'It's your fault!': Paul McCartney blames Bruce Springsteen for epic-length concerts His joy for music is infectious and for that, we thank him. And anyone who witnessed his recent Got Back tour knows that he also still clearly revels in playing 30-plus nuggets from his catalog at every show, grinning through “Live and Let Die,” storytelling before “Blackbird,” giddily leading the singalong on “Hey Jude.” McCartney isn’t just a prolific songwriter he’s an astoundingly consistent phenomenal songwriter. Let’s just say that if the man lived to 200 and people attempted to classify that number of compositions, they would still have an unwieldy task. Of course he’s got many of the Made in Great Britain variations (he owns around 15 different versions of these in Mono and in Stereo), but we asked him to show us some of the more unusual examples.That Paul McCartney is a musical genius is indisputable.īut just how gifted he is as a musician and songwriter might not truly become evident until you accept the ludicrous task of ranking 81 of his best songs in honor of his 81st birthday on Sunday. What about some of the gems, some of the rarities from just the MMT EP part of his vast collection?Īs already mentioned Simon has over 60 copies of this release from different countries. Today I also hold not for profit exhibitions of my collection to help charities, such as for children with cancer. It’s being restored in the UK and hopefully will be used world wide in aid of different cancer charities. I have only ever looked at the entire film once in one go! But I’ve spent hundreds of hours going frame by frame through DVDs and outtakes looking for tiny details on the famous MMT bus as I bought an original Bedford VAL Plaxton Panorama (the exact same model as the MMT bus) from Liverpool. So, I have been collecting MMT for the past 40 years and nothing else from The Beatles. I do not sell anything from my collection.Īny doubles are swapped for other MMT items that I don’t have yet in my collection. I am always looking for items that I don’t have yet from MMT. In the early 2000s I left the VW hobby and decided to concentrate entirely on my MMT hobby instead – and to try to put my collection to good use. In the meantime my BeatlesMMT collection was growing. The proceeds were donated to a hospital ward in Hanover in Germany to aid children with cancer. This led to buying an LP, then an EP, and a cassette.….ĭuring this time we were also both very much into Volkswagen Beetles and in 1996 I organized what was to become the largest, most well-known vintage VW show of its kind. So one day we went to a video store and bought a video tape. Of course the subject of me being involved in the MMT film came up and my wife asked if we could see the film on video. I then met my wife in 1982 and she just happened to be a Beatles fan. I said to myself if possible I will try to do something in my life to give aid to children with cancer. Because the ward where I should have been sent for recovery was being repainted I was instead operated on and put in a ward for children who were terminally ill with cancer. That year I had to have surgery on both knees. ![]() ![]() However, my story actually took off in 1978. We were in the “Tug of War” and “The Marathon” scenes, and also in “Your Mother Should Know” in the hanger at the RAF West Malling Airfield Base, in Kent, England. The reason for me collecting Magical Mystery Tour items is because as children in 1967 my sister and I took part in the film as extras. ![]() Two is could he send some images of a couple of the more interesting EP versions he has of MMT from around the world?įor the first question here is his answer: One is why did the Magical Mystery Tour become Simon’s main thing, the one he must have more and more copies of? And that’s not to mention the piles of MMT VHS movie tapes, 4-Track and 8-Track recordings, PlayTapes, DVDs, and CDs….He also has Betamax video tapes of the movie, and Reel-to-Reel music rarities. He owns over 60 MMT EP records from different countries around the world, as well as around 150 different versions from the MMT LP. ![]() Simon has what he believes to be one of the world’s most extensive if not the largest collections of Magical Mystery Tour items (hereafter referred to simply as MMT). They are laid out on the floor and to reproduce them here it is going to take two photographs to show you: That’s what happened to one of our readers named Simon.Ī few weeks ago Simon sent us a photograph of the cassette variations he owns of one particular album – Magical Mystery Tour. Sometimes though a collector will get fixated on one particular thing. Most collectors of Beatles (and solo) records, CDs, books, magazines and the like will have a broad cross-section of albums and items, ranging from the earliest Please Please Me LP in 1963, right up to the latest Paul McCartney coloured vinyl variation.
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