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BEATLES - Please Please Me

Release: 22 March 1963
Label: Parlophone PMC 1202 / PCS 3042

THE MAKING OF "Please Please Me" 

Abbey Road Studio 2

In order to include fourteen tracks on the album "Please Please Me", ten more songs were needed to add to the four sides of their first two singles recorded and released previously.

At 10.00 a.m. on Monday, 11 February, at Abbey Road Studios, the Beatles and George Martin started recording what was essentially their live act in 1963, and finished 9 hours and 45 minutes. In three sessions that day, each lasting approximately three hours they produced an authentic representation of the band's Cavern Club-era sound, as there were very few overdubs and edits.

Please Please Me was recorded on a two-track tape recording machine, with most of the instrumentation on one track and the vocals on the other, allowing for a better balance between the two on the final half-inch tape mix-down in mono.

A stereo mix was made later, with one track on the left channel and the other on the right, and a layer of reverb was added to better blend the two tracks together. Unfortunately, the stereo versions of the songs on this album do not sound very balanced because of this.

Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone - Side One 

Side One - Tracking Information and Order

Beatles "Please Please Me"

Side One

I SAW HER STANDING THERE 2:56
Feb 11 1963 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -rhythm guitar, harmony
McCartney -lead vocal, bass guitar
Harrison -lead guitar
Starr -drums

MISERY 1:50
Feb 11 1963 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -lead vocal, rhythm guitar
McCartney -lead vocal, bass guitar
Harrison -lead guitar
Starr -drums

ANNA GO TO HIM 2:57
Feb 11 1963 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -lead vocal, rhythm guitar
McCartney -bass guitar, backing vocal
Harrison -lead guitar, backing vocal
Starr -drums

CHAINS 2:27
Feb 11 1963 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -rhythm guitar, harmonica, harmony vocal
McCartney -bass guitar, harmony
Harrison -lead vocal, lead guitar
Starr -drums

BOYS 2:27
Feb 11 1963 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -rhythm guitar, backging vocal
McCartney -bass guitar, backing vocal
Harrison -lead guitar, backing vocal
Starr -lead vocal, drums

ASK ME WHY 2:20
Nov 26 1962 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -lead vocal, rhythm guitar
McCartney -bass guitar, harmony
Harrison -lead guitar, harmony
Starr -drums

PLEASE PLEASE ME 2:08
Nov 26 1962 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
McCartney -bass guitar, harmony
Harrison -lead guitar, harmony
Starr -drums

Beatles "Please Please Me" Parlophone - Side Two 

Side Two - Tracking Information and Order

Beatles "Please Please Me"
Side Two

LOVE ME DO 2:22
Sept 11 1962 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
McCartney -lead vocal, bass guitar
Harrison -acoustic guitar, harmony
Starr -tambourine
White -drums

PS I LOVE YOU 2:06
Sept 11 1962 Abbey Road, London, UK
Lennon - lead vocal, electric acoustic guitar
McCartney -lead vocal, bass guitar
Harrison -lead electric acoustic guitar
Starr -maracas
White -drums

BABY ITS YOU 2:38
Feb 11 1963 Abbey Road, London, UK
Lennon -lead vocal, rhythm guitar
McCartney -bass guitar, backing vocal
Harrison -lead guitar, backing vocal
Starr -drums
George Martin -piano

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET 2:00
Feb 11 1963 Abbey Road, London, UK
Lennon -rhythm guitar, backing vocal
McCartney -bass guitar, backing vocal
Harrison -lead vocal, lead guitar
Starr -drums

A TASTE OF HONE 2:05
Feb 11 1963 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -rhythm guitar, harmony
McCartney -lead vocal, bass guitar
Harrison -lead guitar, harmony

THERE'S A PLACE 1:53
Feb 11 1963 Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
McCartney -bass guitar, harmony
Harrison -lead guitar
Starr -drums

TWIST & SHOUT 2:33
Feb 11 1963 at Abbey Road, UK
Lennon -lead vocal, rhythm
McCartney -bass guitar, backing vocal
Harrison -lead guitar, backing vocal
Starr - drums

BEATLES - "Please Please Me" 

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BEATLES - Twist and Shout 

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Please Please Me - Cover Photo 

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George Martin, a friend to the London Zoo, thought that it might be good publicity for the zoo to have the Beatles pose outside the insect house for the cover photography of the album. However, the Zoological Society of London turned down Martin's offer, and instead Angus McBean was asked to take the distinctive color photograph of the group looking down over the stairwell inside EMI's London headquarters.

Please Please Me - Stereo Release 

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Please Please Me the Beatles first album, the mono mix recorded in less than 10 hours was rushed to release on March 22, 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalize on the success of singles Please Please Me (#1) and Love Me Do (#17).

A stereo mix was made later, with one track on the left channel and the other on the right, and a layer of reverb was added to better blend the two tracks together which was released April 26, 1963.

Please Please Me - Studio Costs 

Did You Know?

The whole day's session cost for Please Please Me was around £400. Individually, under a contract with the Musicians Union, each Beatle was entitled to collect seven pounds and ten shillings (£7.50) session fee, for each three hour session, which they duly did.

Beatles "Please Please Me" Stereo v.s. Mono 

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On the track "Please Please Me" the stereo version has John making an error in the words in the final verse, which causes him to chuckle a bit, this is not heard in the mono release.

Side One
1. "I Saw Her Standing There" (Lennon-McCartney)
Peaked at #14 US in January 1964
2. "Misery" (Lennon-McCartney)
Originally written for singer Helen Shapiro, whose manager rejected it
3. "Anna (Go to Him)" (Arthur Alexander)
A personal favorite of Lennon's, though he sang the title phrase as "go with him"
4. "Chains" (Gerry Goffin-Carole King)
Featured lead vocals by George Harrison
5. "Boys" (Luther Dixon-Wes Farrell)
Ringo on lead vocals; originally recorded by The Shirelles in 1960
6. "Ask Me Why" (Lennon-McCartney)
Released as a single B-side in UK January 1963
7. "Please Please Me" (Lennon-McCartney)
Released as a single A-side in UK January 1963; peaked at #3 US in January 1964

Side Two
1. "Love Me Do" (Lennon-McCartney)
Released as a single A-side in UK October 1962; peaked at #1 US in May 1964
2. "P.S. I Love You" (Lennon-McCartney)
Released as a single B-side in UK October 1962; peaked at #10 US in 1964
3. "Baby It's You" (Burt Bacharach-Mack David-Barney Williams)
Originally a hit for The Shirelles; the only Bacharach song recorded by The Beatles
4. "Do You Want to Know a Secret" (Lennon-McCartney)
Peaked at #2 US in April 1964
5. "A Taste of Honey" (Ric Marlow-Bobby Scott)
Based on the 1958 play and 1961 film of the same name
6. "There's a Place" (Lennon-McCartney)
Peaked at #74 US in 1964
7. "Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley-Bert Russell)
Recorded in one take because Lennon was losing his voice; peaked at #2 US in 1964

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