MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR [DVD]

Ok - the plot is a tad wacky reflective of how the film originated and the boys were not film makers, but it was the psychedelic era, colourful, and the rules were being challenged.My advice is do not expect to see a movie in the format of A Hard Day’s Night or Help but view as an opportunity to see performances of some great songs especially the I am the Walrus - that alone makes the purchase worthwhile.

I am in the process of converting all my Elvis, Beatles, JFK, Peter Kay etc DVD’s to MP4, but this MMT disc was showing a fault and wouldn’t convert, so needed to replace it, so from new, it’s now on my PC as an MP4 and will go into my archives along with all my others, no more DVD players, recorders and wires all over, plug USB drive into the smart TV and play what you like.

I always regarded Magical Mystery Tour (MMT) as a stop-gap between Pepper and the White Album. Yes, it was a TV movie shown over Christmas 1967 on the BBC (then in black & white), but many thought it was aimed at kids - what had happened to the serious rockers from Sgt. Pepper's Band? Even though they didn't screen the movie, the Americans subsequently compiled the soundtrack with singles (Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane plus B-sides) that hadn't previously appeared on an LP, and it is now officially part of The Beatles canon of albums. For many in the UK, MMT was forgotten by the time the White Album was released.So why afford MMT a gorgeous boxset when you could buy the movie on stand-alone DVD/Blu-Ray discs? I think that Apple saw it as a low-key method of testing the market for marketing the band's music in a new way: presenting it in a deluxe format which placed their legacy in a new historical context. Look at how that approach has been perfected in the subsequent Pepper/White Album Deluxe boxsets - it all started here with the MMT deluxe boxset.All the ingredients are here: it's packaged in a beautiful 10" x 10" robust glossy outer box, containing a DVD and Blu-Ray of the restored movie (remastered by Giles Martin in 5.1 surround sound and PCM stereo), with lots of extras; well-written essays in a nicely-produced glossy soft-back book; plus (for me the real jewel in this set) a beautiful facsimile of the unique MMT 'double EP' soundtrack.EPs (Extended Play) were a popular format in the early to mid 60s, that usually carried 3 tracks on a vinyl disc which was the same size as a single. But around 1967-8 the record buying public started buying LPs in sufficient numbers to make EPs economically unviable - so the MMT EP not only represents the last gasp of the format, but it is uniquely a double EP - another first by The Beatles. Of course, it helps if you have a record player - but even if don't, it's a rather splendid artefact to own.The book is nicely produced, and doesn't duck the fact that the film was reviled by most the the critics of the time. It even includes extracts from the 1968 BBC audience survey, which were mostly negative in their assessment of the movie.In truth, the film (lovingly restored in stunning clarity) remains a strange but fascinating blind alley for the group, trying to keep busy after the death of their manager, Brian Epstein. But, as Paul McCartney has stoically maintained during the intervening decades, it's the only opportunity you'll ever get to see John Lennon singing the majestic 'I Am the Walrus'. And damn it, he's right.All of which means that I'm rather glad I grabbed a copy at this late hour - it now sits proudly between my Pepper and White Album Deluxe boxsets. Maybe it wasn't such a stop-gap after all...

good film with great music

Back in 67 anything seemed possible with The Beatles they started the year with possibly the greatest double a side ever Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane, a live worldwide broadcast with All You need Is Love and sandwiched in between an album that blew everyone away and which is still reguarded as 1 of the most defining moments of the rock era Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band so why not make their own film the world was after all their oyster, what followed has divided opinion ever since at the time the press hated it most adults its fair to say were baffled by it even fans were divided but the 1 thing they cant be knocked for was the music on offer, maybe Blue Jay Way isnt Georges finest moment as a Beatle but the eerie feel of the organ and his vocal makes it intresting enough, Flying is a little gem and the bit of film that accompanys it needs to be seen in glorios colour cos dont forget back then the majority of the UK had black and white tellies, Pauls 3 contibutions are amazing, the title track remains 1 of my fave Beatle tunes the mellancholly Fool On The Hill with the brilliant flutes in the background is a great little tune and the music hall tinged Your Mother Should Know is typical McCartney very very catchy in fact that scene with the dancers could be 1 of the highlights in the film, as for Johns contribution so much has been written about I Am The Walrus its the song that blew me away when i first heard it as an 8 year old over 35 years ago and it still has an affect on me now its safe to say that it will always be my number 1 fave song the scene of it in the film is well worth the purchase in its own right, if youre lookin for a storyline move on, if youre lookin for 4 legends experimenting with film and throwing in some great songs then pull up a chair this may just be what youre looking for.

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