The Beatles recorded the “Please Please Me” album in 12-hours released on March 22, 1963.
1963–The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios, London). During 12 hours (585 minutes of studio time), in three separate sessions on this day, The Beatles complete ten songs for their first album. While it was not unusual then for groups to record an album in a single day, it was unusual for one of this quality to be produced, especially one with so many original songs.
The album, Please Please Me,was released on the Parlophone label on March 22, 1963, and it was the #1 LP in the UK for 30 weeks, until it was replaced at the top by With the Beatles.Released in the US as Introducing the Beatles(only 12 songs) on the VeeJay label, the album was on the charts for 49 weeks and made it up to #2, held out of the #1 spot by Capitol Records’ Meet the Beatles(the US LP that is more or less equivalent with With the Beatles).
The recordings:
13 takes of There’s a Place,12 takes of Seventeen(later renamed I Saw Her Standing There), 7 takes of A Taste of Honey,8 takes of Do You Want to Know a Secret,11 takes of Misery,3 takes of Anna (Go To Him),1 take of Boys,4 takes of Chains,3 takes of Baby It’s You,and two takes of Twist and Shout(the first take recorded was the one used on the album).
