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Magical Mystery Tours

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AuthorsTony Bramwell with Rosemary Kingsland
Original titleMagical Mystery Tours: My Life with the Beatles
LanguageEnglish
PublishedSt. Martin's Griffin
Pages448
ISBN0312330448

Magical Mystery Tours: My Life with the Beatles is a book about the Beatles that was co-authored by Tony Bramwell (1946–2024), childhood friend of the group and Apple Corps director,[1] and Rosemary Kingsland. It was published by St. Martin's Griffin in 2006.

Reception

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Critical reception has been positive.[2] Entertainment Weekly praised the work, writing "Though it doesn’t drop any bombshells, Tours is a tour de force of amusing details (like the suitcase of baked beans a curry-shy Starr took with him when the Beatles jetted to India in 1968 to sit at the Maharishi's feet)."[3] The Birmingham Post also rated the book favorably, stating "This is more that just another biography about the Beatles. It's a memoir of childhood in the post-war North and a great social commentary, as it chronicles the birth of pop culture, from Liverpool in the 1950s, London in the Swinging 1960s to the New York/L.A. scenes of today."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Black, Johnny (2 December 2021). "The real story of The Beatles' Let It Be sessions, told by those who were there". loudersound.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  2. ^ Hill, Harry (6 November 2012). "Harry Hill on five of the best books about The Beatles". Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  3. ^ "Magical Mystery Tours (review)". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ^ Wurzal, Laura (August 20, 2005). "Weekend: BOOKS: Magical Mystery Tour Back to the Beginning". The Birmingham Post. Retrieved 12 June 2015.