Yellow Submarine

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Yellow Submarine (disambiguation) .

Yellow Submarine
Studio album by The Beatles / George Martin
Publication (s)	January 13, 1969 ( US ) , January 17, 1969 ( UK ) , January 21, 1969 ( D )
Label (s)	Apple Records / EMI / Universal Music Group
Format (s)	LP , CD , MC , download
Genre (s)	Rock , psychedelic rock
Title (number)	13
running time	40 min 12 s
occupation	John Lennon : rhythm guitar , acoustic guitar , piano , ukulele , banjo , harpsichord , harmonica , vocals Paul McCartney : bass , acoustic guitar, vocals George Harrison : lead guitar , tambourine , organ , violin , Hammond organ , vocals Ringo Starr : drums , tambourine, maracas , vocals
production	George Martin
Studio (s)	Abbey Road Studios , De Lane Lea Studios
chronology The BEATLES (1968) Yellow Submarine Abbey Road (1969)

Yellow Submarine ( English Yellow Submarine ) is the tenth studio album by the British group The Beatles , which was released on January 17, 1969 in Great Britain, it was their eleventh album , including the compilation album. In Germany the album was released on January 21, 1969, here it was their 14th album including the compilation albums. In the US it was released on January 13, 1969, here it was their 17th album. It contains the film music for the cartoon of the same name , which was published in July 1968 . At the same time Yellow Submarine also an album by George Martin because the second side of the album contains only orchestrated score by George Martin.

Emergence

Logo of the film

Olympic Studios in Barnes, London

The album Yellow Submarine is the soundtrack album for the commercially successful cartoon of the same name by the Beatles. It wasn't released until six months after it hit theaters as the Beatles set their priorities in completing and releasing the album The BEATLES . Another reason was that George Martin wanted to re-record the film music he used. The original score by George Martin was recorded at Olympic Sound Studios , the new recording with a 41-piece orchestra took place on October 22nd and 23rd, 1968 in Abbey Road Studios (Studio 1). The sound engineer Geoff Emerick finished the instrumentals. The instrumental soundtrack was pressed onto the second page of the album, so George Martin's orchestral recordings filled half of the album.

Entrance to The Beatles Story exhibition in Liverpool

Yellow Submarine - Sculpture in front of Liverpool Airport

The first side of the LP contains four previously unreleased pieces by the Beatles; the other two tracks Yellow Submarine (from the album Revolver , August 1966) and All You Need Is Love (single, July 1967) had already been released. The four "new" songs were partly older recordings, so Only a Northern Song was created while working on the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , the songs All Together Now and It's All Too Much were recorded for the soundtrack for recorded the film Magical Mystery Tour . Hey Bulldog was recorded in February 1968, making it the newest song on the album. Geoff Emerick mixed the songs in stereo on October 29, 1968 .

Paul McCartney said to the creation of the soundtrack: "I think if it is what Disney would become excessive and they When You Wish upon a Star wanted, I would have very much taken up, as they more into the Sgt. Pepper went direction, said we, they should take songs from us that have already been recorded [...] "

The film Yellow Submarine contains other songs that were not used for the soundtrack album, but were released on the album Yellow Submarine Songtrack in 1999 :

1. Eleanor Rigby
2. Love You To ( Harrison )
3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
4. Think for Yourself (Harrison)
5. Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. With a Little Help from My Friends
7. Baby you're a rich man
8. When I'm Sixty-Four
9. Nowhere Man

Parts of the songs from Within You Without You and A Day in the Life are also alluded to in the film.

Since buyers had to pay the full purchase price for a new Beatles album with four unreleased songs, Parlophone planned to release an EP in March 1969 with the following five songs:

page A Only a Northern Song Hey bulldog Across the universe

Side B All Together Now It's All Too Much

Across the Universe was recorded in February 1968 and was not part of the soundtrack. Since the EP was not realized, Across the Universe first appeared on December 12, 1969 on the benefit compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World .

Yellow Submarine was the second and last album by the Beatles after the compilation album A Collection of Beatles Oldies , which did not reach number one in the British charts up to and including 1970. In the US, the album reached number 2 in the charts, as first place was occupied by the album The BEATLES . In December 1991, the album went platinum in the US for one million copies sold. No single was released from the album in Great Britain and the USA, the single All Together Now / Hey Bulldog was not released in Germany until February 1972, but it did not make it into the charts.

