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"Magical Mystery Tour" album was issued in U.S. on 27th November 1967 as Capitol MAL 2835 (mono) and SMAL 2835 (stereo). The package was a huge hit with the public, reportedly achieving the highest initial sales of any album up to that time. Realizing that Capitol had created a product too popular to ignore, EMI imported a number of copies to the United Kingdom. This U.S. version of Magical Mystery Tour officially was released in the United Kingdom on 19 November 1976. When the album was issued in Britain, EMI did a straight pressing from the American album. Three tracks, “Penny Lane”, “Baby You’re A Rich Man” and “All You Need Is Love”, are in fake stereo. |
 1st Press Parlophone Sleeve |
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stereo versions of the U.S. album were exported for U.K. The
covers have a gold foil sticker stating "Specially Imported
by E.M.I. RECORDS" in red. Through the usual EMI ordering
procedures British record shops could order it using the
U.S. catalog number of (S)MAL 2835 and it became the
biggest selling import for E.M.I. selling over 50,000
copies. |
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| U.S.
MONO Press (MAL-2835) |
U.S.
STEREO Press (SMAL-2835) |
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| TITLE | MAGICAL
MYSTERY TOUR |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | PCTC 255 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 19th November 1976 / First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| Magical Mystery Tour |
Hello Goodbye |
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| The Fool On The Hill |
Strawberry Fields Forever |
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| Flying |
Penny Lane *fake stereo | ||||
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Baby You're A Rich Man *fake stereo | ||||
| Your Mother
Should Know |
All You Need Is Love *fake stereo | ||||
| I Am The Walrus |
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The UK LP had a gatefold cover, inside
which was a 24-page booklet with photographs from the
filming of Magical Mystery Tour, and a cartoon strip telling
the story. The lyrics were printed inside the gatefold. |
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Catalog
No. "PCTC 255" and international catalog No.(EMI country
code) were printed at the upper right of the back cover. The EMI country codes (introduced on 1 June, 1969): In most cases the EMI Codes are the first two characters of the record's catalog#. These EMI Country Codes were used to indicate the country in which the record was pressed (0C = UK). |
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credit "© 1967 NEMS ENTERPRISES LTD" was printed at the front
cover. |
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Parlophone logomark and
the printer credit "7611 Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Pat.
No. 1224339" were printed at the bottom of the inside. |
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An early illustrated Apple logo and the words "apple presents" were printed inside the gatefold. | ||
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Beneath
the title I Am The Walrus in the song listing is a
handwritten "("No you're not!" said Little Nicola)", a
reference to Nicola Hale, a five-year-old girl who appeared
in the film. |
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Northern Songs Ltd. Reprinted by permission" was printed inside the gatefold. |
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The credit:
"Produced by Big
George Martin" was printed on the inside of the gatefold. |
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The label had two boxed EMI logos printed in black on white backgrounds. Songwriters on labels just credited with their last name and producer George Martin without the prefix "Big". |
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STEREO and catalog
number "PCTC 255" were printed to the right of the label’s center hole. |
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The rim text began with "EMI RECORDS LTD." and ended with "MADE IN GT. BRITAIN". | |
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SIDE 2 | Master
numbers "Side 1: YEX. 959, Side 2: YEX. 960", published year
"℗ 1967", and the credit "EMI Records Ltd." were printed at
the left side of the center hole of the label. Track A6 printed on label as "I Am The Walrus" without "("No you're not!" said Little Nicola)" |
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Includes LP-sized 24-page
full color picture book called the "Magical Mystery Tour"
book. © 1967, NEMS Enterprises Ltd. |
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BOOKLET: P-24 CLOSE-UP | ||||
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The word "PCTC 255 (I)"
was printed at the upper right corner of the P24 of the
booklet. |
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| LABEL | Black/white Parlophone label with silver print Type-3 | ||||
| MIX | STEREO, except as noted |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX 959-1 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX 960-1 | ||||
| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | EMI Records Ltd. | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K..." |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | ℗ 1967 | ||||
| COVER FORM | Unlaminated gatefold sleeve with 24-page booklet |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | 7611 Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Pat. No.
