Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's The success of the first Beatles half-speed master eventually brought a second and third. Capitol's Magical Mystery Tour was an interesting choice for the next release. With catalog number 1-047 and released in February of 1981, Magical Mystery Tour also proved to be a rapid seller for MFSL, who by now were doing a terrific business with most of their albums. To my ears, MMT seems to fare a bit better than AR, perhaps indicating that Mobile Fidelity was improving their process. However, since they were still using sub-masters obtained from Capitol, the last three songs on the album are in rechanneled stereo -- as they were on the US LP. Later that year, MFSL began to release Chromium Dioxide ("type II") cassettes, and for that release (C-047) true stereo copies of the three songs were obtained from German Odeon. Therefore, "Penny Lane" and "Baby, You're a Rich Man" saw their first true stereo release in the United States on the MFSL cassette. The cassette was popular, too, and was eventually reissued with a new cover design. Side 1. 1. Magical Mystery Tour 2. Fool on the Hill 3. Flying 4. Blue Jay Way 5. Your Mother Should Know 6. I Am the Walrus Side 2. 7. Hello Goodbye 8. Strawberry Fields Forever 9. Penny Lane 10. Baby You're a Rich Man 11. All You Need Is Love
