The Beatles's Magical Mystery Tour was released 50 years ago today. Revisit the album that's quietly one of the most rewarding listens in the band's career: http://p4k.in/dLug9nB | Pitchfork

On this day in 1967, The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film debuts on BBC-TV. Much of Magical Mystery Tour was shot in and around RAF West Malling, a decommissioned military airfield in Kent, and the script was largely improvised. Shooting proceeded on the basis of a mostly handwritten collection of ideas, sketches and situations. The film is interspersed with musical interludes, which include the Beatles performing "I Am the Walrus" wearing animal masks and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performing