Culture Factory's track record for remastering is not great, but their packaging is exquisite, and in this case definitely warranted its own separate thread. It looks beautiful. Fingers crossed for decent sound, too ...

Description
This 1976 major studio film presents documentary WWII footage to the accompaniment of Beatles songs. The soundtrack album features many star singers such as Peter Gabriel, Rod Stewart, Bryan Ferry, Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Elton John, David Essex and Leo Sayer.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Ambrosia - Magical Mystery Tour
2. Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
3. The Bee Gees - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
4. Leo Sayer - I Am The Walrus
5. Bryan Ferry - She's Leaving Home
6. Roy Wood - Lovely Rita
7. Keith Moon - When I'm Sixty-Four
8. Rod Stewart - Get Back
9. Leo Sayer - Let It Be
10. David Essex - Yesterday
11. Jeff Lynne - With A Little Help From My Friends/Nowhere Man
12. Lynsey De Paul - Because
13. The Bee Gees - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Richard Cocciante - Michelle

[CD2]
1. The Four Seasons - We Can Work It Out
2. Helen Reddy - The Fool On The Hill
3. Frankie Laine - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
4. Brothers Johnson - Hey Jude
5. Roy Wood - Polythene Pam
6. The Bee Gees - Sun King
7. Status Quo - Getting Better
8. Leo Sayer - The Long And Winding Road
9. Henry Gross - Help!
10. Peter Gabriel - Strawberry Fields Forever

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PMCZ0H4/?tag=imwan-20

I'll have to take a look at the one I have on my shelf in my den. I have the vinyl and have a soft spot for this album.

I've been meaning to get this on CD for years to complete my solo Keith Moon collection. But I never gave any thought to the concept until now: "Documentary WWII footage to the accompaniment of Beatles songs" Somebody must have laid out some serious dough to just for the music in this thing--but why???

Anyway, I found the movie on Youtube, and I can tell you right now that I doubt I will ever watch all 82 minutes of this.

I saw the movie at college back in the late 70s when it was shown by one of the on-campus film groups. I remember not being impressed, but it was a looooong time ago.

Of course the key to movies like this and others of its ilk back in the college days (like Rocky Horror) is you needed to be chemically altered to really enjoy. I remember seeing Rocky pretty messed up and it remains one of my favorite moments at the movies ever. Oh what a night!

Pulled out my Hip-O-Select Limited Edition (yes it's says that on the outer box) and I've got to say they did a great job with the packaging and you get a patch with the WWII logo! The booklet is also awesome, very detailed.

So im not sure why one would need this new one unless you didn't buy it back then.

This looks to be a reissue of the Hip-O Select version.

I wonder if it will have the patch, a very cool addition to the Hip-O-Select?

I used to see this lp box in the cut-out bins all the time back in the day. Just sayin'.......

My LP copy that I still have was bought as a used record in its day probably in Flushing NY. I doubt, despite its very nice packaging, a very big seller. Still I do like some of the songs on there.

I just ordered the CD. I missed it when it was out from Hip-O Select, but enjoyed it on vinyl.

Very interested because I recall when the album/movie came out, yet I have neither seen nor heard any of it.
Will wait for sound quality reviews first

Elton's cover of "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" was a #1 hit, but a full two years before it was included on the soundtrack.

Ambrosia's "Magical Mystery Tour" was a single and peaked at #39 on the Hot 100.

My copy has arrived. Nicely packaged with a mini LP replication of the album and a separate booklet for lyrics. The CDs are black to appear like records. I could not find any mastering information in the packaging whatsoever other than the original mastering credit for Alan Zentz. On the fake obi on the outside, it purports to be an "audiophile recording" "mastered in high definition 96kHz/24-bit". I never ordered the Hip-O Select version so no idea how it compares to that one.

No patch- just a replica of the T-shirt order form inside the mini LP.

How is the sound quality/mastering on this new issue? Looks like it might have been updated, but how does it sound? Thanks!

The sound quality is quite good btw(you can definitely tell that they put some work into the remastering)

Nice! Thanks for the post

I'd never heard this before, only its reputation. Glad I took a chance. I think it's great.

The movie itself has been retitled The Beatles And World War II for the home video market, and is coming out as an import DVD (NTSC Region 0): viewtopic.php?f=42&t=97388

I bought this recently, mainly for Peter Gabriel's version of Strawberry Fields, which I had on a vinyl-sourced "gray-area" CD. Went through the entire album once, not much else that grabbed me; will give it another listen soon. Never saw the Hip-O version.

for any interested audiophiles: i think the hip-o-select version of this sounds terrific.
and on an artistic level: although some of the renditions are questionable at best, at least (mostly) they're not carbon-copies like the Art of McCartney set.

oh... and the hip-o-select packaging is replete with some die-cut liner notes - very nice.

The Hip-O Select version is very expensive now:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B019GR85IQ/?tag=imwan-20