search field and select "Deutsche Album-Charts...ab 1962" search option). Charts Surfer. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

[43] "Chartverfolgung / The Beatles / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 July 2013. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)

[44] "Chartverfolgung / The Beatles / Single". musicline.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 17 July 2013. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)

[45] "Musik-Charts durchsuchen" (To access, enter "Beatles" in first search field and select "Deutsche Album-Charts...ab 1962" search option). Charts Surfer. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

[nlchart-42] "dutchcharts.nl The Beatles – Magical Mystery Tour" (ASP). Hung Medien, dutchcharts.nl (in Dutch). MegaCharts. Retrieved 1 May 2010.

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 ===Initial release formats===
-The number of songs used in the film posed a challenge for the Beatles and their UK record company [[EMI]], as there were too few for an LP album but too many for an EP.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=131}}  One idea considered was to issue an EP which played at 33'''⅓''' [[Revolutions per minute|rpm]] but this would have caused a loss of audio fidelity that was deemed unacceptable. The solution chosen was to issue an innovative format of two EPs packaged in a gatefold sleeve with a 28-page booklet containing the lyrics, colour photos from film production, and colour story illustrations by [[The Beatles Book|Beatles Book]] cartoonist [[Bob Gibson (artist)|Bob Gibson]].{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=131}} Of the package, Bob Neaverson wrote: "While it certainly solved the song quota problem, one suspects that it was also partly born of the Beatles' pioneering desire to experiment with conventional formats and packaging".{{sfn|Neaverson}}
+The number of songs used in the film posed a challenge for the Beatles and their UK record company [[EMI]], as there were too few for an LP album but too many for an EP.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=131}}  One idea considered was to issue an EP which played at 33'''⅓''' [[Revolutions per minute|rpm]] but this would have caused a loss of audio fidelity that was deemed unacceptable. The solution chosen was to issue an innovative format of two EPs packaged in a gatefold sleeve with a 28-page booklet containing the lyrics, colour photos from film production, and colour story illustrations by ''[[The Beatles Book|Beatles Book]]'' cartoonist [[Bob Gibson (artist)|Bob Gibson]].{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=131}} Of the package, Bob Neaverson wrote: "While it certainly solved the song quota problem, one suspects that it was also partly born of the Beatles' pioneering desire to experiment with conventional formats and packaging".{{sfn|Neaverson}}
 The package was released in the UK on 8 December, in time for the Christmas market, at the sub £1 price of [[Decimal Day#Old system|19s 6d]]{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=131}} (equivalent to £{{Formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|0.975|1967}}}} today).