THE BEATLES Magical Mystery Tour Vinyl Record LP Japanese Apple 1976 Country Flag Series EAS-80569

The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
(Japanese Pressing with Green Apple Label. Housed in Gatefold Picture Sleeve, complete with booklet, foldout lyric insert and die-cut black inner sleeve. Toshiba/EMI Japan issued this release as part of Japan's "Country Flag" series)

Format: Vinyl Record - LP Album (33 rpm)
Country: Japanese
Year: 1976
Label: Apple
Catalogue No. EAS-80569

Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, stamped): SMAL-X-1-2835 1S2 123〄 6-YZ
Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, stamped): SMAL-X-2-2835 2S4 2 〄

Condition: VG/EX (Sleeve, insert and vinyl are all in excellent clean condition. The booklet has been taped back into sleeve where it had previously become detached. The OBI strip is missing)

Track Listing:
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. The Fool On The Hill
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Hello Goodbye
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane
10. Baby You're A Rich Man
11. All You Need Is Love

Offered here is a scarce 1976 Japanese stereo vinyl edition of Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles, presenting a fantastic opportunity for collectors to acquire a unique Far East pressing. Released under the Apple Records label (Catalogue No. EAS-80569) with the traditional green apple design, this specific mid-seventies variant was manufactured by Toshiba-EMI as part of the highly acclaimed and collectible Japanese Country Flag series reissue run. Please note that this copy is offered without its original paper OBI strip.

This landmark release serves as a full-length compilation album, expertly bridging the band's psychedelic television soundtrack tracks with their contemporary late-sixties singles. The interior gatefold artwork showcases the classic thematic headings, with the left side displaying the vintage promotional tagline "Apple Presents The Beatles In Songs And Music From A Color Television Film Called "Magical Mystery Tour"" and additionally, the text "... Plus These Other Selections". For physical validation, the runout matrices feature the stamped Japanese manufacturing symbols alongside the identifiers SMAL-X-1-2835 1S2 123 on Side A and SMAL-X-2-2835 2S4 2 on Side B.

Our grading evaluates the complete package at a Very Good/Excellent (VG/EX) condition standard. The gatefold picture sleeve is clean and tidy, complete with its loose, foldout Japanese lyric sheet insert and the authentic black paper inner sleeve unique to this earliest 1976 batch. Please note that the integral 24-page booklet has been neatly taped back into the spine area where it had previously become detached from the jacket. The vinyl disc itself remains in excellent clean condition, retaining a brilliant mirror-like lustre that guarantees a high-fidelity audio experience for historic tracks such as "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Penny Lane", and "I Am The Walrus".