Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby
Single by The Beatles • 5 August 1966 • Parlophone R 5493
Revolver (1966) — Studio awakening — backwards everything, tape loops.
About this release
Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby is a UK single on Parlophone (catalogue R 5493), released 5 August 1966. Released the same day as the Revolver LP — both A-sides.
The recording context is the band's Revolver (1966) period, produced by George Martin with Geoff Emerick engineering. The track(s) were committed at EMI Studios, Abbey Road on Studer J37 four-track (with vari-speed, ADT) via the REDD.51.
What's distinctive
2 tracks; average length 2:24. McCartney dominates the lead vocals (1/2). Lead writing credit: Lennon–McCartney (1 of 2). 1 marquee song(s) on this release have hand-crafted extended essays.Tracklist
Side A
Side B
Pattern analysis
McCartney 1
Starr 1
Era technical context
| Microphones | Neumann U47/U48, AKG C12, STC 4038, close-miking pioneered (Emerick) on Ringo's bass drum |
|---|---|
| Outboard | EMI RS124, EMT 140 plate, Fairchild 660 limiter, EMI Artificial Double Tracking (ADT), Leslie cabinet (vocals) |
| Guitars | Epiphone Casino, Gibson SG (Harrison), Rickenbacker 4001S bass (McCartney introduced) |
| Amplifiers | Vox AC100, Vox 7120, Fender Showman, Fender Bassman |
References & external databases
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