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Title: Roll up for the Mystery Tour
Review: This is the soundtrack to the Beatles much reviled television movie. Actually, the first side of the album featured all the songs from the film. The second side contained the a and b sides of all the singles the Beatles released in 1967 (other than "I am the Walrus", which was on the first side of the album). There are a lot of great songs here, of course, but the album doesn't hold up that well as a cohesive unit. It feels more like a collection of songs than an actual album. Of course, you can't complain too much when you get great songs like "I am the Walrus", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Penny Lane" and "All You Need is Love". The one track I will criticize is "Flying". I hope my fellow Beatlemaniacs will forgive me, but I have to say that this is one of the boringest instrumentals ever recorded. Regardless of that, this album is still well worth purchasing.
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