- UK release date:
- Aug 05, 1966
- Publisher:
- Parlophone
- Reference:
- R 5493
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This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Apr 28, 1966
Apr 29, 1966
May 26, 1966
Jun 01, 1966
Jun 03, 1966
Jun 06, 1966
Jun 22, 1966
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Track list
Side 1
1.
2:41 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Vocals
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Tambourine
- George Martin :
- Backing vocals, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Backing vocals, Recording engineer
- Mal Evans :
- Backing vocals, Bass drum
- Neil Aspinall :
- Backing vocals
- Pattie Harrison :
- Backing vocals
- Brian Jones :
- Backing vocals
- Marianne Faithfull :
- Backing vocals
- Alf Bicknell :
- Backing vocals
- Session Recording:
- May 26, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Jun 01, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 03, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2.
2:07 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Vocals
- John Lennon :
- Harmony vocals
- George Harrison :
- Harmony vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Recording engineer
- Tony Gilbert :
- Violin
- Sidney Sax :
- Violin
- John Sharpe :
- Violin
- Jurgen Hess :
- Violin
- Stephen Shingles :
- Viola
- John Underwood :
- Viola
- Derek Simpson :
- Cello
- Norman Jones :
- Cello
- Session Recording:
- Apr 28, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Apr 29, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Overdubs:
- Jun 06, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Jun 22, 1966
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road
About
From Wikipedia:
[…] The “Yellow Submarine” single was the Beatles’ thirteenth single release in the United Kingdom. It was released in the UK on 5 August 1966 as a ‘double A side’ with “Eleanor Rigby“, and in the United States on 8 August. In both countries, the album Revolver (which also featured both songs) was released on the same day as the single.
Reception and interpretations
The single went to number 1 on every major British chart, remained at number 1 for four weeks and charted for 13 weeks. It won an Ivor Novello Award for the highest certified sales of any single issued in the UK in 1966. No promotional film clip was made, so some TV programmes (including the BBC’s Top of the Pops) created their own clips from stock footage.
In the United States, the single reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 1 in Record World, and number 2 in Cashbox, where it was held off number 1 by the Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love“. The single was released during the controversies about the “Butcher Cover” (the Yesterday and Today album cover) and Lennon’s remarks about Christianity, which are cited as part of the reason the song failed to reach number 1 on all US charts. It sold 1,200,000 copies in four weeks and earned the Beatles their twenty-first US Gold Record award, beating the record set by Elvis Presley. […]
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