The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine is the latest
installment in the Beatles Album Series by Beatles historian Bruce
Spizer. The book covers the songs and projects undertaken by the Beatles
shortly after completion of their album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts
Club Band in April 1967. In following ten months, the group wrote and
recorded the song "All You Need Is Love" for the Our World TV program
that was broadcast by satellite throughout the world, wrote the songs
for and filmed the TV spectacular Magical Mystery Tour, wrote the
songs for their feature length cartoon film Yellow Submarine, and
recorded the songs "Lady Madonna" and "Across The Universe" before
heading to India to study transcendental meditation in mid-February
1968. The book covers these remarkable achievements from the British,
American, and Canadian perspectives, and includes chapters on the
packaging of the albums and the writing and recording of the songs. It
also has chapters on how the Beatles influenced our world, the friendly
rivalry between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, the Beatles Saturday
morning cartoons, dozens of fan recollections, and more. The book has
over 150 images.