Alternate Versions
An edited and slightly sped-up version of the song's basic track, without the overdubs added 20 April, was released on volume two of the Anthology set in 1996, with a different vocal take containing some lyrical variations. The original speed is heard in the film Yellow Submarine.
Since the originally released version of the track had been constructed from two separate takes, the original mix of the song was available in mono only until 1999, when a remixed stereo version of the track was released on the Yellow Submarine Songtrack album.
As of the 2009 reissue of the Yellow Submarine album on remastered CD, four different released versions of this song are currently available: the duophonic "fake stereo" mix from the Yellow Submarine album (1969), the alternate stereo mix from Anthology 2 (1996), the remixed "true stereo" version from the Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) and the original "true mono" mix from both the reissued Yellow Submarine album and the bonus 2-disc set Mono Masters which is found only in the box set, The Beatles In Mono (2009).
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