Vibrantly colored original motorized display for the promotion of the Beatles’ tenth studio album, Yellow Submarine. The in-store cardboard display stands approximately 4.5´ feet in height and features fantastic psychedelic Fab Four-related imagery in bright DayGlo colors to each of the three main sections: the unique spiral base features images of all four Beatles along with Old Fred, Jeremy the Boob, Chief Blue Meanie, and the Flying Glove; the middle portion, intended to hold album copies of Yellow Submarine, bears either “The Beatles” or “Yellow Submarine” to each side; and the uppermost fixture, a three-dimensional Yellow Submarine with additional Beatles images to periscope windows, rests atop a sturdy cardboard tube with battery-operated motor mechanism designed to rotate the submarine. In very good to fine condition, with some scattered wear and creasing, and dampstaining to back fin of submarine; the motor is in working condition. Accompanied by the original assembly sheet and two D size batteries.These stunning, black light-ready Yellow Submarine displays were made in America in late 1968 and distributed exclusively to select record stores across the country to coincide with the album’s release date of January 17, 1969. Due to the fragility of this promotional display, as is the case with other similar oversized and multipart displays of the era, these Beatles promo displays were usually discarded by record outlets because of their size, with the few that survived generally the result of being rescued by fans. Finding them today, intact and in working condition, is incredibly rare, with this impressive Yellow Submarine example at the very apex of eye-catching, long-lost Beatles display pieces.Format: Display