Vinyl L.P · Capitol Records · SMAL-2835.
1967 · U.S.A.
Liner notes:
AWAY IN THE SKY, beyond the clouds, live 4 or 5 Magicians.
By casting WONDERFUL SPELLS they turn the Most
Ordinary Coach Trip into a MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR.
If you let yourself go, the Magicians will take you away to marvellous places.
Maybe YOU'VE been on a MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR
without even realising it.
Are you ready to go?
SPLENDID! The story begins on Page 7 . . . or 8 . . .
apple presents
THE BEATLES in
Songs and Music from a
Colour Television Film called
"Magical Mystery Tour"
Side One
Magical Mystery Tour
John Lennon-Paul McCartney 2:48
The Fool On The Hill
John Lennon-Paul McCartney 3:00
Flying
Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey 2:16
Blue Jay Way
George Harrison 3:50
Your Mother Should Know
John Lennon-Paul McCartney 2:33
I Am The Walrus
("No you're not" said Little Nicola)
John Lennon-Paul McCartney 4:35
.... plus these other selections
Side Two
Hello Goodbye
John Lennon-Paul McCartney 3:24
Strawberry Fields Forever
John Lennon-Paul McCartney 4:05
Penny Lane
John Lennon-Paul McCartney 2:57
Baby You're A Rich Man
John Lennon-Paul McCartney 3:07
All You Need Is Love
John Lennon-Paul McCartney 3:57
All selections are published by
Maclen Music, Inc, BMI.
Produced by George Martin
John Lennon: Lead, harmony and backing vocals; wordless vocals (Flying); rhythm and acoustic guitars; piano, Mellotron, Hammond organ, electric piano, clavioline, harpsichord; bass harmonica, Jew's harp, banjo, percussion.
Paul McCartney: Lead, harmony and backing vocals; wordless vocals (Flying); bass, acoustic and lead guitars; piano, Mellotron, harmonium; recorder, penny whistle, percussion.
George Harrison: Lead, harmony and backing vocals; wordless vocals (Flying); lead, rhythm, acoustic and slide guitars; Hammond organ, bass harmonica, swarmandal, violin, percussion.
Ringo Starr: Drums and percussion; backing vocals on "Hello, Goodbye"; wordless vocals (Flying).
Credits:
George Martin: Producer.
Studio: EMI Studios; Chappell, London, U.K.
Recorded: 29 November 1966 / 25 April - 3 May / 22 August - 7 November 1967.
Released: 27 November, 1967.
Lyrics:
Magical Mystery Tour.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up and that's an invitation, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up to make a reservation, roll up for the mystery tour
The magical mystery tour is waiting to take you away
Waiting to take you away
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up we've got everything you need, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up satisfaction guaranteed, roll up for the mystery tour
The magical mystery tour is hoping to take you away
Hoping to take you away
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up and that's an invitation, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up to make a reservation, roll up for the mystery tour
The magical mystery tour is coming to take you away
Coming to take you away
The magical mystery tour is dying to take you away
Dying to take you away, take you away
The Fool On The Hill.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Day after day alone on the hill
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still
But nobody wants to know him
They can see that he's just a fool
And he never gives an answer
But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down
And the eyes in his head
See the world spinning around
Well on his way his head in a cloud
The man of a thousand voices talking percetly loud
But nobody ever hears him
Or the sound he appears to make
And he never seems to notice
But the fool on the hill
Nobody seems to like him
They can tell what he wants to do
And he never shows his feelings
But the fool on the hill
Flying.
(Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starr)
Instrumental.
Blue Jay Way.
(Harrison)
There's a fog upon L.A
And my friends have lost their way
We'll be over soon they said
Now they've lost themselves instead
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long or I may be asleep
Well it only goes to show
And I told them where to go
Ask a policeman on the street
There's so many there to meet
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long or I may be asleep
Now it's past my bed I know
And I'd really like to go
Soon will be the break of day
Sitting here in Blue Jay Way
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long or I may be asleep
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
Please don't be long please don't you be very long
Please don't be long
Don't be long - don't be long - don't be long
Don't be long - don't be long - don't be long
Your Mother Should Know.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Let's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (...know.)
Sing it again
Let's all get up and dance to a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (...know.)
Lift up your hearts and sing me a song
That was a hit before your mother was born
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Aaaah.)
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Aaaah.)
Sing it again
Da-da-da-da
Though she was born a long, long time ago
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Yeah.)
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Yeah.)
Your mother should know (Your mother should...)
Your mother should know (Yeah.)
I Am the Walrus.
(Lennon-McCartney)
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly
I'm crying
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob
Mister City Policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run
I'm crying, I'm crying
I'm crying, I'm crying
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the English rain
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob
Expert textpert choking smokers
Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty
See how they snied
I'm crying
Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower
Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Alan Poe
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo
Hello, Goodbye.
