Magical Mystery Tour (Album)

Magical Mystery Tour is a record by the English rock band The Beatles.

Tracks

 * 1) Magical Mystery Tour
 * 2) The Fool On The Hill
 * 3) Flying
 * 4) Blue Jay Way
 * 5) Your Mother Should Know
 * 6) I Am The Walrus
 * 7) Hello Goodbye
 * 8) Strawberry Fields Forever
 * 9) Penny Lane
 * 10) Baby You're A Rich Man
 * 11) All You Need Is Love

History
Released as a six-song double EP in the United Kingdom and an 11-song album in the US and elsewhere, Magical Mystery Tour was the soundtrack to the television film of the same name, which was first broadcast by the BBC on December 26, 1967. In the wake of the death of Brian Epstein on August 27, 1967, The Beatles found themselves suddenly without direction. Whereas since 1962 they had been carefully guided by their manager, at the peak of their career they were unused to making their own business decisions or having absolute autonomy over their future. On September 1, 1967, five days after Epstein’s body was discovered in his London home, The Beatles met at Paul McCartney’s house at 7 Cavendish Avenue in St John’s Wood, London. The previous day an announcement had been issued stating that the band would continue to be managed by NEMS Enterprises, now under the guidance of Epstein’s brother Clive until further notice.

During the 1 September meeting The Beatles agreed to continue with Magical Mystery Tour, a project begun in April shortly after the completion of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Crucially, this was a time when McCartney began steering many of the group’s decisions, encouraging them to continue during a period in which they might easily have collapsed amid a lack of direction. McCartney’s concept for Magical Mystery Tour was to produce a television special about a group of ordinary people taking a mystery trip on a coach. The film would take in various locations in England and France, and would be mostly improvised and take advantage of the encounters they had on the road.