Please Please Me
Album by The Beatles
Released 22 March 1963
Tracklist
- 1I Saw Her Standing There3.6 ★
- 2Misery3.2 ★
- 3Anna (Go to Him)2.8 ★
- 4Chains2.9 ★
- 5Boys2.9 ★
- 6Ask Me Why2.8 ★
- 7Please Please Me4.0 ★
- 8Love Me Do4.0 ★
- 9P.S. I Love You3.2 ★
- 10Baby It’s You2.6 ★
- 11Do You Want to Know a Secret3.6 ★
- 12A Taste of Honey2.6 ★
- 13There’s a Place2.2 ★
- 14Twist and Shout3.6 ★
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Release credits
- assistant [1-6, 10-14]
- bongos [9], drums (drum set) [8], percussion [9]
- photography
- assistant [2, 10]
- acoustic guitar [8-9, 9-11], background vocals [3, 5-7, 9-10, 12-14], electric guitar [1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 10-12, 12-13, 13-14], handclaps [1], lead vocals [4, 11]
- celesta [10], piano [2], producer [1, 1-2, 2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7, 10, 10-11, 11-12, 12-13, 13-14, 14]
- acoustic guitar [3, 6, 8-9, 9, 11], background vocals [1, 4-5, 8-9, 11-12], electric guitar [1-2, 2, 4, 4-5, 5-7, 10, 10-12, 12-13, 13-14], handclaps [1], harmonica [4, 7-8, 13], lead vocals [2-3, 6-7, 10, 13-14], vocal [4, 8]
- engineer [1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-10, 10-11, 11-12, 12-13, 13-14, 14]
- background vocals [2, 2-7, 10-14], electric bass guitar, handclaps [1], lead vocals [1-2, 8-9, 12], vocal [4, 13]
- assistant [1-5, 10-14]
- drums (drum set) [1-7, 10-14], handclaps [1], lead vocals [5], maracas [9], percussion [11], tambourine [8]
- producer [8-9]
- engineer [2, 10]
- liner notes
Issues
P12" Vinyl (mono, 1st press)22 March 1963
P12" Vinyl (stereo, 1st press)26 April 1963
P12" Vinyl (mono, 2nd press)April 1963
P12" Vinyl (stereo, 2nd press)April 1963
P12" Vinyl (mono, 3rd press)May 1963
P12" Vinyl (mono, 4th press)May 1963
P12" Vinyl (stereo, 3rd press)May 1963
P12" Vinyl (stereo, 4th press)May 1963- P12" Vinyl (mono)December 1963
P12" Vinyl (mono, 5th press)1963
P12" Vinyl (mono, 5th press, Decca contract)1963
P12" Vinyl (stereo, 5th press)1963
P12" Vinyl (stereo, 6th press)1964
P12" Vinyl (stereo, recording first..., sold in U.K., tight track list)1964
P12" Vinyl (first stereo issue of Please Please Me)1964
P12" Vinyl (mono, 6th press)1965
P12" Vinyl (stereo, 7th press)1965
P12" Vinyl (mono, 7th press)1966- P12" Vinyl1966
P12" Vinyl (stereo)10 September 1969
P12" Vinyl (mono, 8th press)1969
P12" Vinyl (mono, one EMI box)1969
P12" Vinyl (stereo, 8th press)1969
P12" Vinyl (stereo, one EMI box)1969- PCassette (Blue print on cassette)1970
P12" Vinyl (stereo, two EMI boxes, MADE IN GT.BRITAIN at the bottom)1971
P12" Vinyl (stereo)1976
P12" Vinyl (stereo, two EMI boxes, MADE IN GT.BRITAIN in the rim text)1976
P12" Vinyl (stereo)1979
P12" Vinyl (stereo, two EMI boxes, HIRING in the rim text)1980
P12" Vinyl (mono, 1981 reissue)1981
P12" Vinyl (mono, red vinyl)21 January 1982
P12" Vinyl (stereo, two EMI boxes, RENTING in the rim text, thin font)1984
P12" Vinyl (stereo, two EMI boxes, RENTING in the rim text, wide font, no barcode)1984
P12" Vinyl (stereo, two EMI boxes, RENTING in the rim text, wide font)1985
P12" Vinyl (MFSL Original Master Recording)November 1986
P12" Vinyl (red vinyl)1986
PCD (mono)26 February 1987
PCD (mono, CD made in W‐Germany, SPARS code: ADD)26 February 1987
PCD (mono)26 February 1987
PCD (mono)27 February 1987
P12" Vinyl (mono)21 July 1987
P12" Vinyl (mono, two EMI boxes)1987
PCD (mono, CD made in USA)1987
PCD (mono, made in W‐Germany, SPARS code: AAD)1987
P1987
P12" Vinyl (mono, purple label)1988
PCD (mono)1992
PCD (mono)1992
PCD (mono)1992- PCD (mono)1993
- P1994
P12" Vinyl (mono, two EMI boxes, 1995)1995
P12" Vinyl (mono, purple label with Apple logo)1995- P11 March 1998
PEnhanced CD (2009 stereo remaster)9 September 2009
PEnhanced CD (2009 stereo remaster)9 September 2009
PEnhanced CD (2009 stereo remaster)2009
P12" Vinyl (2009 stereo remaster)12 November 2012
P12" Vinyl (2009 stereo remaster)13 November 2012
P12" Vinyl (2014 mono remaster)8 September 2014
PDigital Media (remastered)24 December 2015- P2015
PDigital Media2019- PCD (mono AAD GEMA Uden PDO)
P
PCassette
P12" Vinyl (red labels)1994
D1996
PCD (MFSL DESS bootleg)2000- P2000
P2002
PCD (mono DESS bootleg)2003
PCD (stereo DESS bootleg)2006
PDigital Media (Prof. Stoned, v1.2)11 June 2022- P2023