The inclusion of the 1967 singles on CD with this album meant both that the Magical Mystery Tour CD would be of comparable length to the band's other album CDs, and that those three singles would not need to be included on Past Masters, a two-volume compilation designed to accompany the initial CD album releases and provide all non-album tracks (mostly singles) on CD format. When standardising The Beatles' releases for the worldwide Compact Disc release in 1987, the LP version of Magical Mystery Tour (in true-stereo) was included with the otherwise British album line-up. Note that on all stereo releases of both packages, 'I Am the Walrus' is in true-stereo only part way through, after which the sound becomes fake-stereo. Template:Sfn The first side of the LP was the film soundtrack (like earlier British Beatles soundtrack albums), and the second side was a collection of A-side and B-sides released in 1967, with the songs 'Penny Lane', 'Baby, You're a Rich Man' and 'All You Need Is Love' presented in duophonic, fake 'processed' stereo, sound. In the US, EPs were not popular at the time so (and against The Beatles' wishes) Capitol Records decided to release the soundtrack as an LP by adding some recent non-album singles. Template:Sfn The package was released in the UK on 8 December, in time for the Christmas market. Template:Sfn Of the package, Bob Neaverson wrote 'While it certainly solved the song quota problem, one suspects that it was also partly born of The Beatles' pioneering desire to experiment with conventional formats and packaging'. The solution chosen was to issue an innovative format of two EP's packaged in a gatefold sleeve with a 28-page booklet containing the lyrics and colour pictures. Template:Sfn One idea considered was to issue an EP which played at 33 ⅓ rpm but this would have caused a loss of fidelity that was deemed unacceptable. The number of songs used in the film posed a problem for The Beatles and their UK record company EMI, as there were too few for an LP album but too many for an EP. The soundtrack was a critical and commercial success, a #1 album in the US and Grammy-nominated, despite the relative critical and commercial failure of the Magical Mystery Tour film. The album was remastered 9 September 2009 for the first time since its CD release. The US LP was later adopted as the official version of the record when The Beatles' catalogue was updated for the 1980s digital Compact Disc releases. The record format released in the United Kingdom on 8 December 1967, was a six-track double EP on the Parlophone label, whilst in the United States the record, released 11 days earlier, on 27 November 1967, was an eleven-track LP created by Capitol Records, adding the band's 1967 single releases. Magical Mystery Tour is an double EP by The Beatles, produced by George Martin, both including the six-song soundtrack to the 1967 film of the same name. 25 April – 7 November 1967, EMI and Olympic Studios, London

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