After the death of their manager, Brian Epstein, the Beatles more or less lacked any real sense of direction. Paul proposed making a short movie of the group on an improvised tour of the British countryside. So they rented a bus, took along some actors, friends and assorted hangers-on, and began filming whatever randomly happened without using a real script. The album based on that concept (plus singles issued in the States that year, to fill out the US LP) was released in America on this date in 1967. That album was quite good, but the English critics slammed the film to where it wasn't formally shown over here for quite some time, calling it unfocused and self-indulgent. Clip is Paul performing the title track at a 1993 concert in Charlotte, NC.
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