This is part three of the series, if you haven’t read part one and two; you might want to read them first

 Aside from the creative studio effects The Beatles used, they were also known for their “gimmicks” inside the studio which can be found in the song tracks they have recorded. There was one notorious video wherein The Beatles performed a lousy cover of their old songs; this proves how creative they are in the studio, before tensions rose.

Some of their song tracks included sound effects which come from Real Life or the environment not produced by musical instruments.

Yellow Submarine

The first example was in the song track: “Yellow Submarine” (found in either the Revolver or the Yellow Submarine album) you can hear the bubbles, the marching band (although played by musical instruments the idea still remains), chains, a ship's bell, tap dancing mats, whistles, hooters, waves, wind and thunderstorm machines, as well as a cash register.

White Album aka The Beatles Album

Some tracks from the White Album also uses this effect, the song track “Back in the USSR” uses an airplane taking off and landing. The effect was continued in the next track “Dear Prudence”, although it had nothing to do with the song the Beatles used another interesting “Studio Effect”. The song track “Blackbird” has a Blackbird flying around and chirping while the song plays. The song track “Piggies” has tape loops of Piggies snorting and making Piggy Noises. “Honey Pie” is a very interesting song track, the line: “Now she's hit the big time!” was backed by an old gramophone player effect. “Honey Pie” was a reference to British Music Hall style and to pay tribute to its style Paul McCartney recorded the lines on a 78 RPM record which produced and appropriate crackles effect making it sound like an old record.

Abbey Road

The song track Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (found in the Abbey Road Album) was recorded during the Let it Be sessions. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer’s iconic hammer was produced when Mal Evans (the road manager of the Beatles) hit an anvil with his hammer. Originally the idea for the hammer part was by voice “Bang!Bang” and “Clang!Clang” as seen in the Anthology album but the idea of using an anvil was later used and thus producing this iconic sound effect.

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

The song track “Lovely Rita” from the Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album has a weird sound effect which can be found after the lines: ”made her look a little like a military man”. This sound effect was produced when John Lennon and PaulMcCartney blew through comb and paper producing a kazoo like sound.