After George Martin finished mixing and producing "Love Songs" in late summer 1977, he received a new work from EMI Records on a proposal from Capitol Records, just before he got back into the archive for worked in "The Beatles Collection" box and the new album "Rarities".A double Lp called “Yellow Submarine - The Soundtrack”.
Because in the summer of 1978 an improved copy of the film "Yellow Submarine" was going to be released, first at the San Francisco Film Festival followed by the Cambridge Film Festival and finally at the Locarno International Film Festival in Germany, before moving to the cinemas.
This is the quick story of that unreleased 1978 project.
Since the June 1976 release of the double lp "Rock N'Roll Music", the Beatles' new albums were reactivated, as it seemed that since 1973, with The Red album 1962-66 & The Blue album 1967/70, with two double records, It seemed that the last word had been said and there was presumably no more material to offer, but there was still a lot in the archives.Thus in April 1977, Lingasong Records released the first live recording, of the Beatles in Hamburg in 1962 and a few days later it was EMI/Capitol who did the same with "At Hollywood Bowl" and shortly thereafter in October "Love Songs".Now it was the turn of "Yellow Submarine – The Soundtrack". project that was intended to be released in July of 1978,A double Lp bit.ly/b-ySs with almost all the beatles songs included in the film, remixed in a one record, the other would be only for George Martin. This meant recovering much of the unreleased tracks that had been left out from the sessions of October 22 and 23, 1968, but were heard in the film.
Sie One: (19:01)
1.Yellow Submarine. (2:37) (remixed)
2.Eleanor Rigby. (2:04)
3.All Together Now. (2:09)
4.When I´m 64.. (2:38)
5.Only A Northern Song. (3:24) (*)
6.Nowhere Man. (2:40)
7.Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.. (3:26)
Side Two: (19:16)
1.Sgt.Pepper´s Lonely Hearts Club Band. (1:56) (alternate)
2.With A Little Help From My Friends (2:36)
3.All You Need Is Love. (3:58) (remixed)
4.Baby You´re A Richman. (3:22) (with coda) (^)
5.It´s All Too Much. (6:24) (lp edit) (+)
6.All Together Now. (0:58) (reprise) (+)
Side Three: (19:15)
1.Pepperland. (2:17) (^)
2.March Of The Meanies. (3:23) (^)
3.Yellow Submarine In Liverpool. (7:57) (+)
a.Liverpool morning. b.Please please help me. c.The pier. d.Sitarday / It´s all in the mind. e.Alter Ego Band. d.Search for Paul.
4.Medley #1: Sea Of The Time / Sea of The Holes. (4:47) (^)
Side Four: (19:17)
1.Sea Of Monsters.. (3:43) (^)
2.Pepperland Laid Waste.. (2:19) (^)
3.Medley #2: Cut-Out / Tip-Toe Through The Meanies. (4:26) (+)
4.Heaven Is Blue´Ho?. (3:00) (+)
5.Yes. (3:12) (+)
6.Yellow Submarine In Pepperland. (2:34) (^)
Side 3 and 4 was recorded by George Martin & his Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios, London. England. October 22 & 23 1968. Studio 2.
Mixed at the same place. October 24 & 25 1968 .Studios 2 & 3.
(^) Alternate versions. (+) Unreleased.
Finally, the film premier was made, as planned. But from this project was never heard again, although George Martin did his job, it ended up forgotten in the archives.
Decades later, in 1999 for similar reasons, such as the digital restoration of the film for DVD editing, part of this abandoned project was recovered, but eliminating the part of George Martin.
Here's the reconstruction of the lost project "Yellow Submarine - The Soundtrack."
Enjoy it.See you soon with more and better.