The album Yellow Submarine was released in the UK in a mono and a stereo version. The mono version is only a down-mixed stereo version and not its own, separate mono version, although mono mixes of the six songs of the Beatles on page 1 existed at the time of publication. These mono mixes were released on September 9, 2009 on the album Mono Masters , which is part of The Beatles in Mono box. In the USA and Germany, the album was only distributed in stereo mix from its release date in 1969.

Cover design

The design of the album cover is based on the drawings by Heinz Edelmann . A similar design was also used for the cartoon movie posters . Under the album title Yellow Submarine , the phrase “Nothing Is Real” is listed on the British and German editions of the album, while the phrase is not on the cover of the US edition.

On the back of the British and German album there is a text by the Beatles' press secretary, Derek Taylor , as well as a review by Tony Palmer of the White Album . The American album contains a memoir by Dan Davis, a fictional member of the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , who fought the fight against the Blue Meanies with actual historical events ( Thomas Jefferson's drafting of the American Declaration of Independence , King John's signature under the Magna Charta ) compares.

Track list

page 1

No.	song	author	Lead vocals	length
01	Yellow Submarine	Lennon / McCartney	Rigid	2:40
02	Only a Northern Song	Harrison	Harrison	3:24
03	All Together Now	Lennon / McCartney	McCartney	2:11
04th	Hey bulldog	Lennon / McCartney	Lennon	3:11
05	It's All Too Much	Harrison	Harrison	6:25
06th	All you need is love	Lennon / McCartney	Lennon	3:51

Page 2

No.	song	author	Interpreter	length
07th	Pepperland	Martin	George Martin & his Orchestra	2:21
08th	Sea of ​​Time	Martin	George Martin & his Orchestra	3:00
09	Sea of ​​Holes	Martin	George Martin & his Orchestra	2:17
10	Sea of ​​Monsters	Martin	George Martin & his Orchestra	3:37
11	March of the Meanies	Martin	George Martin & his Orchestra	2:19
12	Pepperland Laid Waste	Martin	George Martin & his Orchestra	2:13
13	Yellow Submarine in Pepperland	Lennon / McCartney arr. Martin	George Martin & his Orchestra	2:16

The lengths of the songs are based on the 2009 CD version.

Re-releases

• In 1983 the album Yellow Submarine was released in Australia (catalog number: Parlophone PCSO 7070) pressed on yellow vinyl.
• On August 24, 1987, the album Yellow Submarine was first released as a CD exclusively in a stereo mix. The mastering was next George Martin from the sound engineer of the Abbey Road Studios monitored Mike Jarrett. The CD is accompanied by an eight-page illustrated booklet containing a review by Tony Palmer of the White Album .
• On September 9, 2009 the album was released remastered in a stereo mix on CD and as part of The Beatles Stereo Box Set . The CD, re-released in 2009, was remastered by Paul Hicks, Steve Rooke and Guy Massey. The fold-out CD cardboard cover was redesigned by Drew Lorimer. The CD also comes with a 20-page booklet that contains photos of the Beatles, the original 1969 cover texts for the British and US albums, information on the album by Kevin Howlett and Mike Heatley and information on the recordings by Allan Rouse and Contains Kevin Howlett. The CD contains documentation in QuickTime format, consisting of video clips and modified images from the studio sessions; Accompanied by played music tracks, outtakes or studio conversations from the album.
• The remastered stereo vinyl long-playing record was released in November 2012 with the The Beatles Remastered Vinyl Box Set .
• The album was first published in download format on November 16, 2010 on iTunes , and from December 24, 2015, the album was also available from other providers and streaming services.

Recording dates

The recordings for the album took place almost exclusively in Abbey Road Studios (Studio 1, 2 and 3) and De Lane Lea Studios , under the production direction of George Martin . The recording engineer was Geoff Emerick with the exception of It's All Too Much , where Dave Siddle was the sound engineer.

