Magical Mystery
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{{Infobox album
| name = Magical Mystery
| type = Studio
| artist = Bud Shank
| cover = Magical_Mystery.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1968
| recorded = November 3 & 8, 1967
| venue =
| studio = Los Angeles, California
| genre = Jazz
| length = 34:53
| label = World Pacific
WP 1873
| producer = Richard Bock
| chronology = Bud Shank
| prev_title = Bud Shank Plays Music from Today's Movies
| prev_year = 1967
| next_title = Windmills of Your Mind
| next_year = 1969
}}
Magical Mystery is an album by the saxophonist Bud Shank recorded in 1967 for the World Pacific label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/pacific-jazz-records/catalog-1800-21800-21900-series/#wp-1873 Pacific Jazz Records Catalog: 1800/21800/21900 series]. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- Edwards, D., Eyrie, P. and Callahan, M. [http://www.bsnpubs.com/la/worldpacific/worldpacific.html World Pacific Album Discography]. Retrieved January 28, 2016. The original album included one side interpreting Beatles' songs from the Magical Mystery Tour U.S. album and the other with contemporary pop hits.
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
}}
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.{{AllMusic|class=album |id=mw0000913829 |title=Magical Mystery – Review |accessdate=January 28, 2016}}
Track listing
- "Blue Jay Way" (George Harrison) - 3:33
- "I Am the Walrus" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:54
- "The Fool on the Hill" (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:41
- "Flying" (Harrison, Lennon, McCartney, Richard Starkey) - 4:01
- "Hello Goodbye" (Lennon, McCartney) - 3:23
- "Your Mother Should Know" (Lennon, McCartney) - 2:47
- "Paper Cup" (Jimmy Webb) - 3:00
- "Windy" (Ruthann Friedman) - 2:54
- "Never My Love" (Don Addrisi, Richard Addrisi) - 2:56
- "I Wanna Be Free" (Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) - 2:19
- "I Say a Little Prayer" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:25
Personnel
- Bud Shank – alto saxophone, flute
- Chet Baker – flugelhorn
- Gary Barone – flugelhorn
- Dennis Budimir – guitar
- Herb Ellis – guitar
- Robert West – double bass
- John Guerin – drums
- Victor Feldman – percussion