‘Yellow Submarine’ was recorded on May 26 and June 1 in Studios Three and Two, respectively. The iconic, sunny rite of singalong passage for children everywhere and a favorite for the young-at-heart began quite differently than it finished. Parts 1 and 2 of the Special Edition’s songwriting work tape for ‘Yellow Submarine’ reveal the song’s evolution from a rather sad verse sung by John over acoustic guitar - “In the town where I was born / No one cared, no one cared…” - to its adaptation by John and Paul to suit the jollier subject matter of the chorus. Revolver’s Special Edition also includes ‘Yellow Submarine’ Take 4 and highlighted sound effects (a complex and merry sonic seascape, including Mal Evans’ sand-shoveling and Brian Jones’ glass-clinking) for listeners to journey with The Beatles through the song’s progression. “We were really starting to find ourselves in the studio,” Ringo explained later. The songs got more interesting, so with that the effects got more interesting.”

The Beatles’ final REVOLVER recording session took place in Studio Two on the evening of June 21, 1966 into the wee hours of June 22, just one day before the band traveled to Munich to start their international summer tour. The lyrics for ‘She Said She Said’ drew upon the memory of a disorienting day of misadventure The Beatles had experienced in Los Angeles. Having received George’s help to create a whole new song from some unfinished fragments, John led the group through the rehearsals and recording while the clock ticked away the last remaining session time. REVOLVER’S Special Edition also features John’s home demo for the song and Take 15 - Backing track rehearsal, with its introductory speech revealing convivial banter between The Beatles as they worked out the arrangement (later praised by composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein as “remarkable” with “real inventions“).

By 4am on June 22, The Beatles finished ‘She Said She Said’, wrapping up their REVOLVER recording sessions. The album’s final mono and stereo mixes were completed that evening, and the next day The Beatles were once again off and running on tour. They would next return to Abbey Road in November 1966 to begin recording SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.

Released on August 5, 1966, REVOLVER spent seven weeks at number one on the UK albums chart, and a double A-side single with ‘Eleanor Rigby’ and ‘Yellow Submarine’ topped the UK singles chart for four weeks in August and September. In the U.S., Capitol released an 11-track version of REVOLVER, which spent six weeks at number one on Billboard’s albums chart. ‘I’m Only Sleeping’, ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’, and ‘Doctor Robert’ had been previously plucked from the sessions for Capitol’s North American release of the Yesterday And Today compilation album in June. That album’s sleeve was originally printed with the infamous “butcher cover” before pre-release controversy resulted in Capitol recalling and re-covering well over one million mono and stereo LPs with an innocuous photo of The Beatles gathered around a trunk.

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REVOLVER SPECIAL EDITION

Tracklists

SUPER DELUXE [5CD + 100-page hardbound book in slipcase | digital audio collection]

CD1: Revolver (New stereo mix)

1: Taxman
2: Eleanor Rigby
3: I’m Only Sleeping
4: Love You To
5: Here, There And Everywhere
6: Yellow Submarine
7: She Said She Said
8: Good Day Sunshine
9: And Your Bird Can Sing
10: For No One
11: Doctor Robert
12: I Want To Tell You
13: Got To Get You Into My Life
14: Tomorrow Never Knows

CD2: Sessions One

1: Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)
2: Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono mix RM 11)
3: Got To Get You Into My Life (First version) - Take 5
4: Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version) - Unnumbered mix - mono
5: Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version) - Take 8
6: Love You To (Take 1) - mono
7: Love You To (Unnumbered rehearsal) - mono
8: Love You To (Take 7)
9: Paperback Writer (Takes 1 and 2) - Backing track - mono
10: Rain (Take 5 - Actual speed)
11: Rain (Take 5 - Slowed down for master tape)
12: Doctor Robert (Take 7)
13: And Your Bird Can Sing (First version) - Take 2
14: And Your Bird Can Sing (First version) - Take 2 (giggling)

CD3: Sessions Two

1: And Your Bird Can Sing (Second version) - Take 5
2: Taxman (Take 11)
3: I’m Only Sleeping (Rehearsal fragment) - mono
4: I’m Only Sleeping (Take 2) - mono
5: I’m Only Sleeping (Take 5) - mono
6: I’m Only Sleeping (Mono mix RM1)
7: Eleanor Rigby (Speech before Take 2)
8: Eleanor Rigby (Take 2)
9: For No One (Take 10) - Backing track
10: Yellow Submarine (Songwriting work tape - Part 1) - mono
11: Yellow Submarine (Songwriting work tape - Part 2) - mono
12: Yellow Submarine (Take 4 before sound effects)
13: Yellow Submarine (Highlighted sound effects)
14: I Want To Tell You (Speech and Take 4)
15: Here, There And Everywhere (Take 6)
16: She Said She Said (John’s demo) - mono
17: She Said She Said (Take 15) - Backing track rehearsal

CD4: REVOLVER

Album tracklist (same as above)

CD5: REVOLVER EP

1: Paperback Writer (New stereo mix)
2: Rain (New stereo mix)
3: Paperback Writer (Original mono mix remastered)
4: Rain (Original mono mix remastered)

SUPER DELUXE VINYL [limited edition 4LP+7-inch EP + 100-page hardbound book in slipcase]

LP One: REVOLVER (New stereo mix)

Side 1

1: Taxman
2: Eleanor Rigby
3: I’m Only Sleeping
4: Love You To
5: Here, There And Everywhere
6: Yellow Submarine
7: She Said She Said

Side 2

1: Good Day Sunshine
2: And Your Bird Can Sing
3: For No One
4: Doctor Robert
5: I Want To Tell You
6: Got To Get You Into My Life
7: Tomorrow Never Knows

LP Two: Sessions One

Side 1

1: Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)
2: Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono mix RM 11)
3: Got To Get You Into My Life (First version) - Take 5
4: Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version) - Unnumbered mix - mono
5: Got To Get You Into My Life (Second version) - Take 8
6: Love You To (Take 1) - mono
7: Love You To (Unnumbered rehearsal) - mono

Side 2

1: Love You To (Take 7)
2: Paperback Writer (Takes 1 and 2) - Backing track - mono
3: Rain (Take 5 - Actual speed)
4: Rain (Take 5 - Slowed down for master tape)
5: Doctor Robert (Take 7)
6: And Your Bird Can Sing (First version) - Take 2
7: And Your Bird Can Sing (First version) - Take 2 (giggling)

LP Three: Sessions Two

Side 1

1: And Your Bird Can Sing (Second version) - Take 5
2: Taxman (Take 11)
3: I’m Only Sleeping (Rehearsal fragment) - mono
4: I’m Only Sleeping (Take 2) - mono
5: I’m Only Sleeping (Take 5) - mono
6: I’m Only Sleeping (Mono mix RM1)
7: Eleanor Rigby (Speech before Take 2)
8: Eleanor Rigby (Take 2)

Side 2

1: For No One (Take 10) - Backing track
2: Yellow Submarine (Songwriting work tape - Part 1) - mono
3: Yellow Submarine (Songwriting work tape - Part 2) - mono
4: Yellow Submarine (Take 4 before sound effects)
5: Yellow Submarine (Highlighted sound effects)
6: I Want To Tell You (Speech and Take 4)
7: Here, There And Everywhere (Take 6)
8: She Said She Said (John’s demo) - mono
9: She Said She Said (Take 15) - Backing track rehearsal