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Can you imagine a melancholy “Yellow Submarine”?

Cover of the Revolver album
Source: The Beatles


Newly released early demo of the song—with vocals by John Lennon

This demo on the new Revolver Special Edition reveals that’s just how the song started out: as a downbeat, contemplative ballad.

According to a 1967 interview, “Yellow Submarine” began as a song by John Lennon. Paul McCartney wrote the chorus. And the song evolved into the sunshiny version audiences still love to hear Ringo Starr perform today.

If the song had continued on its original path, we might never have had a Yellow Submarine movie.

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Booked On Rock Podcast with Eric Senich

Booked On Rock with Eric Senich
Listen to “Episode 76 | Robert R. Hieronimus, Ph.D. & Laura E. Cortner [“It’s All in the Mind: Inside the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, Vol. 2″]” on Spreaker.

Catch us on the fabulous Booked On Rock podcast with host Erich Senich!

Listen at the Booked On Rock website

Listen to a playlist on Spotify of the music we discussed

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Anna Frawley’s Beatle Show Podcast

It's All In The Mind-Inside The Beatles' Yellow Submarine movie-Anna Frawley's Beatle Show WNET.FM

Tune in to Anna Frawley’s Beatle Show on WNET Radio for our interview, along with lots of Yellow Sub–themed Beatles songs. (Interview starts at 20:48.)

Listen at Podomatic

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A wonderful review from Animator Norm Drew

Norm Drew in front of teaser poster
Animator Norm Drew remembers his girlfriend excitedly asking him to pose in front of this early teaser poster they spotted on the walls of the High Street Kensington tube station in June of 1968 on their way out of town for a day-tripper to Brighton. © Norman G. Drew, 1968, used with permission.

“Your Yellow Sub books are a terrific matched set capturing the creation, history, drama, suspense and up close and personal, behind-the-scenes saga, beyond the Yellow Submarine movie itself.

Whoever buys the set will own a timeless treasure.”

— Norm Drew, Key Animator, Yellow Submarine

Screenshot of Norm Drew Facebook post: "What a wonderful review from Animator Norm Drew, pictured here! Get your 'terrific matched set' here" www.yellowsubmarinebook.com. 'Your Yellow Sub books are a terrific matched set capturing the creation, history, drama, suspense and up close and personal, behind-the-scenes saga, beyond the Yellow Submarine movie itself. Whoever buys the set will own a timeless treasure.'-Norm Drew, Key Animator, Yellow Submarine"
Your Yellow Sub books are a terrific matched set capturing the creation, history, drama, suspense and up close and personal, behind-the-scenes saga, beyond the Yellow Submarine movie itself. Whoever buys the set will own a timeless treasure. -Norm Drew, Key Animator, Yellow Submarine
Yellow Sub animator Norm Drew
Animator Norm Drew holding artwork from the film in front of one of the promotional posters. Norm says about the photo: The mechanical pencil I am holding in the pic is one of several types I used on YS animation. Also used friendly old SCRIPTO mechanical pencils which I used on the first entertainment animation TV special I worked on at Crawley Films, Ottawa, for NBC TV, New York. (‘The following program is being brought to you in LIVING COLOR!’. A phrase guaranteed to raise goose-bumps of anticipation back then in the early days of color TV!). Despite the initial tribulations of searching for cartooning work in a London economic winter, I must have had a purposeful feeling I’d find my way to (what turned out to be) Yellow Sub, as I’d brought my pencils and leads with me from Toronto with no idea I’d even find work. Not the first time my ESP picked up homing beacons! © Norman G. Drew, 1968, used with permission.