The Temperance Seven were founded on Christmas 1955. The three founding mem… Read Full Bio ↴The Temperance Seven were founded on Christmas 1955. The three founding members were Paul McDowell, Philip Harrison and Brian Innes.

The band evolved into a nine-piece ensemble with a light-hearted and humorous performing style.

The name "Temperance Seven" is a subtle play on words: the number seven being "one under the eight". That there were nine members or "one over the eight" implied intemperance.

They have links to Monty Python and the Rolling Stones.

Official site: http://www.thetemperanceseven.co.uk/.

Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
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Parlogram

1y↑23

A few corrections:
3:03 - Their 1st Parlophone session was of course June 6th
14:58: The year should be '1962'
Thanks to those who noticed and pointed them out.

Paul Goldstein

@Skarloey Express When you stated REMOVED, I assume you meant muted. But I assumed the harmonica was overdubbed later onto presumably Take 5, which I downloaded from the now non-existent Grooveshark website and in stereo, but unable to find on Youtube. It also had less echo. But what I did find on Youtube was TRACK 2, TAKE 14, of which later takes may have been Take 5 with different harmonica overdubs on each. I have posted it here. You actually get two takes here, the second one with more harmonica than the first. Both are stereo, and seemed to contain less echo than the previously released stereo format, and there is a bit of studio chatter at the beginning of the first of these two takes.
https://youtu.be/mlf2QgfDVZU

Joseph Preza

You should do what the Doors did for some of their live audio recordings where Jim Morrison's mike failed. The record company/engineers dropped the same word where the mike failed. You can re-record and say '1962' and dropped it where you said '1963' and you'll be good! 😁

Skarloey Express

Hello Andrew, today I had bought a Japanese version of "the Beatles second album" (the vinyl was red if that's important) on the song "thank you girl" strangely enough except for the start the harmonica is missing! do you know why this is? maybe make a video about different mixes across different countries, maybe you already have!
EDIT: I found out why this is, it's an original mono mix that when was being made some edit pieces were removed (if this is incorrect please correct me)

Hornet King

1y↑2

This was great! I always hated the "Stereo" (haha) mix of Please Please Me, shoving John's vocal to the hard right speaker.
I have an origianal 45 single of it and am going to listen to it now!

Thanks for the great Beatles videos!

Stephen G

1y↑50

Not overlooked or underrated by me. Love it & if I was only allowed to listen to one Beatles album ever again it would be Please Please Me. For all the genius of their later stuff the raw energy & buzz can't be beaten.

jacques Cousteau

1y↑4

An interesting technical issue . I’ll preface this by saying I’m a retired studio musician - like most others since the advent of digital recording technology - When I first heard PPM, and Ask Me Why I was blown away by the chord changes in Ask Me Why . The song was much more complex than PPM. Rather than go into detail technically suffice to say being more complex doesn’t always mean a better melody, however Ask Me Why was a strong song,and if produced differently ie arrangement, the song could have been a contender .
I’m in hopes Andrew delves into “ It Won’t Be Long “ ( an advertisement for Viagra : ) … It has always baffled me why that song was not issued as an A side single. It is hands down the song that illustrates how chord savvy the Beatles were in 1963. The song has augmented,diminished 7th,and 6th chords - The descending chords on the bridge aka middle eight in the UK showcases a certain sophistication not heard in any pop song I can think of in this period - I wonder if “It Won’t Be Long” could have been rearranged to make it more mainstream palatable, but reality is it was the right arrangement the way it was released . I don’t believe it was even released as a B side on a 45 . The bean counters got that one all wrong .

Rick Townend

1y↑1

I agree - I think that, right there at the beginning, the Beatles established their tradition of having two excellent songs on each single - double A-sides really!

Jipwell

1y↑40

As a teenager, I wish I knew more fans of the early Beatles catalogue; it’s hard to talk about the pre-Revolver songs and albums of theirs with the younger fans

Glenn Radford

I was 12 years old when the Beatles' music fist hit North America, and it made me appreciate the early recordings ('62-'66) in a different way than the later era Beatles music; two different styles. Both great, and timeless.

ramen addict

1y↑1

@Andrés Mora this is what happened to me as I got older. I appreciated their earlier stuff and started to prefer that more.