1224339 |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: John Kelly / Drawing: Bob
Gibson / Notes: Tony Barrow |
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| INNER SLEEVE | White paper sleeve "IMPORTANT NOTICE in rectangle box" Type-2-2 | ||||
| PRODUCER | George Martin |
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COMMENTS
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On 8th December 1967
the "Magical Mystery Tour" soundtrack was released in the
U.K. as a double E.P. package, but in the United States they
had a full LP. U.S. album was issued on 27th November 1967 as Capitol MAL 2835 (mono) and SMAL 2835 (stereo). The package was a huge hit with the public, generating the highest level of initial sales of any album to date, and netting the label more than $8 million in just three weeks. Realizing that Capitol had created a product too popular to ignore, EMI imported a number of copies to the United Kingdom, reportedly from 7th January 1968. Through the usual EMI ordering procedures British record shops could order it using the U.S. catalog number of (S)MAL 2835 and it became the biggest selling import for E.M.I. selling over 50,000 copies, which even took it into the official charts reaching number 31. This U.S. version of Magical Mystery Tour officially was released in the United Kingdom on 19 November 1976. When the album was issued in Britain, EMI did a straight pressing from the American album. Three tracks, “Penny Lane”, “Baby You’re A Rich Man” and “All You Need Is Love”, were presented in reprocessed stereo (fake stereo). In 1987, this became the standard version of Magical Mystery Tour worldwide when The Beatles' back catalog was re-released on compact disc. The artwork for the U.K. and U.S. editions was largely the same, although the Capitol Records version had a yellow border and the song titles on the front cover. It also bore the words: "Includes 24-page full color picture book". The front cover photograph featured The Beatles in the animal costumes they wore in the film: John Lennon as a walrus, Paul McCartney as a hippopotamus, George Harrison as a rabbit and Ringo Starr as a chicken. The UK LP had a gatefold cover, inside which was a 24-page booklet with photographs from the filming of Magical Mystery Tour, and a cartoon strip telling the story. The LP version had the lyrics in the gatefold, but, made no mention of the five extra songs on the second side of the vinyl. The album had the words "Apple presents" and an early version of the Apple logo on the inside of the gatefold and carried the credit: "Produced by Big George Martin". 1st press: (19 Nov. 1976) Black label with two white-black EMI logos and silver print. “The EMI Records Ltd…” printed at the start perimeter print and “Made In GT. Britain” printed at the end of the perimeter print. Matrix numbers: Side One: YEX 959-1, Side Two: YEX 960-1. 2nd Press: (Oct. 1980 - Apr. 1984) Black label with two white-black EMI logos and silver print. “ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER…” printed at the start perimeter print. Around the 11 ‘o’ clock position in the rimtext the wording is: “…UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING, COPYING AND HIRING…”. Instead, added “MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED” text at the end of the perimeter print. Matrix numbers: Side One: YEX 959-1, Side Two: YEX 960-1. 3rd press: (end of spring 1984 until 1987) Black label with two white-black EMI logos and silver print. “ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER…” printed at the start perimeter print. Around the 11 ‘o’ clock position in the rimtext the wording is: “UNAUTHORISED COPYING, HIRING, RENTING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE AND BROADCASTING…”. “MANUFACTURED IN THE UK BY EMI RECORDS LIMITED” text at the end of the perimeter print. Matrix numbers: Side One: YEX 959-2, Side Two: YEX 960-1. Later pressing with large print. Gatefold sleeve with barcode on the back side 4th press: (1987–1991) Black label with two silver EMI logos and silver print. “ALL RIGHTS OF THE PRODUCER…” printed at the start perimeter print. Around the 11 ‘o’ clock position in the rimtext the wording is: “UNAUTHORISED COPYING, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING, HIRING AND RENTAL…”. “MADE IN ENGLAND” text at the end of the perimeter print. Gatefold sleeve with barcode on the back side. Matrix numbers: Side One: YEX 959-1-1-1, Side Two: YEX 960-2-1-1. In 1973 EMI decided to issue a cassette version of the Magical Mystery Tour album. This cassette contained stereo versions of all the tracks included on the album, including a stereo version of “Baby You’re A Rich Man” that had previously been unavailable in Britain, although it was included on European pressings of the album. The cassette also includes the different stereo mix of “All You Need Is Love”, although the album contains the original single version of the song. The album has the catalog number PCTC 255 but the cassette, in addition to the usual cassette prefix TC, has the confusing number PCS 3077, that places it between the Rubber Soul (PCS 3075) and Revolver (PCS 7009) albums. cf. "The Beatles Collection" |
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