YELLOW SUBMARINE
Yellow Submarine is the tenth studio album by English rock band the Beatles, released on 13 January 1969 in the United States and on 17 January 1969 in the United Kingdom. It was issued as the soundtrack to the animated film of the same name, which premiered in London in July 1968. The album contains six songs by the Beatles, including four new songs and the previously released "Yellow Submarine" (1966) and "All You Need Is Love" (1967). The remainder of the album was a re-recording of the film's orchestral soundtrack by the band's producer, George Martin. The project was regarded as a contractual obligation by the Beatles, who were asked to supply four new songs for the film. Some songs were written and recorded specifically for the soundtrack, while others were unreleased tracks from other projects. The album was issued two months after the band's self-titled double LP (also known as the "White Album") and was therefore not viewed by the band as a significant release. It reached the top 5 in the UK and the US, and has been reissued on compact disc several times. (More from Wikipedia)
For Yellow Submarine, just four new songs were included on that album, and IMHO, George Harrison wrote the two best by far: "Only a Northern Song" and "It's All Too Much". The two Lennon/McCartney songs are "Hey Bulldog" and "All Together Now"; "Yellow Submarine" and "All You Need is Love" had been released previously.
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