Tony Rock

I grew up with The Beatles from 1963-1970. What an impact they made!!

Mike Lewis

I’m learning There’s a Place. It’s magic to me.

Polaroid Productions

I mean I’m seventeen and I started out the opposite way, appreciating the early catalogue before the later ones

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Dmitry Sobolin

1y↑46

Joe Satriani about Please Please Me album: "As a little kid, I played this record repeatedly until it sounded like a cat's claws on plastic! I literally played the vinyl to death. There is so much energy and excitement on this album. These guys knew how to play music. (laughs) It's a thing, you know? It's one thing to be a good musician, but it's an entirely different thing to be able to play music and make it inviting, fun, magical, etc."

Holyfreakin Schift

You've got it just right from a 74-year-old. They're still "inviting, fun magical, etc." 🤩

M

In neighbourhood where i grew up,everybody including my late father played instrument,guitars mainly,so they listened to the radio and repeated those popular melodies,and guess what where those between 1960-1970? 😎

Jeffrey Slotnikoff

@Farrell McNulty One reason that Parlophone may not have been too heavy on the promotion angle was The Beatles' incredible popularity; after all that's why the years 1963-1965 are called the age of "Beatlemania". Though things were certainly more chaotic in America, their British and European fans never held back a single scream.
It's when The Beatles started to release what a businessman might call "less accessible" albums did their record company started taking things less for granted. Of course, they really shouldn't have worried too much.

jazzmaster909

1y↑2

@Farrell McNulty with the Demixing Tech used in Revolver, I think its quite possible now to have better stereo mixes for the older albums.
And I have a hunch the original Delta Mono mix will be included in that Super Deluxe release of Please Please Me when it does happen

Farrell McNulty

1y↑2

@Stephen GNo argument here - they are perfect, especially in mono.

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David Skidmore

1y↑1

I absolutely love that song!!! I was in a band years ago, and another member and I would do that song just our two voices and a acoustic guitar. It always brought the house down, it is a barn burner!!! I have always found it interesting how little commented on is the obvious Everly Brothers influence on the track. John and Paul use the "Cathy's Clown" trick of one singing the line straight while the other sings the down scale hook of the song. It is simple, and glorious, and a important reason why that song grabs the ear so quickly. They always learned from the best!

Terry F

1y↑1

Your so right...Evererly brothers...good point🤠

topgazza

1y↑1

I've considered this their most important single as well. I always say that if someone asks what the Beatles were all about play Please Please Me. Even better is show the Paul McCartney opening from The Space Within US DVD which is the last song played. It's a total blast

Tom Shepherd

1y↑13

Ask Me Why remains one of my favorite early recordings. I recall being very moved by it when I first heard it. I thought it was a marvelous recording.

Brendan Walsh

Yeah. Very intricate chording by Lennon and lovely harmonies. Great early Beatles song.

Michael Harrington

1y↑1

Yep. Fantastic Lennon vocal on Ask Me Why.

Bill Leary

1y↑14

Thanks for this Andrew! Please Please Me has always seemed to be overlooked on the compilations for some strange reason. This song is one of their best singles in my opinion. Thanks for providing the history on this. I did preorder the Apcor book last week. I will seek out the original 45 mix as I have never heard it before. Take care and thanks again!

Bill Leary

@richardnoller63 You’re most welcome…..thanks for writing it!

richardnoller63

1y↑3

Thanks for buying my book Bill.
Rich

Parlogram

1y↑3

Cheers Bill!

mjanovec

1y↑1

Great video! Hope we get the 60th anniversary video for every single (and LP). They all have an interesting story to tell.

