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| TITLE | YELLOW SUBMARINE |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | PCS 7070 |
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| RELEASE DATE | Circa 1992 (Unconfirmed) / Second
Press |
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| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| THE BEATLES | ORIGINAL FILM SCORE | ||||
| Yellow Submarine |
Pepperland |
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| Only a Northern Song (*sim.stereo) |
(a) Sea of Time |
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| All Together Now |
(b) Sea of Holes |
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| Hey Bulldog |
Sea of Monsters |
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| It's All Too Much |
March of the Meanies |
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| All You Need Is Love |
Pepperland Laid Waste |
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| Yellow Submarine in Pepperland |
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| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | SIDE 1 --> Click! | SIDE 2 --> Click! | DISC --> Click! | |
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| INNER SLEEVE | FRONT COVER CLOSE-UP | ||||
| FRONT --> Click! | BACK --> Click! | ||||
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The front cover retains the colorful artwork from the 1969 animated film. The title and the small "NOTHING IS REAL" wording appear within the original design. | ||
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A circular Parlophone trademark resembling a "£" sign appears at the lower right, above "TRADE MARK OF THE PARLOPHONE CO., LTD." |  |
The upper right carries an EAN barcode (5099910400210), LP, cassette, and CD catalog numbers, and the printed DMM notice. | ||
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| The original
illustrated "APPLE RECORDS" mark at the lower left of the
back cover is absent; a small color Apple logo with "Apple"
beneath it is printed there instead. "Sleeve printed in England" and "Manufactured in England" appear at the bottom left. |
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| The full Apple
label on Side 1 and the sliced-Apple label on Side 2. The rim text is a later type beginning "All Rights of the Producer...". |
These stereo
labels are marked PCS 7070, with YEX 715 and YEX 716 printed
on the respective sides. |
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Side 2 has the
sliced-Apple design and is marked "STEREO", "PCS 7070", and
"(YEX 716)". "An EMI Recording", "Mfd. in the UK", and 33⅓
appear on the labels. |
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The Side 1 label is marked
"(YEX 715)" and the Side 2 label "(YEX 716)". |
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| SIDE 1 |
SIDE 2 |
The Side
2 label combines "SEA OF TIME" and "SEA OF HOLES" as "2(a)"
and "(b)". On the back cover, the two pieces are numbered
separately as tracks 2 and 3. |
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Side 1: YEX
715-8-81-1 D (the second "8" is crossed out with an X) Side 2: YEX 716-5C-1-1 D |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Yellow/Green Apple label / ALL
RIGHTS rim |
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| MIX | STEREO (except as noted) |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | YEX 715-8- (second "8" crossed out with an X) |
MOTHER & STAMPER |
1/1 |
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| SIDE 2 | YEX
716-5C-1-1 D |
1/1 |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| RECORD COMPANY'S NAME | E.M.I RECORDS (The Gramophone Company Ltd) | ||||
| CENTRAL REMARK "SOLD IN U.K..." |
NONE |
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| RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT | Side 1: ℗ 1969 / ℗ 1966 / ℗ 1967 Side 2: ℗ 1969 |
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| COVER FORM | Single-pocket sleeve, without
flipbacks. Both sides have a glossy coating and appear to be laminated; the exact coating method is unconfirmed. |
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| STEREO MARKING | "STEREO" is printed on the labels;
no separate stereo marking appears on the front cover. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | No printer credit | ||||
| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Illustrated sleeve artwork based
on the animated film Yellow Submarine. Art Design: Heinz Edelmann / Notes: Derek Taylor |
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| INNER SLEEVE | Plain white die-cut paper inner
sleeve. |
