The album contains 14 songs, 8 of which are signed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, who as a songwriting duo would go on to write the greatest chapter in pop music.[/QUOTE]
The album contains 14 songs, 8 of which are signed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, who as a songwriting duo would go on to write the greatest chapter in pop music. Four songs had been previously released and 10 were recorded in one day, on 11 February 1963.
The four Beatles and their producer George Martin entered the Abbey Road studios at 10am and within 585 minutes had completed the recording of not just 10 songs, but 11. The eleventh was "Hold me Tight", which didn't make it onto the album and was included on the next "With the Beatles" after being re-recorded. The sound is natural and concert-like, an authentic recreation of the Cavern Club era. So the sound engineers had little to add.
The recording had its unpredictability. John Lennon's voice nearly shut down and it took a lot of effort to sing his cover of the classic "Twist and Shout". And yet, he gave an unrepeatable performance. "I wonder how he did it," Martin says. "We recorded all day and he saved the best for last."
Martin wanted to title the album "Off the Beatle Track," but the makers at Parlophone/EMI had other ideas and decided to call it "Please Please Me," after the big hit of the same name. Two of the album's songs, "I Saw Her Standing There" (No. 139) and "Please Please Me" (No. 184), were included in the prestigious music magazine Rolling Stone's list of the top 500 songs of all time.
The album "Please Please Me" includes the following songs. "I Saw Her Standing There" (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:55
2. "Misery" (Lennon/McCartney) - 1:50
3. "Anna" (Arthur Alexander) - 2:57
4. "Chains" (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) - 2:26
5. "Boys" (Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell) - 2:27
6. "Ask Me Why" (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:27
7. "Please Please Me" (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:03
B' Side
1. "Love Me Do" (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:22[BR/]2. "P.S. I Love You" (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:05[BR][BB][BB] 3. "Baby Its You" (David/Williams/Bacharach) - 2:38
4. "Do You Want to Know a Secret¨ (Lennon/McCartney) - 1:59
5. "A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott/Ric Marlow) - 2:05
6. "Theres a Place" (Lennon/McCartney) - 1:52
7. "Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley/Bert Russell) - 2:33
The musicians played:
Joe Lennon: guitars, harmonica, vocals.
Paul McCartney: bass, vocals.
George Harrison: electric guitar, vocals.
Ringo Starr: drums, vocals and maracas, on "P.S. I Love You".
George Martin (producer): piano, on "Misery" and "Baby Its You".
George Martin (producer): piano, on "Misery" and "Baby Its You".
Adi White: drums, on "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You".
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