Frederick Leblanc

1y↑1

Hey Andrew! LOVE your videos and this channel. I always watch each release, at least once. Thanks so much for the work you do.
One small quibble: at the 15 minute mark (15:00), you mention the date soon after the Beatles cut this song was in the year 1963, as opposed to 1962. Not a big deal in anyway and probably just a quick oversight, but I did feel the need to let you know, as I had to rewind the video a couple of times just to make sure. What the hell, we are all human! Keep doing what you’re doing, we all enjoy it very much!
And yes, I believe that this song is one of the absolute best in their canon, especially the performance. John Lennon sings with a hungry, visceral growl that is not only entertaining but very lascivious as well. This performance and ‘She Loves You’ are two of the most exciting performances in their entire catalog.
All the best to you and yours!

Farrell McNulty

1y↑1

Andrew, these videos are of such a great service, and I'll tell you why.
Over the years, I've had this song on so many variations - the Vee Jay real issue, the Vee Jay counterfeit issue with the name of the band below the spindle, the Parlophone single reissue, the this - the that. I do remember hearing a reverb mix and the dry one, but I couldn't tell you which of those editions either of those mixes were on, or if I still have them on my shelves (somewhere). All through the video, I was thinking "I used to have that - maybe I've got it - do I still?" That's part of the fun of Beatlemania, how crazy it can make you. Three or four years ago, I scored a Record Store Day reissue of the red Parlophone 45 of Love Me Do / PS I Love You and it's more for DISplay then to actually play (I have the PPM LP in stereo and mono and I also have Love Me Do on the American Rarities and the Past and Mono Masters collections), but I'd really like a British 45 of Please Please Me.

Funny story, though (at least to me) - I picked up a Vee Jay copy of Please Please Me at a used record shop and was disappointed the group's name had only one T in it, but I googled and printed out a fake Vee Jay label with the two T's and glued it on. Completely forgot I did that. A few years later, I was scrounging through my 45s and saw the record and exclaimed, "My God, do I really HAVE this? Jesus, how much can I get for it...." and remembered it was my fake label I pasted on it.

Finally, I picked up another reissued edition of the Please Please Me album, the boxed Parlophone, at a record show, paid the price of it, then inspected it only to find TWO side one labels were plastered on the record, but not right on top of each other, but overlapping. I think the labels must have been pasted on first before the disc goes into the cutting lathe because part of the errant label was jammed underneath the grooves, of course making it impossible to play. Of course I kept it. I might've been burned, but I thought it was funny, anyway.

Tiger Rogers

1y↑2

Andrew, it's an ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY that "Please Please Me" was not put on the "1" compilation!! It is the most important Beatles single, i believe, up until "Strawberry Fields Forever" - which also was not on that comp. I've made my own "1" comp putting both these songs on it at the expense of "Come Together" & an edited version of "Hey Jude".

Michael Weil

1y↑1

My favorite single of theirs from the "Beatlemania" era. Thank you for this most excellent review and analysis!

Parlogram

Thanks Michael. Glad you enjoyed it!

Gordon Hastie

1y↑1

Fascinating and very informative YT - one of the greatest singles, and now we know one of the many reasons it sounded so good!

Parlogram

1y↑1

Thanks for watching, Gordon!

Vocalion

1y↑1

For those unable to score a copy of the 'Made in U.K.' book, absolutely check out Bruce Spizer's 2011 book titled 'The Beatles for Sale on Parlophone' which is very similar in format (especially the label pictures) and a relative bargain. All of his books are very highly recommended for Beatles fans.

Robert Szekely

1y↑1

As a Beatles fan all of my life I thank you for this video, and the information you give us. "Please, Please Me" will always a great song in my mind, and the album is terrific.

MW Meier

1y↑10

This Wednesday, January 11, begins almost a decade of 60th Anniversaries for The Beatles. Andrew you are well-prepared to meet these moments, with even more sterling content. Your effort and talent is much appreciated. Thank you, sir!

ashlarhogmany

1y↑1

Thanks for a great video. I have a good copy of the 2nd pressing and love it. Some thing which was overlooked was the stereo version of Please Please Me which appears on the album, it's a totally different mix of the single mono version. Sounds like a one take as its heavy on the echo, rough harmonica and John's fluff up on the final verse, his rather angry singing on the final C'mons and it sounds rushed on the final few seconds of the song. It is an interesting listen but the mono version is more punchy and clean. I assume it got missed off the 1 album as it wasn't a Northern Songs song

Jos Housen

1y↑1

Today I received my "Made In The U.K." book. Thank you very much for the tip you gave me about it. It will certainly be a great help in catalogue and identify my U.K. 7" collection. And as always a fantastic video testifying to your knowledge of The Beatles. I myself have been fascinated by this band for over 50 years, but I keep on learning more and more about their recordings thanks to your Youtube channel. Very happy to be a member of your channel!