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| PRODUCER | George Martin (The Beatles recordings); George Martin also composed, orchestrated, and produced the original film score on Side 2. | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Pressing Date and Reissue History This stereo DMM reissue of Yellow Submarine is believed to have been pressed in the U.K. around 1992. The exact pressing date remains unconfirmed. The label and sleeve belong to the U.K. DMM reissue period that followed the Beatles' 1987 CD remastering program. The back cover carries a barcode, a DMM notice, and a color Apple logo. The sleeve does not carry the later Apple Corps trademark statement. EMI introduced DMM LP reissues during the digital-remaster period, and Abbey Road Studios had introduced a Neumann DMM cutting lathe in 1984. DMM describes the disc-cutting process; it does not, by itself, establish a recording or mixing date. Apple Label Features The Side 1 label has the full Apple illustration in yellow-green tones; Side 2 uses the sliced-Apple design. Both labels show "YELLOW SUBMARINE", "STEREO", catalog number "PCS 7070", and the correctly printed stereo matrix identifiers "(YEX 715)" and "(YEX 716)". The labels also carry "An EMI Recording", "Mfd. in the UK", and the 33⅓ speed marking. The later green rim text begins "All Rights of the Producer..." and includes the wording "Hiring, Renting" in the copyright warning, rather than "HIRING OR RENTAL" found on the black Parlophone labels of the DMM reissue series. This rim-text style also differs from that used on the original 1969 Apple pressings. On Side 2, "SEA OF TIME" and "SEA OF HOLES" are grouped under "2(a)" and "(b)" on the label, whereas the back cover lists them as separate tracks 2 and 3. Matrix Numbers and Corrected Stamp The Side 1 run-out reads "YEX 715-8-81-1 D", with the second "8" crossed out by an X. The effective sequence appears to indicate cut 8, mother 1, and stamper 1. Some collector transcriptions render this part as "X1"; on this copy, the X appears to cancel an originally stamped "8", rather than represent a separate matrix character. The reason for the correction is unknown. The Side 2 run-out reads "YEX 716-5C-1-1 D", indicating cut 5C, mother 1, and stamper 1. The meaning of the letter "C" in this cut identifier has not been established. Both sides have a "D" marking. Sleeve Features The front retains the colorful illustrated artwork associated with the 1969 film and the words "NOTHING IS REAL". The sleeve is a single-pocket design without flipbacks. Both sides have a glossy coating and appear to be laminated, although the coating method has not been established conclusively. On the back, the original illustrated "APPLE RECORDS" mark has been removed and a small color Apple logo is printed near the lower left instead. The two black lines along the left and right sides found on some earlier designs are absent, as on the 1981 mono reissue. A circular Parlophone trademark resembling a "£" sign has been added at the lower right, with "TRADE MARK OF THE PARLOPHONE CO., LTD." beneath it. The upper right carries the EAN barcode "5099910400210", the LP, cassette, and CD catalog numbers, and the DMM notice. The back cover also retains the older "E.M.I RECORDS (The Gramophone Company Ltd)" and "Made and Printed in Great Britain" wording, alongside "Sleeve printed in England" and "Manufactured in England" near the lower left. These printed statements should not, on their own, be used to establish the pressing date. The record is housed in a plain white die-cut paper inner sleeve. Recording and Stereo Mix Side 1 contains six Beatles recordings, while Side 2 consists of seven instrumental pieces from the original film score composed and orchestrated by George Martin. The album's original stereo presentation was retained in the 1987-era digital-remaster program. On this pressing, "Only a Northern Song" is presented in electronically reprocessed (fake) stereo rather than true stereo. A later true-stereo mix was issued on Yellow Submarine Songtrack in 1999. Printed DMM Notice "This album has been direct metal mastered from a digitally re-mastered original tape to give the best possible sound quality." Reference: What Is DMM (Direct Metal Mastering)? DMM is a mastering process in which audio grooves are cut directly into a copper-coated metal disc rather than a conventional lacquer disc. This eliminates an intermediate electroplating stage and can improve the accuracy of groove reproduction. DMM is a cutting technique and does not necessarily require a digital recording. |
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