Release History
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalogue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 November 1967 | Capitol | mono LP | MAL 2835 | |
| stereo LP† | SMAL 2835 | ||||
| United Kingdom | 8 December 1967 | Parlophone | mono double EP | MMT 1-2 | 6-track soundtrack only |
| stereo double EP | SMMT 1-2 | ||||
| New Zealand | 1970 | World Record Club/Apple | stereo LP* | SLZ 8308 / PCSM 6084 | With different cover artwork and titled Magical Mystery Tour and Other Splendid Hits(3 label variations known to exist).EMI(NZ) released this LP on the Apple label cat. no. PCSM 6084 The last 4 songs are in mono. |
| Germany | 1971 | Hor Zu/Apple | stereo LP | SHZE 327 | With different cover artwork. The first issue with all tracks in true-stereo |
| United Kingdom | 1973 | EMI | stereo cassette | TC-PCS 3077 | Titled Magical Mystery Tour & other titles |
| United Kingdom | 19 November 1976 | Apple, Parlophone | stereo LP† | PCTC 255 | |
| Worldwide | 21 September 1987 | Apple, Parlophone, EMI | stereo Compact Disc | CDP 7 48062 2 | |
| United States | 1988 | Capitol | stereo LP | C1-48061 | |
| United Kingdom | 15 June 1992 | Parlophone | stereo CD‡ | CDMAG 1 | 6-track soundtrack only |
| Japan | 11 March 1998 | Toshiba-EMI | CD | TOCP 51124 | |
| Japan | 21 January 2004 | Toshiba-EMI | LP | TOJP 60144 | Remastered |
| Worldwide | 9 September 2009 | Apple, Parlophone | mono CD‡ | Remastered | |
| stereo CD | 0946 3 82465 2 7 |
In 1969 and 1971, the previously unavailable true-stereo mixes were created that allowed the first true-stereo version of the LP to be issued (in Germany in 1971).
Due to public demand for the LP in the UK—as an American import, it had peaked on the British album charts at number 31 in January 1968—in 1976, EMI released it in the UK but reusing the Capitol masters with the fake-stereo.
When standardising The Beatles' releases for the worldwide Compact Disc release in 1987, the US LP version of Magical Mystery Tour (in true-stereo) was included with the otherwise British album line-up.
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 CDs of its original albums, 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.
The album (along with The Beatles' entire UK studio album catalogue) was remastered and reissued on CD in 2009. Acknowledging the album's conception and first release, the CD incorporates the original Capitol LP label design. The remastered CD features a mini-documentary about the album. Initial copies of the album accidentally list the mini-documentary to be one made for Let It Be.
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