Yellow Submarine This is the 10th album by The Beatles in UK; it was issued as the soundtrack to the cartoon film of the same name.
When it was released in vinyl record in January 1969, only one side of the album contained songs from the Beatles, and out of the 6 songs only 4 were 'new' songs. The first song Yellow Submarine had been released in 1966 as a single and also as a track in Revolver. Another song All You Need Is Love was a single in 1967 and also a track in Magical Mystery Tour.
The second side of the album was producer George Martin's orchestral score of the film's incidental music.
The Beatles themselves did not consider this a studio album proper, as the four 'new' songs were taken hodge-podge fashion and considered "throwaway" recordings from earlier sessions.
1. Yellow Submarine (Lennon-McCartney): Previously issued on Revolver album.
2. Only A Northern Song (Harrison): George is on solo vocal and plays the organ on this "discordant" track. Paul's bass and Ringo's drums are the only musical parts of the backing. The music gets lost amidst the continual interruptions of off-key instruments intentionally played by all the Beatles. The title of the song was a sarcastic jibe at the publishing company, Northern Songs. The cacophonus "tune up" backing is quite similar to Tomorrow Never Knows and Revolution 9.
3. All Together Now (Lennon-McCartney): Paul's contribution, that sounds like a nursery rhyme, also seems rather half-hearted. He sings the lead vocal with backing vocals from John and George. John strums the banjo while George plays the harmonica. Paul is on acoustic and bass guitars with Ringo on drums and finger cymbals.
4. Hey Bulldog (Lennon-McCartney): John, on piano and lead guitar, sings lead vocal on his contribution to the album. Paul who plays bass is also on harmony vocal. George doubles on lead guitar and tambourine.
5. It's All Too Much (Harrison): George's second contribution to the album has him in lead vocal. He also doubles on lead guitar and organ. John is on lead guitar and provides harmony vocals together with Paul. Ringo is on drums and tambourine. Two session musicians add in the trumpets on the longest song of the album.
6. All You Need Is Love (Lennon-McCartney): Previously issued on Magical Mystery Tour album.
The George Martin Orchestra:
7. Pepper Land
8. Sea Of time
9. Sea Of Holes
10. Sea Of Monsters
11. March Of The Meanies
12. Pepper Land Laid Waste
13. Yellow Submarine in Pepper Land
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