Title:	Blue Jay Way
Credits:	George Harrison
Recorded:	EMI Studios, London, 6 September 1967
Producer:	George Martin
Engineer:	Geoff Emerick
Location:	Magical Mystery Tour - track 4

Written by George in August 1967 while staying in a rented house on Blue Jay Way, Los Angeles, and waiting for his fog-delayed friend Derek Taylor to arrive for a visit. The recording makes liberal use of the Beatles' 1966 and 1967 studio tricks like backwards tapes and artificial double tracking, and it also includes a cello overdub.

Song recording information:

The Beatles began recording 'Blue Jay Way' on September 6, 1967 for the double EP "Magical Mystery Tour." One take of the rhythm track was taped, including Hammond organ. A tape reduction (take one into take two) was made on September 7, overdubs were added and another tape reduction was made (take 2 into take 3). More overdubs were added, including backing vocals sung by George Harrison and occasionally John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Cello and tambourine overdubs were also added October 6.

Mono mixing was started October 12 with eight mixes (2 - 9) from take 3. Mixes six and nine were edited together, but nine new mono mixes (20 - 28) were prepared November 7. The released version was an edited version of mix 27. Stereo mixing was also done November 7. Five stereo mixes were prepared (1 - 2 and 10 -12) of take three. The released version was an edited version of mix 12. This song is found in reprocessed stereo on the Spanish LP "Por Siempre Beatles."

An alternate mono mix of this song has been bootlegged and can be found on the LP "Acetates."

Title:	Fool On The Hill - Demo
Credits:	John Lennon - Paul McCartney
Recorded:	EMI Studios, London, 6 September 1967
Producer:	George Martin
Engineer:	Geoff Emerick
Locations:	Anthology 2 - disc 2, track 15

Three weeks before he recorded it for disc release on Magical Mystery Tour, Paul taped a piano/vocal demo of his latest song. Taking as long to achieve as it sounds - less than three minutes - he sat at the studio piano, playing and singing live. The result is far from the sound of the final master (indeed Paul hadn't yet finished out a full lyric) but it has a charm of its own and a nicely set-up ending.

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