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The Beatles – 1969 - Yellow Submarine (UK stereo) - MFSL Vinyl 1-108 (Dr. Ebbetts Remaster)


Publisher: Dr. Ebbetts
Reference :MFSL-1-108
Date :2000
Made In :USA
Quality :Excellent stereo


A reproduction on CD of the Beatles' eleventh UK album, as released by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs. These are transferred from the vinyl releases. Only the smallest amount of noise reduction necessary has been applied.
An excellent sounding recording, when compared to the actual Mobile Fidelity releases. Very warm, clear, crisp stereo.




Tracks:


01 - Yellow Submarine - Lennon, McCartney - 2:42
02 - Only a Northern Song - Harrison - 3:27
03 - All Together Now - Lennon, McCartney - 2:13
04 - Hey Bulldog - Lennon, McCartney - 3:14
05 - It's All Too Much - Harrison - 6:28
06 - All You Need Is Love - Lennon, McCartney - 3:52
07 - Pepperland - Martin - 2:23
08 - Sea of Time - Martin - 3:00
09 - Sea of Holes - Martin - 2:20
10 - Sea of Monsters - Martin - 3:39
11 - March of the Meanies - Martin - 2:22
12 - Pepperland Laid Waste - Martin - 2:15
13 - Yellow Submarine in Pepperland - Lennon, McCartney - 2:10

Total duration: 40:16




AMG Review by Richie Unterberger
The only Beatles album that could really be classified as inessential, mostly because it wasn't really a proper album at all, but a soundtrack that only utilized four new Beatles songs. (The rest of the album was filled out with "Yellow Submarine," "All You Need Is Love," and a George Martin score that held little appeal to rock listeners.) What's more, the four new tracks were little more than pleasant throwaways that had been recorded during 1967 and early 1968. These aren't all that bad; "All Together Now" is a kiddieish singalong, "Hey Bulldog" has some mild Lennon nastiness, and Harrison's "It's All Too Much" is highlighted by some tidal waves of feedback guitar. It would have been far better value if it had been released as a four-song EP (an idea the Beatles even considered at one point, with the addition of a bonus track in "Across the Universe," but ultimately discarded).



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A note about the good Dr.

To all those who think these are commercial releases or waiting for the official CD releases.
Dr. Ebbets was/is one of the biggest Beatles collectors. He purchased all of the original Capitol/Parlophone & US/UK (and some Mexican & German) LP's back in the 60's. He did not open them until 2000 when he decided to rip all of them on his pristine stereo equipment. Much better than the infamous Millennium Remasters. Included in his 100+ titles are interview albums, live albums, collections of rarities & outtakes, unreleased albums (the first us concert, get back - both versions, all three versions of rubber soul) and albums that differ from each other in track line-ups or alternate versions (the uk and us editions differ from each other greatly, mixing-wise and track-wise) the mono LPs were never issued on cd (except for the 1st 2 (??) lp's/cd's) and the only titles (stereo) that were issued on cd (worldwide) were the uk editions. Secondly, the sound quality is many times better than the cd issues by Capitol in the mid 80's, as those used 2nd or 3rd generation master tapes, where-as the original vinyl issues were from the original master tapes at the time that the vinyl was made from. The other exception to this rule are the MFSL remasters which were done by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs which in the late 70s and 80s they got a hold of the original masters from their most popular UK albums and remastered them using the highest fidelity possible onto 180 gram limited-edition virgin vinyl that was very very expensive (roughly about $40 - $80 a title in US funds at the release date) and MFSL has yet to release their Beatles remasters on cd as well, but again the good Dr. had unopened, unplayed copies of these as well (don’t confuse the Dr. Ebbetts MFSL's with just the regular MFSL rips kicking around, those are inferior). So essentially all of these are NOT commercially available in this form. The fidelity is much better, the packaging was made to replicate the original 60's vinyl.
About the legality of these remasters: if Capitol/Parlophone would get off their ass and re-issue the 100+ titles or remaster the basic catalogue than most Beatle collectors will not share them any longer, until they do, most will share for the world, as any Beatle collector knows, these titles are essentially THE holy grail for Beatles fans.

For more reference material on the "legality" of this issue, please visit: www.bootlegzone.com

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Two different sets of artwork are available: The "MFSL" version and the "original british" version.