Heard are George swirling water in a metal bathtub (beginning at 0:18) Rolling Stones Brian Jones clinking glasses, supplying party chatter and playing the ocarina John blowing bubbles in a bucket through a straw and shouting off-mike in the echo chamber studio staff rattling chains in a metal tub and ship’s bells and a manic John mocking Ringo’s every measure the second time through in to a hand-held mike plugged into a Vox guitar amp.Īll who were not working the controls, including the Beatles, George Martin, Geoff Emerick, Mal, Neil, Alf Bicknell, Brian Jones, Patti Harrison and Marianne Faithfull joined in the final chorus. A raid of the Studio Two trap room allowed for two additional and separately taped tracks – sometimes combined together and sometimes split. Tape reduction made room for the “Goon” type sound effects. The instruments were recorded a half-step higher and vocals a half-step lower than now heard. Ringo’s vocal and all four Beatles singing backing vocals are all heard right. The basic tracks contain John’s Jumbo, George’s tambourine, Ringo’s drums and Paul’s bass – all heard left. Lennon: Always thinking of him, you see, at times like this. McCartney: Yeah, the bit… ‘Dut-ta-da, da-dut-ta-da.’ Lennon: And it made sense to make it into… Lennon: And wasn’t the other bit something that I had already going, and we put them together? I seem to remember, like, the submarine, the chorus bit, you coming in with it. Matthew: John, earlier before we started recording, you said it was in effect written as two separate songs. I heard a funny sort of story that you used to perform this to your nephews. And the only way to do that would be to have it so kids could understand it, and anyone could take it on any level. McCartney: We just sort of thought, we have to have a song. What were you setting out to write? I mean, did you think of a song for Ringo in the first place, or what? I suppose I thought of the idea and then John and I wrote it. McCartney: No, it’s the old patty, you know. Brian Matthew: Who was principally responsible, Paul or John?
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