The Beatles - "Yellow Submarine" complete soundtrack

 

It’s strange to me that two attempts were made to make a soundtrack for The Beatles' animated film “Yellow Submarine,” and yet neither version contains a complete tracklist.

The original soundtrack released in 1969 included six Beatles songs along with seven tracks by the George Martin Orchestra.

In 1999, a new version titled Yellow Submarine Songtrack was released. It included all but one of the Beatles songs that appear in the film, but none of the George Martin Orchestra music.

So, I have taken everything that I could find that I think should make up the “complete” soundtrack, and compiled what could have been issued as a double album.

SIDE A

1.       Pepperland

2.       March of the Meanies

3.       Yellow Submarine

4.       A Beginning

5.       Eleanor Rigby

6.       Love You To

SIDE B

1.       A Day in the Life

2.       All Together Now

3.       Sea of Time

4.       When I’m Sixty-Four

5.       Only a Northern Song

6.       Sea of Monsters

SIDE C

1.       Nowhere Man

2.       Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

3.       Sea of Holes

4.       Yellow Submarine in Pepperland

5.       Think for Yourself

6.       Pepperland Laid to Waste

SIDE D

1.       Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

2.       With a Little Help from My Friends

3.       All You Need is Love

4.       Baby You’re a Rich Man

5.       Hey Bulldog

6.       It’s All Too Much [long version]

Using what I think are the best sources, I compiled 24 tracks that include both Beatles songs and George Martin instrumentals into one complete album and put them in the order they appear in the film. I sourced all The Beatles songs (except “A Day in the Life” and “It’s All Too Much”) from Yellow Submarine Songtrack. For the George Martin Orchestra tracks (except “A Beginning”), I used the 2009 remastered version of the original soundtrack album.

Finally, I took “A Day in the Life” from the 50^th anniversary remastered Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album and “A Beginning” from Anthology 3. I also used the extended 8:13 version of “It’s All Too Much,” which is so far only available on bootlegs.

In some cases, the film only includes excerpts of certain songs, but I chose to include the full versions here.

I particularly liked how the four album sides began and ended naturally with their six equal tracks. While searching online, I found this interesting alternate cover on Pinterest posted by petdevaney.

Sources:

• A1, A2, B3, B6, C3, C4, C6 – Yellow Submarine (soundtrack), 2009
• A3, A5, A6, B2, B4, B5, C1, C2, C5, D1, D2, D3, D4, D5 – Yellow Submarine Songtrack, 1999
• B1 – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band: 50^th Anniversary Edition, 2017
• A4 – Anthology 3, 1996
• D6 – bootleg from YouTube

And here's a YouTube playlist of the album.