Vinyl Record
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine
The Beatles - Yellow Submarine on LP vinyl. A 1969 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.
LP · 1969
Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.
Buyer notes: 1969 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.
Yellow Submarine is the oddball soundtrack chapter of the Beatles catalogue, released in 1969 after the animated film had turned the band's psychedelic imagery into a pop fable. It is not built like most Beatles albums: one side foregrounds Beatles songs associated with the film, while the other gives space to George Martin's orchestral score. That structure has always made the record feel slightly apart, but the Beatles material is still rich in color and character. The title song brings Ringo Starr's singalong warmth from the Revolver era into a cinematic setting, "All You Need Is Love" carries the communal idealism of 1967, and the newer film songs stretch in different directions: George Harrison's "Only a Northern Song" is sardonic and woozy, "It's All Too Much" blooms into heavy psychedelic swirl, "All Together Now" plays like children's-choir folk-pop, and "Hey Bulldog" delivers one of the band's toughest late-1960s grooves. The album is uneven by design, but its strangeness is part of the Beatles story.
The album matters because it preserves the bridge between Beatles music, animation and late-1960s pop mythology. It may not function like a standard studio LP, but it contains essential film-era songs and shows how far the band's world had expanded beyond the record sleeve.
For collectors, Yellow Submarine is indispensable because of its unusual status: part soundtrack, part Beatles album, part George Martin score. It adds context to the psychedelic period and rewards listeners who value the band's side paths as well as the central masterpieces.
Psychedelic soundtrack pop with singalong simplicity, heavy guitar flashes, surreal Harrison songs, bright ensemble vocals and orchestral film-score passages.
Recommended for: Collectors completing the Beatles album run; Fans of the animated film and its psychedelic imagery; Listeners who love "Hey Bulldog" and late-1960s Beatles grooves; Anyone interested in George Martin's role around the band; Beatles fans exploring the catalogue's stranger corners.
What year is Yellow Submarine from? Use 1969. The album followed the animated film and belongs to the late-1960s Beatles catalogue. Is Yellow Submarine a normal Beatles studio album? Not exactly. It is a soundtrack album with Beatles songs on one side and George Martin's orchestral film music on the other. Which Beatles songs are most important here? "Hey Bulldog", "It's All Too Much", "Only a Northern Song", "All Together Now", "Yellow Submarine" and "All You Need Is Love" define the record's Beatles side.