Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby

Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby is a single on Parlophone (catalogue R 5493), released 5 August 1966. Released the same day as the Revolver LP — both A-sides.

Recorded during the band's Revolver (1966) period, produced by George Martin with Geoff Emerick engineering. The tracks were committed to tape at EMI Studios, Abbey Road on Studer J37 four-track (with vari-speed, ADT) via the REDD.51.

Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby is a Beatles single issued in the United Kingdom on 5 August 1966 by Parlophone under catalogue number R 5493. It sits in the band's Revolver (1966) period. It was issued the same day as the parent LP Revolver.

Sessions were produced by George Martin with Geoff Emerick engineering, working at EMI Studios, Abbey Road. The signal chain ran through the Studer J37 four-track (with vari-speed, ADT) • REDD.51, with vocals captured on Neumann U47/U48, AKG C12, STC 4038, close-miking pioneered (Emerick) on Ringo's bass drum. This combination of room, tape format and outboard chain is the same one heard across the band's other releases from the era — meaning the release shares its sonic identity with its parent LP rather than departing from it.

The release features Yellow Submarine.

Documented alternate masters and remaster passes can be found via the linked entries above; the editorial position throughout Beatles Answers is that the original UK mono master is the canonical point of reference for any single from this era, with the 2009 and 50th-anniversary stereo remasters treated as documented variations rather than replacements. Catalogue numbers, label copy and matrix data are taken from EMI/Parlophone primary documentation and cross-checked against Mark Lewisohn's The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions (1988).

Each track on this single carries its own session history on the dedicated entry. The summary below pulls the most distinctive editorial detail from each:

• Yellow Submarine — Recorded across multiple sessions, the track incorporated extensive sound effects and percussion overdubs, with session musicians adding harmonica, cello, and various percussion instruments to establish the song's playful submarine soundscape.

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