“One of the thrills I get when doing this is for people to experience the same thing I experience.
It was a complete discovery and I was surprised,” Martin says. But finding Lennon’s original version of the song was one of the happy accidents that often occur when mining tapes. Martin jokes that people think he spends all his time listening to outtakes of The Beatles. Previously unseen photos of The Beatles: See a young Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison John Lennon’s demo of ‘Yellow Submarine’ was a ‘complete discovery’ Or a deep purple submarine, that would have been like, ‘What are they talking about now?’ But, yeah, it was a Ringo song, like ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’ was a Ringo song.” It could have been in a green submarine, but a yellow submarine is much better. “I think Paul thought of (a yellow submarine). They had this song and they decided to liven it up,” he says. “The boys used to write a song for me and they’d present whatever they thought would be good for me. Lennon’s working version of the song – just more than a minute long – finds him quietly repeating the lyric “In the place where I was born, no one cared, no one cared” as he works in other modifications such as “and the name that I was born, no one cared” and “in the town where I come from, no one cared.”īy the time “Yellow Submarine” was presented to Starr – the band recorded it on May 26 and J– it was already in “Ringo song” form. The drummer maintained a reputation as the quirky, funny guy in the band, which might be why Lennon and Paul McCartney earmarked certain tunes as “Ringo songs.” 'My aim is to be Frank Sinatra': Ringo Starr still has aspirations at 82 Ringo Starr describes the evolution of ‘Yellow Submarine’: 'It could have been' green or purple Martin and Starr recently spoke with USA TODAY about the history of the album and some of its surprising elements. But among the trove of unearthed gems are demos of “Yellow Submarine” as a drastically stripped-down ballad featuring John Lennon on plaintive vocals rather than a singsong Ringo Starr and the high-hat heavy backdrop on early versions of “Got to Get You Into My Life.” Both are available Friday and can be heard here. The special edition of “Revolver” arrives Oct. The 14-track album has received a grand remixing by producer Giles Martin – son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin – and engineer Sam Okell. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” (which they began recording later that year) and “The White Album” (1968).
“Revolver” marked a turning point for The Beatles.īrash and bold, yet also filled with sensitivity, the 1966 album ushered in the band's penchant for musical unpredictability that would continue to develop through “Sgt. Watch Video: Could 'Yellow Submarine' have been another color? Ringo Starr responds
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