The Beatles – Yellow Submarine

Everything about my copy is an exact match for this pressing except side 1 runout also includes A0 stamped and side 2 has AA. Anyone have any insights?

Was absolutely STOKED to find a literal NM copy in the used bins for $25 at a local record store, while they had a VG+ copy of a UK Stereo Rubber Soul on their rarities wall for $100. Even the black matte inner was in absolutely PERFECT condition

However, I’m glad it was cheap because this is a record I will never listen to again. The stereo mix is absolute garbage and undermines the pure power these songs have. Harry Moss cant save the pure shit that is the stereo mix. You can’t even get the mono pressing either since it’s literally this but folded down. Yep, Northern Song’s fake stereo mix got folded down into a fake mono mix for the official release. Can’t make this shit up. It’s good to have this so I can proudly put it in my Mono box alongside my NM UK 1st copies of Abbey Road and Let it Be

If you really want to hear these songs in its truest and most pure form, pick up the mono masters compilation. Otherwise, this record is a novelty and should not be listened to unless its for historical research and purposes. I know this is harsh for someone who prides themself as a huge Beatlemaniac, but at the end of the day, I own this record too.

The stereo mix is horrible to listen to on headphones. The stereo separation is extreme to the point of being almost unlistenable. The mono versions on the Mono Masters CD are much much better.

i have a copy with matrix runout-
side one - YEX 715 - 5 II II HTM
side two - YEX 716 - 2 D U HTM

any idea which press this is?

Hello all,

Just picked up a late-70s press, cat #EAS-50041, and don't see it listed here. Anybody got any information on this pressing?

Jadetom - point taken. However, if it wasn't released there would be a hell of alot of disgruntled fans. No band, not even The Beatles, can be expected to release classic after classic album. This is the Beatles. Even if you don't like it you have to at least appreciate there willingness to lend their name to George Martin's orchestral productions. The Beatles took risks (after meeting Dylan back in 64) and that's what made them great. Let's not forget Martin's role in 'Revolver'. They were a fantastic boy band and then became a fantastic rock group. Yellow Submarine is part of their development.

And hey let's celebrate 'It's all too much' - one of their very best

As far as I can figure, this is one of the worst collection of Beatles' songs ever compiled.
I being very disappointed that Capitol Records included George Martin's music from the film. Beatlemaniacs hadn't been so ripped off since the album "Help!". I'm talking about the american version here. The Parlophone "Help" was a solid album, but Capitol's "Help!" was half Beatles and half George Martin film music. Nothing against the genius that is George Martin, but Beatle fans buy Beatle albums to hear Beatles' music, get it?
The american release is terribly anemic. I understand that "All Together Now" is some nostalgic look-back at skiffle music. Whatever, it is a minor song...the Beatles are not even trying here.
Harrison's psychedelic trips, "Only a Northern Song" and "It's All Too Much" have some hippy dippy appeal to me, but neither are great songs.
By the time the film "Yellow Submarine" came out, I was fairly tired of the song "Yellow Submarine". It's a cute song with clever sound effects. But not great Beatles' music.
Leave it to John Lennon to save the day. "Hey! Bulldog" is one of the Beatles' most overlooked tunes. Its James Bond spy riff guitar hooks you, and there's a sense of paranoia to the lyrics which ends up in genuine fun as McCartney barks to Lennon at the end of the song.
"Yellow Submarine", the CD version, fares better. Featuring all of the Beatles' songs from the flick, it leaves George Martin's movie music on the cutting floor. But it's still a bit of a rip off. The inclusion of two minor Harrison compositions "Love You To" and "Think for Yourself" doesn't help. ("Think For Yourself" only stands out in my mind as the one rock song that uses the word "rectify" in its lyric.) It's nice to hear "Eleanor Rigby", "With a Little Help From My Friends", "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" again, but Beatle fans already owned these songs.
"Baby You're A Rich Man" shares the same fate as "Hey! Bulldog" -- it's an underrated gem of a Lennon song. Then again, Beatle fans already had this song, too, from "Magical, Mystery Tour".
"All You Need is Love", "When I'm 64", even "Nowhere Man", in my opinion, are all overrated Beatle songs that I am pretty much done with.
I count six good songs out of the fifteen offered on the CD release. As I have said, the Capitol album is truly anemic, as it has but one good song, "Hey! Bulldog".
I'm not blaming the Beatles for this collection. The film had to be promoted, and Capitol Records decided to rip us off. Talk about your blue meanies...