Album: Please Please Me [UK mono]
Year of Release: 1963
Country: UK
Label: Parlophone
Catalogue number: PMC 1202
Matrix codes: XEX 421-1N // XEX 422-1N
[Tracklisting]
1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. Misery
3. Anna (Go To Him)
4. Chains
5. Boys
6. Ask Me Why
7. Please Please Me
8. Love Me Do
9. P.S. I Love You
10. Baby It's You
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret
12. A Taste Of Honey
13. There's A Place
14. Twist And Shout
Total running time: 33:00
[Review]
Here you have a transfer from my original UK mono copy of "Please Please Me" (-1N/-1N), that you can compare to the 2014 reissue. A close inspection reveals that this is a fourth pressing.
"The Beatles' Please Please Me album was rush-released by Parlophone on 22nd March, 1963 to capitalise on the enormous success of the title track which had been the group's second single and their first no. 1 in the majority of UK charts. Ten of the album's fourteen tracks were recorded in just one day - 11th February, 1963. The iconic front cover shot was taken at the then headquarters of EMI Limited at 20 Manchester Square in London's West End in early 1963 by Angus McBean. Given that the UK album chart in those days tended to be dominated by more 'adult' tastes such as film soundtracks and easy listening vocalists, it was a surprise when Please Please Me hit the top of the chart in May 1963 and remained there for thirty weeks before being replaced by With The Beatles." (from thebeatles.com)
1 comment:
Splendid! Thanks a million!
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