Magical Mystery Tour (album)
| “ | Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was a musical fragmentation grenade, exploding with a force that is still being felt. It grabbed the world of pop music by the scruff of the neck, shook it hard, and left it to wander off, dizzy but wagging its tail. As well as changing the way pop music was viewed, it changed the entire nature of the recording game — for keeps. Nothing even remotely like Pepper had been heard before. It came at a time when people were thirsty for something new, but still its newness caught them by surprise. It certainly caught me on the hop! [...] With Sgt. Pepper The Beatles held up a mirror to the world. And in this looking glass the world saw a brilliant reflection of its kaleidoscopic 1967 self. It saw not the shambolic and often absurd cavortings of the hippie movement, but its perfect image — an elegant ideal; not the sordid gutterland of drug addiction, but the intriguing possibility of creative substance abuse. | „ |
—George Martin, 2006 | ||
| “ | Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was a musical fragmentation grenade, exploding with a force that is still being felt. It grabbed the world of pop music by the scruff of the neck, shook it hard, and left it to wander off, dizzy but wagging its tail. As well as changing the way pop music was viewed, it changed the entire nature of the recording game — for keeps. Nothing even remotely like Pepper had been heard before. It came at a time when people were thirsty for something new, but still its newness caught them by surprise. It certainly caught me on the hop! [...] With Sgt. Pepper The Beatles held up a mirror to the world. And in this looking glass the world saw a brilliant reflection of its kaleidoscopic 1967 self. It saw not the shambolic and often absurd cavortings of the hippie movement, but its perfect image — an elegant ideal; not the sordid gutterland of drug addiction, but the intriguing possibility of creative substance abuse. | „ |
—George Martin, 2006 | ||
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| Studio album by The Beatles | ||||
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| Released | 27 November 1967 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 24 November 1966 – 7 November 1967, Abbey Road Studios and Olympic Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Pop | |||
| Length | 36:49 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
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| Singles from Magical Mystery Tour | ||||
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| Alternate cover | ||||
 1971 German MMT LP with every track in true stereo |
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| EP (Double EP) by The Beatles | |
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| Released | 8 December 1967 (UK) |
| Recorded | 25 April – 7 November 1967, Abbey Road Studios and Olympic Studios, London |
| Length | 19:08 |
| Label | Parlophone |
| Producer | George Martin |
