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THE BEATLES - MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1967 CAPITOL STEREO LP SMAL-2835 ORIGINALLY, A US-ONLY 12 RELEASE, THIS ALBUM WASN T RELEASED IN THE U.K. AS A 12-INCH ALBUM UNTIL AROUND 1976
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
STILL SEALED CAPITOL STEREO LP WITH BOOKLET WE CAN SEE THE BOOKLET THROUGH THE BOTTOM SEAM
BELIEVED TO BE PRESSED ON THE ORIGINAL BLACK CAPITOL LABEL WITH MULTICOLORED SPECTRUM RAINBOW BAND ALONG THE LABEL S EDGE AND CAPITOL S LOGO ON TOP 12 O CLOCK POSITION OF THE LABEL
THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.
TWO BREATHE AIR HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD AMERICAN STYLE
INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL BOOKLET WE CAN SEE IT THROUGH THE BOTTOM SEAM
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
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The U.S. version of the soundtrack for the Beatles ill-fated British television special embellished the six songs that were found on the British Magical Mystery Tour double EP with five other cuts from their 1967 singles. The psychedelic sound is very much in the vein of Sgt. Pepper s, and even spacier in parts especially the sound collages of I Am the Walrus . Unlike Sgt. Pepper s, there s no vague overall conceptual/thematic unity to the material, which has made Magical Mystery Tour suffer slightly in comparison. Still, the music is great, and Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, and Hello Goodbye were all huge, glorious, and innovative singles. The ballad The Fool on the Hill, though only a part of the Magical Mystery Tour soundtrack, is also one of the most popular Beatles tunes from the era.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY RICHIE UNTERBERGER, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
For its extraordinary contribution to the contemporary music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, songwriters and general public, or for some other inherent quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, show business professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, the legendary BBC Radio A R man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye, Bruce Morrow a/k/a Cousin Brucie , Tim Rice , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton, Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc. . For more details, see: Critics Choice: Top-200 albums , Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 or click here for the complete album listing
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CONDITION:
RECORD
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a THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records click here PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID .
b The album comes with the original booklet still intact. we can see it through the opening
c The record is apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
COVER
COVER IS STRONG NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP
