Then we worked for ages on their new version of 'Please Please Me,' and I said: 'Gentlemen, you're going to have your first #1.'" The drum fill, played by Andy White in the fourth bar on the version recorded on September 11th, is replaced by “in my heart,” which is harmonized by Paul and George. Incidentally, this album is still available on compact disc and is still selling quite steadily, its first release being on September 20th, 1993 and its remastered version being released on August 10th, 2010. was distributed to retailers and radio programmers, "Please Please Me" being featured therein. He should have: Del Shannon had a huge U.S. hit with "From Me To You" before the Beatles released anything here. The RIAA certified sales of eight million units, which translates to four million copies of the double album. Lincoln) decided first to construct a new version of the song by editing takes 16, 17 and 18. Lennon remembers that they “were getting tired,” but at least one of these ‘tired’ experimentations were caught on tape. McCartney has called this a “cadence” which, after the fact, a Liverpool music teacher told them that she taught it to her pupils, citing “Please Please Me” as its source. In Mark Lewisohn's book "Tune In," she relates: "John was showing me these chords on the piano, saying, 'So Bobby, you can play this...' and I just said to him, 'You're mad. This compilation album only peaked at number 142 on the Billboard charts, selling only 20,000 copies. The success of the song also became a ‘feather in the cap’ for George Martin, whose arrangement suggestions proved to be just what the song needed after all. The Beatles gave the latter inferior song (George Martin’s opinion) to another artist in the Brian Epstein stable, Tommy Quickly, who released it as his first single in August of 1963, although it didn’t become a hit. The inclusion of this song on this tour, as well as the song “I’ll Get You,” has indeed broken that pattern. An unheard version of "Please Please Me" is contained on the album, this being recorded on July 16th, 1963 for broadcast on the radio program "Pop Go The Beatles. One can only guess what Beatles material he may choose for his next tour. We were getting very tired and we just couldn't seem to get it right." And, when listening to the many versions of the song done either for the BBC or on the September 11th version (available on Anthology 1), he always plays it with these different notes at the end of the bridge. It was actually the original “Introducing” album placed in a new sleeve. The show included their miming to a previously recorded medley which contained a portion of “Please Please Me.”. So he got to work and this is what he created. Since Britain was seeing one of the worst winters in their history, most people were snowed-in at home on January 12th to watch The Beatles perform “Please Please Me” on “Thank Your Lucky Stars.” The national exposure of this exciting song, as well as the unusual appearance and hair style of the group, garnered the band a lot of attention and propelled the record up the national charts. The new single was released in Britain on January 11th, 1963. var opts = { This evening is noteworthy because, as detailed in Mark Lewisohn's book "Tune In," the song "Please Please Me" was still taking shape. "They played me 'Please Please Me' but it was very slow and rather dreary," George Martin relates in Mark Lewisohn's book "Tune In," adding, "I told them if they doubled the speed it might be interesting. This newly found recording shows the drummer playing perfect drum fills in the bridge of the song, whereas Ringo’s usual staggered left-handed fills are prominently featured in the released version recorded in November. Especially noticeable is the final ten seconds of the song where the vocals don't match very well. Producer George Martin didn't think the three original compositions they recorded that day (June 6th) were good enough to be used as their first single so, spurred on to impress him, John immediately set out to write a song that was commercial enough; the perfect pop song! / Eric Carr on guitar [ HOT IN THE SHADE rehearsals ] - Duration: 14:09. The melody line starts with the opening riff being harmonized by John and Paul, John taking the true melody line with Paul sustaining one higher harmony note throughout the phrase. All speculation aside, it can assuredly be said that none of this would have happened without a great song. Session Four: In order to be complete, mention should be made of a January 23rd, 1969 recording session at Apple Studios. Thank you, He is in a relationship that is all one-sided; he is the one doing all the trying. It was decided, though, that the original session for “Please Please Me,” recorded on September 11th, was unsuitable for The Beatles' second record, so the November 26th session was arranged to remake the song, as well as to record the B-side. It peaked at number 63 on the US charts, selling 400,000 copies. It was also the title track of their first LP, which was recorded to capitalise on the success of the single. This opened many doors for The Beatles, helping propel the song to the top of most of the nations charts. Learn more. This suggests an urgency which creates a counterpoint to the verses’ simple-but-catchy melody line. Please Please Me is the debut album by the English rock band the Beatles.Produced by George Martin, it was released on EMI's Parlophone label on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom, following the success of the band's singles "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do", which reached number 1 on the NME and Melody Maker charts and number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. ‘Please Please Me’ was the only song performed by The Beatles during their first national TV appearance, for the ITV show Thank Your Lucky Stars.It was recorded at the Alpha Television Studios in Birmingham on 13 January 1963, and was broadcast six days later.. The possibilities are now virtually endless. A 6 CD box set was released on July 17th, 2001 entitled "Produced By George Martin," which was a huge compilation set that included examples of George Martin's production work throughout his career. The first time the original British "Please Please Me" album was made available in the US was the "Original Master Recording" vinyl edition released through Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab in January of 1987. By the end of 1962, The Beatles were feeling rather frustrated and disillusioned. It went on like this for some time, and in the end I just said 'I can't do it.'" I do all the pleasig with you, it's so hard to reason with you, Oh yeah, She is acknowledging that she has been mean and spiteful, sometimes just to be, but she is only acting like that because she is hurting too. Yet another mimed performance of the song was for the children's TV show "Tuesday Rendezvous" on April 9th, this live broadcast featuring 50 seconds of "Please Please Me" during the closing credits. He said, 'But you can play piano,' and I said, 'Yes, but I have to have a piece of music in front of me.' McCartney is in top form performing excellent bass work while harmonizing without losing a bit of pitch. The mono mix of “Please Please Me” was done four days later, on November 30th, 1962, in the control room of EMI Studio Two by George Martin, Norman Smith and an unnamed 2nd engineer. It has all the ingredients that demand attention from its listeners, which include an interesting eye-catching title, an introductory riff that effortlessly sticks in your head, a fair amount of breaks which make the listener take notice of the songs’ key focal points, and a dramatic ending that leaves you with a feeling of satisfaction. The September 9th, 2009 released box set “The Beatles In Mono” includes a very vibrant re-mastered version of the mono mix of the song. Since the mother plates where already made back in July, they rush released the album as it was. This is when a series of fortunate events, as well as a brilliantly written song, changed their fate as well as history itself. Paul remembers: "We were a bit embarrassed that he had found a better tempo than we had." That's it. This occurred on February 7th, 1963, released on Vee Jay records. The cleaned-up version could simply be: "Please pay attention to me the way I do to you", but the beauty of the lyrics is that they don't require any cleaning up! It was their second single in the United Kingdom, and their first in the United States. It was their second single in the United Kingdom, and their first in the United States. In his book "Here, There And Everywhere," Geoff Emerick explains: "The song being rehearsed was soulful and was sung with great feeling by John, but it had a very slow tempo and was marred by a clumsy phrase that George Harrison played over and over again, repetitive to the point of annoyance. You don't need me to show the way, love. He is saying "Please, please me!" I Love You," this being recorded relatively quickly, there being a good portion of studio time still available. The song also continued to be performed live in the beginnings of their first US tour, being heard at their first American concert at the Washington Coliseum on February 11th, as well as at Carnegie Hall on February 12th. This was the fourth US release of “Please Please Me.”. So how can I please you while you are not pleasing me? The godfather of soul! The excellent musicianship displayed on this track shows The Beatles to be an impressively tight unit, trained from years of experience in Hamburg as well as the Cavern. Curiously, when the “Please Please Me” album was being mixed for stereo on February 25th, 1963 in the control room of EMI Studio One, Martin and his engineering staff (Smith and A.B. 