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MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR | ||||
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TRACK LISTING
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DISC 1
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SIDE 1 | Magical Mystery Tour
(Lennon-McCartney) Your Mother Should Know (Lennon-McCartney) |
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| SIDE 2 | I Am The Walrus (Lennon-McCartney) | ||||
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DISC 2
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SIDE 3 | The Fool On The Hill
(Lennon-McCartney) Flying (Harrison-Lennon-McCartney-Starkey) |
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| SIDE 4 | Blue Jay Way (Harrison) | ||||
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RELEASE DATE
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1968? / Third Press? (First
Press: 4th December 1967) |
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Catalog No. "SMO 39501/2 (German catalog number)" was printed at the upper corner of the back cover. |  |
At the inner pocket, the old Apple mark, which looks like a drawing, and the word "Apple Presents" was printed. | ||
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There are two covers from Germany: one
showing, on the inner right pocket, the address of the UK. Beatles
Fan Club, deleted in the other version. |
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The printer name "ELECTROLA GESELLSCHAFT M.B.H. KOLN" was printed on the picture sleeve. | ||||
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Black Parlophon label with spherical logo
at the right side of the center hole. |
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"PARLOPHON" logomark and "MADE IN ITALY"
were printed at the center of the label. |
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"Lunga durata / Microsolco 45giri alminuto" means "Long duration / Microgroove 45 rpm" |
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The credit "In Songs and Music from the
T.V. Film <MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR>" was printed on the
label. |
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The Dischi Parlophon logo combines a
gramophone symbol and a ￡ in a circle and "MARCA DI FABBRICA
(means "Trade Mark") was printed at the right side of the
label. |
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"BIEM" logo in a box was printed on
each sides of the label. |
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OTHER ITEM part 1:
24 page color booklet
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A 24 pages full color book packed with exclusive pictures, a strip cartoon of the original story. | |
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A 24 page book, plus
a sheet of lyrics, was stapled into the middle. The lyric
sheet was on light blue paper. |
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"(C) All
lyrics copyright 1967 for the world by Northern Songs Ltd.
England" was printed at the bottom of the lyric sheet. |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | QASE 0100/0101 | ||||
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RECORD LABEL
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Black Parlophon label |
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MIX
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MONO | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | 7XCE-18435-T1 -
4-12-67 |
MOTHER & STAMPER |
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7XCE-18434-T2 - 20-11-67 | - |
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7XCE-18436-T1 - 4-12-67 | - |
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7XCE-18437-T1 - 4-12-67 | - |
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VINYL COLOR
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BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | Sleeve: ELECTROLA GESELLSCHAFT M. B.
H. KÖLN Label: PARLOPHON |
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CENTRAL REMARK
"SOLD IN U.K..." |
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PUBLISHER'S NAME
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SIDE 1 | - | |||
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PRODUCER
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George Martin | ||||
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PRINTER CREDIT
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Made & Printed in Germany /
ELECTROLA GESELLSCHAFT M. B. H. KÖLN |
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COVER DESIGN/
PHOTO/ NOTES
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The package came with a gatefold
sleeve and a 28-page book, including 4 page lyrics. Photo: John Kelly / Drawing: Bob Gibson / Notes: Tony Barrow |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white sleeve Tub cut at top. Glued right and bottom. |
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COMMENTS
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In Italy, the "Magical
Mystery Tour" soundtrack was released as a special double
E.P. package, too. This is the only commercial Beatles EP issued in Italy (DECIMBER 4, 1967). Three different covers can be found for this double EP set:
It is not clear which cover came first. A hypothesis states that the Italian cover was the first issue and that the German covers were imported by EMI in the following months. In fact, if we think that this EP was on sale at the end of December we can assume that, by February/March 1968 the stocks were running out. And, although the official Carisch contract ended on August 15, we know that in March EMI Italiana was already involved in Beatles record manufacturing. So it is reasonable to think that as soon as the Carisch stocks were sold out, EMI preferred to import the German sleeves (as was done later for the White Album cover and Let it Be box) than to print them. Incidentally, Germany was a common cover supplier for other European countries since we can find German covers for French and Spanish Beatles MMT' EP and Apple LPs. The two MMT records were generally housed in the Parlophon company sleeves or in a thick, transparent paper bag. A 24 page book, plus a sheet of lyrics, was stapled into the middle. The lyric sheet was on light blue paper. At the inner pocket, the old Apple mark, which looks like a drawing, and the word "Apple Presents" was printed. BIEM: The Bureau International de l'Edition Mécanique (BIEM), also known as Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mécanique, is an organisation coordinating statutory licence agreements among different countries. It administers mechanical rights, ensuring payment of royalties to the creators of musical, literary and dramatic work), which may be reproduced on a CD or DVD, or through digital means, such as downloads from the Internet. The members of mechanical rights societies are composers, authors and publishers. |
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