Studio - 1. Please Please Me, 11 September 1962, 26 November 1962, 11 and 20 February 1963 at Abbey Road Studios, London, England.[Parlophone Records] 22 March 163, remastered, September 2009.

Studio - 1. Please Please Me

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This article is about the album. For the song of the same name, see Please Please Me (song).

Please Please Me
Studio album by The Beatles
Released	22 March 1963
Recorded	11 September 1962, 26 November 1962, 11 and 20 February 1963; Abbey Road Studios, London, England
Genre	Rock and roll, Merseybeat, pop
Length	32:45
Language	English
Label	Parlophone
Producer	George Martin
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The Beatles chronology
Please Please Me (1963) With The Beatles (1963)
Singles from Please Please Me
"Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" Released: 5 October 1962 "Please Please Me"/"Ask Me Why" Released: 11 January 1963 "Twist and Shout"/"There's a Place" Released: 2 March 1964 "Do You Want to Know a Secret"/"Thank You Girl" Released: 23 March 1964

Please Please Me is the first album recorded by The Beatles, rush-released on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of singles "Please Please Me" (#1)^[1] and "Love Me Do" (#17). Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon/McCartney, early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called "[their invention of] the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments."^[2] The album was released by Parlophone in mono (catalogue number PMC 1202) and stereo (PCS 3042).