'Have you boys got anything else you’d like to play for me?' About Please Please Me "Please Please Me" is a song released by the English rock band the Beatles. "Please Please Me" was included on the disc entitled "Disc Three (That Was The Decade That Was).". However, Ron Richards made another suggestion on this day. With all 3 men gone now, we'll never get any more insight on this. Lennon’s last minute adaptation to harmonica was an outstanding fit for the song, continuing the identifiable, although short-lived, trend of hit singles featuring that instrument. Three more album attempts were made by Vee Jay records to cash in on the Beatles catalog before they were ordered to ‘cease and desist.’  The first was “The Beatles vs. by time they were in the elevator they were getting their panty's wet. On the stereo version of the song, it is noticeable that the notes he is playing on the riff are different than the harmonica which he always plays in unison with. On June 30th, 1992, Capitol released the box set “Compact Disc EP Collection” which contained the mono mix of “Please Please Me” due to its inclusion on the original 1963 British EP “The Beatles’ Hits.”. Sometime in 1967, Capitol released Beatles music on a brand new but short-lived format called "Playtapes." "We spent the night there," Lindy innocently wrote in her diary. He was a little shaky with this task when they attempted to record the song on September 11th, but during the 2 and a half months that transpired between sessions, he was quite well-rehearsed enough to be up for the task. And this was maintained throughout their career. "Please give me oral sex, like I give you oral sex", seems the most likely choice. It requires that the pleasing in either direction is essentially the same thing; a-"like". Ron Richards was in the producer's chair, but George Martin decided to go ahead and hire a session musician to act as drummer on this day, his choice being Andy White. One can speculate that since they were in Germany during the formative months that “Love Me Do” was released, they couldn’t promote the song with national tours or television exposure like they were able to do with “Please Please Me.” One can speculate that if they hadn’t stumbled upon people with connections who got behind them, such as Brian Epstein, Dick James and George Martin, they would have remained obscure local celebrities. New Musical Express (said by some to be the main chart at the time), Disc and Melody Maker all chart the song at number one, while the Record Retailer show it only peaking at number two. Also released on September 9th, 2009, in promotion of the remastered Beatles catalog, the "09.09.09 Sampler". [Chorus] Please don't pee (Please don't pee), In the pool (In the pool). "Imagine that, a number that could get us to the top just tucked away...We'd been going over it a few times and when we came to the question of the flip side of 'Love Me Do,' we intended using 'Please Please Me,' but our recording manager George Martin thought our arrangement was fussy, so we tried to make it simpler. George Martin acquiesced to Ringo’s rightful place behind the drum kit. April 1st saw the performance on the show “Side By Side,” which aired on April 22nd. }; Nonetheless, this was deemed the best the EMI team could do given that the master tape containing the harmonica overdubs no longer existed. The lyrics of the song are written as if the singer is relating a personal experience between his ‘girl’ and himself. “We were standing in the corridor outside the control room after the session," Ron Richards remembers. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO A BRIEF AUDIO HISTORY OF THIS SONG ON OUR PARTNER WEBSITE "THE BEATLES SONG BY SONG", The study of “Please Please Me” demonstrates the proper way to write a hit pop song in the sixties. I Love You” (which were on the first version of the album), Vee Jay records deleted these two songs from the album and re-released it on January 27th, 1964, with “Ask Me Why” and “Please Please Me” in their place. Prior to this, McCartney had always chosen Beatles material to perform live that he had sung lead to in The Beatles as well as primarily written himself. ", Vee Jay records to cash in on the Beatles catalog before they were ordered to ‘cease and desist.’. 'Look of Life' was a bracelet owned by Jackie Kennedy and the lyrics refer to this. One can even speculate that since Britain had the worst winter on record at the time the song was released, a huge British audience was snowed-in and had nothing better to do than see them perform the song on “Thank Your Lucky Stars” which created great exposure and newspaper reviews. Lewisohn writes: "Late night on June 9, Lindy and Lou watched them refine ("Please Please Me"), seated side by side at Jim Mac's upright piano in Paul's front parlor. Although WLS in Chicago did give the song airplay (February 8th being the date of the first time The Beatles were heard on American radio), as well as placing for a couple weeks in their local charts, the single failed to take hold nationally. Ten days earlier, however, on November 16th, 1962, George Martin called a meeting with the group for a proposed plan of action. The few missing ingredients could easily have been added in overdubs, which was a luxury that they did utilize anyway the next week. 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