The last notes of “Please Please Me” still hung in the stale air of EMI’s Studio Two on November 26th, 1962, when George Martin’s disembodied voice crackled over the talkback from the control room ...

As part of our new series Blogging the Beatles, we’ll be featuring occasional excerpts from Ian MacDonald’s Revolution in the Head, a thrilling song-by-song history of the Beatles’ records which Slate ...

Producer George Martin felt The Beatles’ “Please Please Me” needed to be changed in a major way. Martin discussed what he thought of the Fab Four during their early days. “Please Please Me” was a hit ...

Friday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Please Please Me, the debut album of the world's greatest rock n' roll band, The Beatles. With a half-century of history to pick from, we've come up ...

Listening to it now, Please Please Me, The Beatles‘ initial album release in the United Kingdom, sounds like one of the first times a rock and roll act properly took advantage of the long-playing ...

Most Fab Four fans are aware that "Please Please Me" was the Beatles' second 7" single release in the UK, and arguably their first number one record. The track, along with its flip side "Ask Me Why," ...

How confident were the Beatles in what they had and how they played it when they entered EMI Studios in February 1963 to record their debut album, Please Please Me? So much so that they recorded ...

Starting today, Brow Beat will follow the Beatles every week in “real time,” 50 years later, from their first chart-topper to their final rooftop concert. We begin with the Fab Four’s first No. 1 hit, ...