“Magical Mystery Tour” song
(Lennon/McCartney), 1967.
John 1972: “Paul wrote it. I helped with some of the lyric.”
John 1980: “Paul’s song. Maybe I did part of it, but it was his concept.”
Paul circa-1994: “‘Magical Mystery Tour’ was co-written by John and I, very much in our fairground period. One of our great inspirations was always the barker: ‘Roll up! Roll up!’ The promise of something– the newspaper ad that says ‘guaranteed not to crack,’ the ‘high class’ butcher, ‘satisfaction guaranteed’ from Sgt. Pepper… You’ll find that pervades alot of my songs. If you look at all the Lennon/McCartney things, it’s a thing we do alot.”
Enjoy Paul on lead and harmony Vocals, piano (Hamburg Steinway Baby Grand), bass guitar (1964 Rickenbacker 4001 S), percussion.
John on rhythm guitar (1964 Gibson J-160E), harmony vocals, percussion.
George on lead guitar (1961 Sonic Blue Stratocaster), harmony vocals, percussion
Ringo on drums (1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl), percussion
Mal Evans and Neil Aspinall on percussion.
David Mason, Elgar Howarth, Roy Copestake
John Wilbraham on trumpet.
