An
instrumental recording by
The Beatles featured in the film and issued on the
EP set and album of
Magical Mystery Tour.
The Beatles considered they needed some instrumental background music to their film and began recording their first instrumental numver since 'Cry For A Shadow', which they'd recorded in Hamburg for Polydor in 1961.
When they first began recording the number at Abbey Road Studios it went under the title 'Aerial Tour Instrumental'. All four members of the group contributed to the composition, which was credited to Harrison/Lennon/McCartney/Starkey.
The original recording was a lengthy nine minutes and thirty-one second long; it was edited down to a more reasonable length of two minutes and fourteen seconds.