PLEASE PLEASE ME
| Label | Parlophone |
| Catalogue No. | PCS 3042 (Stereo) PMC 1202 (Mono) CDP 7 46435 2 (CD) |
| Release date | 22nd March 1963 (Mono ONLY) 26th April 1963 (Stereo version) 26th February 1987 (CD release) |
| Total time | 31:59 |
| U.K. Album Chart Detail | Entry Date: 6th April 1963 Highest Position: 1 ... for 30 weeks from 11th May 1963 (Consecutively!) Weeks in Chart: 70+ 4 from 7th March 1987 (CD release, reached no.32) |
Songs recording date and information:
- Please Please Me - 11th February 1963 in 12 takes. Final mix - takes 9 and 12
- Misery - 11th February 1963 in 11 takes. Overdubs 20th February 1963 creating takes 12-16. Final mix - take 16
- Anna (Go to Him) - 11th February 1963 in 3 takes. Final mix - take 3
- Chains - 11th February 1963 in 4 takes. Final mix - take 1
- Boys - 11th February 1963 in just 1 take. Final mix - take 1
- Ask Me Why - 26th November 1962 in 6 takes. Final mix - take 6
- Please Please Me - 26th November 1962 in 18 takes (A slower version was recorded 11th September 1962, but erased). Final mix - mono was one single take, whereas stereo was takes 16/17/18 edited
- Love Me Do - 11th September 1962 in 18 takes, with Andy White on drums (The version with Ringo was 1 week earlier on the 4th). Final mix - take 18
- P.S. I Love You - 11th September 1962 in 10 takes, with Andy White on drums, and Ringo on Maracas. Final mix - take 10
- Baby It's You - 11th February 1963 in 3 takes. Overdubs 20th February 1963 creating takes 4-6. Final mix - take 5
- Do You Want to Know a Secret - 11th February 1963 in 8 takes. Final mix - take 8
- A Taste of Honey - 11th February 1963 in 7 takes. Final mix - take 7
- There's a Place - 11th February 1963 in 13 takes. Final mix - take 13
- Twist and Shout - 11th February 1963 in 2 takes (A second take
was attempted, but it is Take 1, raw and complete, on record). Final
mix - take 1