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12.31am
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29 November 2012
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I remember reading years ago that one of the innovative ways George Martin and his engineers mic’ed the Beatles to get a sound they wanted was to suspend a small microphone (wrapped in plastic) into a glass of water and record the vocals through that. I remember reading that George was taking a big risk doing this because it was a very expensive mic and he was risking the wrath of the higher-ups at EMI if something happened to it.
I cannot for the life of me remember which song it was for, though! I know it’s one of the loads of Beatle books I have but I don’t know where else to begin looking. Something in my mind is saying Tomorrow Never Knows was the song but I can’t be sure. Anyone know?
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3.20am
1 November 2012
Offline Maybe that’s how they got that underwater bubbly sound in “Octopus’s Garden ” 
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11.31am
26 March 2012
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I know that John blowing bubbles in a glass of water through a straw was one of the nautical sound effects in Yellow Submarine , could it have been then? I’ve always just assumed the mic was recording normally, rather than in the water.
EDIT: found it, on this rather sensationalist celebrity-oriented website which seems more interested in the appropriation of a condom than anything else:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/…..ord_song_u
The source seems to be Emerick, so I’m assuming it’s from Here, There And Everywhere , which I’ve not read.
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2.06pm
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29 November 2012
Offline Yeah, I was pretty sure it wasn’t for a sound effect but for an actual vocal effect. I thought it was on Revolver …I’ll have a dig through my books to see if I can figure it out.
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10.10pm
18 November 2011
Offline As others have mentioned, Geoff Emerick details it in Here, There And Everywhere .
It was an attempt to get an “underwater” effect on some vocals in “Yellow Submarine “. He put the microphone into a condom and placed it into a tiny bowl of water. It didn’t work as they’d hoped, and it didn’t appear on the final record (I don’t think the mic was damaged).
11.45pm
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29 November 2012
Offline That rings a bell! Thanks!
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