THE BEATLES "PLEASE,PLEASE ME" 1995 OUT OF PRINT PROMO REISSUE CAPITOL/EMI

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THESE 12”/LP RECORDS COME FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, SOME ARE PROMO’S FROM THE NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK I WAS AT FOR 19 YEARS OTHERS FROM RECORD STORES, SWAPS,YARD SALES,CHARITY SHOPS, ETC.….ALL OF MY RECORDS COME IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE…MEDIA MAIL IN THE U.S. $4 COVERS THAT AS WELL AS THE COST OF THE RECORD MAILER….I DO COMBINE SHIPPING, .50 EACH FOR THE U.S. FOR EACH ADDITIONAL RECORD. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING BASED ON WEIGHT. CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS.WHEN I CLICK ON EBAY’S “USED” THAT ONLY MEANS THE RECORD IS OPENED, IN MOST CASES IT IS UNPLAYED SO “NEW” IN THAT SENSE. I USE THE GOLDMINE STANDARD GRADING SYSTEM.

I ALSO HAVE MORE OF THE BEATLES “LIMITED EDITION” 1995 VINYL RE-ISSUES, PROMO STAMPED I WILL BE LISTING.

FROM MY GOOD BUDDIES AT CAPITOL/EMI RECORDS HERE IN L.A., I RECEIVED A BOX OF 13 OF THE 1995 LIMITED EDITION BEATLES L.P.S IN THEIR ORIGINAL U.K. CONFIGURATIONS. THEY ALL HAVE A GOLD INK EMBOSSED PROMO STAMPS, (SEE PHOTOS) ALL ARE IN EXCELLENT UNPLAYED CONDITION (SEE ABOVE) UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)….ALL ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT, ALL ARE UNPLAYED ( I REALLY REALLY TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF KEEPING THEM AS THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART PRISTINE, BUT, I HAVE THE MUSIC AND HOW MANY COPIES OF THIS DOES ONE NEED?). I AM LISTING THEM ONE AT A TIME, BUT WILL COMBINE SHIPPING FOR ANYONE WHO WINS MORE THAN ONE. THANKS FOR LOOKING. HERE GOES.

THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD, IF YOU COULD HEAR IT THROUGH ALL OF THE SCREAMING. THIS IS THE BEATLES DEBUT U.K. ALBUM “PLEASE,PLEASE ME” LIMITED EDITION C1-46435.

THANK YOU. HERE’S MORE ON THIS ALBUMS HISTORY.

“Please Please Me” is the debut album by the English rock band the Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of the singles "Please Please Me" (No. 1 on most lists but only No. 2 on Record Retailer) and "Love Me Do" (No. 17).

 Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon–McCartney (originally credited "McCartney–Lennon"), early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called "[their invention of] the idea of the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments." In 2012, Please Please Me was voted 39th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."

Recording

 In order for the album to contain fourteen songs (the norm for British 12" vinyl pop albums at that time was to have seven songs on each side, while American albums usually had only five or six songs per side), ten more tracks were needed to add to the four sides of their first two singles recorded and released previously. Therefore, at 10:00 am on Monday, 11 February 1963, the Beatles and George Martin started recording what was essentially their live act in 1963, and finished 585 minutes later (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. Optimistically, only two sessions were originally booked by Martin—the evening session was added later.

 Martin had initially contemplated recording the album live at the Cavern in front of the group's home audience[9][10] and visited the Liverpool club on 9 December 1962 to consider the technicalities. But when time constraints intervened, he decided to book them at EMI Studios in Abbey Road instead and record them virtually live. Martin said, "It was a straightforward performance of their stage repertoire — a broadcast, more or less."

 The day ended with a cover of "Twist and Shout," which had to be recorded last because John Lennon had a particularly bad cold and Martin feared the throat-shredding vocal would ruin Lennon's voice for the day. This performance, captured on the first take, prompted Martin to say: "I don't know how they do it. We've been recording all day but the longer we go on the better they get."

 The song "Hold Me Tight" was recorded during these sessions, but was "surplus to requirements" and not included on the album. "Hold Me Tight" was recorded again on 12 September 1963 for With the Beatles.

 The whole day's session cost around £400 (£10,000 as of 2013). George Martin said: "There wasn't a lot of money at Parlophone. I was working to an annual budget of £55,000." This budget had to cover all of the artists on Martin's roster. Individually, under a contract with the Musicians' Union, each Beatle collected a seven pounds and ten shillings (£7.50) session fee for each three-hour session.

 Martin considered calling the album Off the Beatle Track before Please Please Me was released on Parlophone PCS 3042. The album was recorded on a two-track BTR 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 quarter-inch tape mix-down in mono. A stereo mix was made at the same time as the mono mix, with one track on the left channel and the other on the right, as well as an added layer of reverb to better blend the two tracks together. This was common practice for mixing stereo albums at the time.

ALBUM COVER

George Martin was an honorary fellow of the Zoological Society of London, which owns the London Zoo. Martin 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 society turned down Martin's offer, and instead, Angus McBean was asked to take the distinctive colour photograph of the group looking down over the stairwell inside EMI's London headquarters in Manchester Square. Martin was to write later: "We rang up the legendary theatre photographer Angus McBean, and bingo, he came round and did it there and then. It was done in an almighty rush, like the music. Thereafter, though, the Beatles' own creativity came bursting to the fore." In 1969, the Beatles asked McBean to recreate this shot. Although the 1969 photograph was originally intended for the then-planned Get Back album, it was not used when that project saw eventual release in 1970 as Let It Be. Instead, the 1969 photograph, along with an unused photograph from the 1963 photo shoot, was used in 1973 for the Beatles' retrospective albums 1962–1966 and 1967–1970. Another unused photograph from the 1963 photo shoot was used for The Beatles (No. 1) (also released in 1963).

Editorial Reviews

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London, England. "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" were recorded in September 1962. The other 12 tracks were recorded on February 11, 1963 ("Twist And Shout" was the last song to be recorded). Includes liner notes by Tony Barrow. Recorded in between a cup of tea and a cigarette, this album is raw yet dazzling. Here were four lads, highly experienced on stage, but with little or no idea of what a recording studio was like. They were subtly marshalled by the much-respected George Martin to deliver an entire album that was exactly what the fans wanted, but was still a surprise. Things were never as simple as this again, yet the genius is there. Examples are Lennon's unmatchable rasping on "Twist And Shout," McCartney's graceful ease in singing "I Saw Her Standing There," Harrison's sparse but definite Gretsch chords, and Starr's ace vocal on "Boys." EMI.

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