No.	song	Recording dates	Sound engineer	Studio	Cast / guest musician	Sound carrier (first release)
01	Yellow Submarine	May 26, 1966, 0June 1, 1966	Geoff Emerick	Abbey Road Studio 3 and 2	John Lennon: acoustic guitar , backing vocals Paul McCartney: bass, backing vocals George Harrison: tambourine , backing vocals Ringo Starr: drums, vocals Mal Evans (also bass drum), Neil Aspinall , George Martin, Geoff Emerick , Pattie Harrison , Brian Jones , Marianne Faithfull , Alf Bicknell ( Beatles chauffeur ): background choir	revolver
02	Only a Northern Song	Feb. 13-14, 1967, Apr. 20, 1967	Geoff Emerick	Abbey Road Studio 2	John Lennon: piano Paul McCartney: Bass George Harrison: organ, vocals Ringo Starr: drums unknown musicians: glockenspiel, trumpet	Yellow Submarine
03	All Together Now	May 12, 1967	Geoff Emerick	Abbey Road Studio 2	John Lennon: acoustic guitar, ukulele , harmonica , backing vocals Paul McCartney: bass, acoustic guitar, vocals George Harrison: Backing vocals Ringo Starr: drums, cymbals	Yellow Submarine
04th	It's All Too Much	May 25 + 26, 1967, 0June 2, 1967	Dave Siddle	De Lane Lea Studios, Kingsway	John Lennon: lead guitar, backing vocals Paul McCartney: bass, backing vocals George Harrison: lead guitar, Hammond organ , vocals Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine David Mason and three musicians not listed: trumpet Paul Harvey: Clarinet	Yellow Submarine
05	All you need is love	14., 19., 23-25. June 1967	Eddie Kramer, Geoff Emerick	Abbey Road Studio 1 and 3	John Lennon: banjo , harpsichord , vocals Paul McCartney: bass, double bass, backing vocals George Harrison: lead guitar, violin , backing vocals Ringo Starr: drums George Martin: piano Sidney Sax, Patrick Halling, Eric Bowie, Jack Holmes: violin Rex Morris, Don Honeywill: Saxophone Stanley Woods, David Mason: Trumpet Evan Watkins, Harry Spain: Trumpet Jack Emblow: accordion Mick Jagger , Keith Richards , Marianne Faithfull , Jane Asher , Mike McCartney , Pattie Harrison , Eric Clapton , Graham Nash , Keith Moon , Hunter Davies, Gary Leeds and other background singers not listed: Choir Mike Vickers: Conductor	Magical Mystery Tour , originally single A-side
06th	Hey bulldog	Feb 11, 1968	Geoff Emerick	Abbey Road Studio 3	John Lennon: lead guitar, piano, vocals Paul McCartney: bass, backing vocals George Harrison: lead guitar Ringo Starr: drums, tambourine	Yellow Submarine

Chart positions of the album

album		Release Date			Best placement in the charts			Label catalog no.
Type	title	GB	US	DE	GB	US	DE	GB	US	DE
Studio album	Yellow Submarine	Jan. 17, 1969	Jan. 13, 1969	21 Sep 1969	3	2	5	Apple PMC 7070 (Mono) PCS 7070 (Stereo)	Apple SW 153	Apple SMO 74 585 (stereo)
Studio album CD first release	Yellow Submarine	Aug 25, 1987	Aug 25, 1987	Aug 1987	60	180	-	Parlophone CDP 7 46445 2	Capitol CDP 7 46445 2	EMI CDP 7 46445 2
Studio album remastered CD re-release	Yellow Submarine	0Sep 9 2009	0Sep 9 2009	0Sep 9 2009	89	-	-	Apple / EMI 3824672	Apple / Capitol 3824672	Apple / EMI 3824672

Single releases

single	Release Date			Best placement in the charts			Label catalog no.
A side / B side	GB	US	DE	GB	US	DE	GB	US	DE
All Together Now / Hey Bulldog	-	-	0Feb. 2, 1972	nv	nv	-	-	-	Apple 1C 006-04982

literature

• The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology . ISBN 3-550-07132-9
• Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years . ISBN 0-600-61207-4 (p. 164).
• Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Chronicle. ISBN 0-600-61001-2 .
• Neville Stannard: The Long & Winding Road , ISBN 0-907080-96-0 .
• Ian MacDonald: Revolution in the Head , ISBN 978-0-09-952679-7 .
• Christoph Maus: The Beatles Worldwide , ISBN 978-3-9809137-1-3 .
• Christoph Maus: The Beatles Worldwide II , ISBN 3-9809137-2-4 .

Web links

• Yellow Submarine information (official site)
• About Yellow Submarine (UK)
• Review of a newly released “Yellow Submarine” sampler (with remixes and mostly other pieces) on laut.de.
• Yellow Submarine lyrics and record covers in LyricWiki

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Beatles: The Beatles Anthology . ISBN 3-550-07132-9 , p. 292.
2. ↑ Platinum award
3. ↑ Article about the covers of the Beatles albums
4. ↑ Movie poster for Yellow Submarine
5. ^ Cover of the British album Yellow Submarine
6. ↑ Cover of the US album Yellow Submarine
7. ↑ Yellow Submarine Australia - Yellow Vinyl
8. ↑ Download the Beatles songs
9. ↑ Streaming the Beatles songs