(Lennon-McCartney)
You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go go go, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, Isay hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
I say high, you say low
You say why and I say I don't know, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
HELLO GOODBYE HELLO GOODBYE hello hello
HELLO GOODBYE I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
HELLO GOODBYE HELLO GOODBYE hello hello
HELLO GOODBYE I don't know why you say goodbye
HELLO GOODBYE I say goodbye
Why why why why why why do you say goodbye goodbye, oh no?
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
You say yes I SAY YES I say no BUT I MAY MEAN NO
You say stop I CAN STAY and I say go go go TILL IT'S TIME TO GO OH, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say goodbye
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello hello
Hela heba helloa CHA CHA.
Strawberry Fields Forever.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout
Strawberry Fields forever
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me
Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout
Strawberry Fields forever
No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad
Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout
Strawberry Fields forever
Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream
I think I know I mean a 'Yes' but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree
Let me take you down, 'cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout
Strawberry Fields forever
Strawberry Fields forever
Penny Lane.
(Lennon-McCartney)
In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello
On the corner is a banker with a motorcar
The little children laugh at him behind his back
And the banker never wears a mack
In the pouring rain, very strange
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen
He likes to keep his fire engine clean
It's a clean machine
Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back
Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And tho' she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway
In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange
Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back
Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes
There beneath the blue suburban skies
Penny Lane
Baby, You're A Rich Man.
(Lennon-McCartney)
How does it feel to be
One of the beautiful people?
Now that you know who you are
What do you want to be?
And have you travelled very far?
Far as the eye can see
How does it feel to be
One of the beautiful people?
How often have you been there?
Often enough to know
What did you see, when you were there?
Nothing that doesn't show
Baby you're a rich man
Baby you're a rich man
Baby you're a rich man too
You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo
What a thing to do
Baby you're a rich man
Baby you're a rich man
Baby you're a rich man too
How does it feel to be
One of the beautiful people?
Tuned to A natural E
Happy to be that way
Now that you've found another key
What are you going to play?
Baby you're a rich man
Baby you're a rich man
Baby you're a rich man too
You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo
What a thing to do
Baby you're a rich man
All You Need Is Love.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Love, Love, Love
Love, Love, Love
Love, Love, Love.
There's nothing you can do that can't be done
Nothing you can sing that can't be sung
Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game
It's easy.
Nothing you can make that can't be made
No one you can save that can't be saved
Nothing you can do but you can learn how to be you in time
It's easy.
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need.
Nothing you can know that isn't known
Nothing you can see that isn't shown
Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
It's easy.
All you need is love
All you need is love
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need.
All you need is love (All together, now!)
All you need is love. (Everybody!)
All you need is love, love
Love is all you need (love is all you need)
Yee-hai!
Oh yeah!
She loves you, yeah yeah yeah.
Promo:
Capitol Records - Promotional Poster.
ReplyDeleteMagical Mystery Tour is a record by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States. It includes the soundtrack to the 1967 television film of the same name.
The EP was issued in the UK on 8 December 1967 on the Parlophone label, while the Capitol Records LP release in the US and Canada occurred on 27 November and features an additional five songs that were originally released as singles that year.
In 1976, Parlophone released the eleven-track LP in the UK.
When recording their new songs, the Beatles continued the studio experimentation that had typified Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) and the psychedelic sound they had pursued since Revolver (1966).
The project was initiated by Paul McCartney in April 1967, but after the band recorded the song "Magical Mystery Tour", it lay dormant until the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, in late August.
Recording then took place alongside filming and editing, and as the Beatles furthered their public association with Transcendental Meditation under teacher Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
The sessions have been characterised by some biographers as aimless and unfocused, with the band members overly indulging in sound experimentation and exerting greater control over production.
McCartney contributed three of the soundtrack songs, including the widely covered "The Fool on the Hill", while John Lennon and George Harrison contributed "I Am the Walrus" and "Blue Jay Way", respectively.
The sessions also produced "Hello, Goodbye", issued as a single accompanying the soundtrack record, and items of incidental music for the film, including "Flying".
Further to the Beatles' desire to experiment with record formats and packaging, the EP and LP included a 24-page booklet containing song lyrics, colour photos from film production, and colour story illustrations by cartoonist Bob Gibson.
Despite widespread media criticism of the Magical Mystery Tour film, the soundtrack was a critical and commercial success.
In the UK, it topped the EPs chart compiled by Record Retailer and peaked at number 2 on the magazine's singles chart (later the UK Singles Chart) behind "Hello, Goodbye".
The album topped Billboard's Top LPs listings for eight weeks and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1969.
With the international standardisation of the Beatles' catalogue in 1987, Magical Mystery Tour became the only Capitol-generated LP to supersede the band's intended format and form part of their core catalogue.