The Beatles - Yellow Submarine File

When it came time to record the track for the Revolver album, the Beatles transformed EMI Studios into a literal playground:

The story of "Yellow Submarine" began not in a recording studio, but in the "twilight moment" before sleep. One evening in 1966, Paul McCartney was lying in bed when a silly idea popped into his head about a yellow submarine. He envisioned it as a perfect vehicle for Ringo Starr , whose "knockabout uncle" persona made him the ideal choice to deliver a children's story. The Beatles - Yellow Submarine

: To create the nautical atmosphere, the band used a tin bath filled with water to simulate waves and John Lennon blew bubbles through a straw. When it came time to record the track

: Friends and studio staff were invited to join in, clinking glasses and shouting to create the rowdy "party" atmosphere heard during the song's bridge. From Song to Cinematic Landmark : To create the nautical atmosphere, the band

Despite McCartney's insistence that it was just a children's story, the song was quickly adopted by 1960s counterculture : The most unusual recording session of all time