album that George Martin hadn’t time to mix the singles in stereo so Capitol’s “stereo” LP was on side 2, fake stereo. Magical Mystery Tour was released in the U.K. Most fans then didn’t know it was a Capitol Records cobbled together “Christmas season product” album that combined the “Magical Mystery Tour” soundtrack songs on side 1 with single releases on side 2 The Beatles never intended to be issued on an album. I remember buying it at a store in Ithaca, NY and running home to play “the next Beatles album”, which of course was a major letdown. Pepper’s… follow up so when, just before Thanksgiving, in November of 1967 the Magical Mystery Tour LP arrived in American stores eager fans gobbled it up. but McCartney’s Merry Pranksters/LSD influenced movie was on hold while the group finished songs for the animated film “Yellow Submarine” and performed live “All You Need is Love” for the groundbreaking “Our World” world-wide satellite feed TV show.Įpstein’s death put the movie idea in the production hopper but little or none of this was known to fans waiting for the Sgt. The group had recorded the song “Magical Mystery Tour” shortly after completing Sgt. I didn’t really have any misconceptions about our ability to do anything other than play music. John Lennon was quoted as saying “I knew that we were in trouble then. The loss of Epstein’s guiding hand affected everything Beatles that followed. and shortly thereafter in America came the low on August 27th of Beatles manager Brian Epstein’s surprising accidental drug overdose death at age 32. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band released late May 1967 in the U.K. The eager anticipation with which this double LP was met and the way in which it transfixed a generation might be difficult for today’s youngsters to fully appreciate. So if that track doesn’t do it for you, I’m not sure what might. You can add to that greater textural delicacy and transparency all set against blacker backgrounds. pressings I have: more transparent and more spacious, with a holographic George front, center and three-dimensional as he’s not presented on the original. If you don’t like that one, you’re probably not going to like the rest, but for me, that remix in particular is far superior to the one on the two original “Top Loader” U.K. If you want to quickly know if you’re going to like Giles Martin’s The Beatles remixes start with “Long, Long, Long”.
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