And The Band Begins To Play: The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" Celebrates 50 With New Single Release

And The Band Begins To Play: The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” Celebrates 50 With New Single Release

On July 6, The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” will be reissued as a 7-inch picture disc vinyl single to mark the 50th anniversary of the beloved animated film of the same name which was originally released on July 17, 1968. The Capitol/UMe single release will coincide with new theatrical screenings of the movie, featuring a 4K restoration by Paul Rutan Jr., Triage Motion Picture Services, and Eque Inc;, and a 5.1 surround remix by Peter Cobbin at Abbey Road.

The vinyl single will be housed in a die-cut card sleeve, and will include “Eleanor Rigby” on the flipside, as the original “Yellow Submarine” single did upon its release in August 1966. A Number One hit in the U.K. and other countries around the world including Australia, Germany, Holland, and across Scandinavia, it was kept from the U.S.’ top spot by The Supremes’ “You Can’t Hurry Love.” The tune returned to the British charts during Parlophone’s 1980s campaign which found each Beatles single reissued in picture sleeve and picture disc versions. It peaked then at No. 63.

The picture disc is available now for pre-order at Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada TBD!

Joe Marchese

JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song and beyond, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with labels including Real Gone Music and Cherry Red Records, has released newly-curated collections produced and annotated by Joe from iconic artists such as Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Spinners, Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Meat Loaf, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Liza Minnelli, Darlene Love, Al Stewart, Michael Nesmith, and many others.

Joe has written liner notes, produced, or contributed to over 200 reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them America, JD Souther, Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, Petula Clark, Robert Goulet, and Andy Williams.

Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray.

Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

2 thoughts on “And The Band Begins To Play: The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” Celebrates 50 With New Single Release”

Mike Cooper
May 30, 2018 at 11:34 am

$17.98 for a picture single? Think I’ll pass…….

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1. Zubb
  May 30, 2018 at 4:37 pm
  
  I agree that they charge way too much for vinyl, but clearly people are paying the prices. If it’s what the market will bear, that’s what they will charge. That said, I am not shelling out $18 plus tax, plus shipping for it either.
  
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