Parlogram

Thanks for your support, Jos and enjoy the book!

VVellieMan

1y↑5

Superb video, thoroughly researched as ever. Regarding chart position, everyone around knew it got to No.1 in the only chart that mattered at the time - the BBC Pick of the Pops chart which of course was an average of the four nationally published charts. That history has been rewritten when those Guinness books settled on the Record Retailer charts is extremely misleading. Shame on the compilers of the '1' album for choosing to omit Please Please Me.

Erik Molnar

1y↑2

Should have been #1 in the States and should have been on the 1 compilation. I wasn't even gonna buy 1, but someone at Walmart put a Michael Jackson Bad price sticker on it :^) so I got it for $19 bucks. Very disappointed that Please Please Me isn't on there. That's just me personally. There are at least 3 or 4 tracks I'd replace it with.

Farrell McNulty

I never completely bothered with "1" until the double DVD set came out a few years ago. I really don't need the audio for the collection as I have the stereo and mono remasters with past and mono masters compilations riding shotgun. I think that's (about) everything, don't you?

Allister Whitehead

1y↑10

Paul leaving it off the #1 album didn't help it being overlooked. I love this track.

Pat Galvez

it's a John song so no surprize....

The Chuckster

1y↑4

Andrew, great job as usual. One thing that you left out, that could have been interesting to cover was how The Beatles got the harmonica passages that were locked into the mono mix of the song by means of a tape to tape overdub to the mono mix. I found it interesting that Abbey road engineers flew in the mono mix on top of the stereo mix by manually synchronizing them whenever a harmonica passage was present. This is clearly covered in the book called "Recording The Beatles," released in 2006. The authors uncovered the mystery of why whenever a harmonica passage was present on the stereo mix, the two mixes went slightly out of sync, especially the very last time John played the harmonica in the song.

Parlogram

1y↑1

I'm saving that for when I cover the album.

Seamus Smith

1y↑7

Hi Andrew, I was really looking forward to this and it didn't disappoint. I certainly noticed the difference in sound, can't believe the amount of echo on the album track. A Delta release would have been a great idea from Apple/EMI which begs the question ...do they have an in house music historian to remind them of these events and what is in their library?

Parlogram

1y↑1

Glad you enjoyed it, Seamus. It would be interesting to speak to the person who is in charge of their tape research.

Alan Smith

1y↑6

I was born in 1955 (September) and at Seven years old did watch that "Thank your Lucky Stars" edition, along with my Six year old sister. we were allowed to watch "Stars" because we could not go out to `play` like normal due to the truly frigid weather conditions. "Stars" got very big ratings due to the horrendous 1962-3 winter.

mrcouchman842

1y↑18

That original 45 dry mix of Please Please Me has so much energy and excitement to it that it's hard to imagine how it could NOT have been the massive success that it was. It should be a given on any Beatles compilation, least of all the 1 album.

RokinRobin OfLocksley

@N. GT I agree, PPM was never an official UK #1 single. But it was an historical majority-of-all-charts #1. On 5 charts. #1 for 2 weeks on 4 charts, #1 for 3 weeks on 1 chart. Based on over 270 sampled record shops. Only #2 on Record Retailer, based on only 30 record shops. Historical facts. There were no official #1 singles by anyone until Feb 1969, when the official charts began. In 2002, the official charts co made up retroactive false rewritten history by proclaiming 'their choice' of official charts for the 50s and 60s, but these charts were not official for the UK, just for the self named official charts co. Cheers n crisps !! 😁😜🤩 This concludes my commentary to you on this topic, have a nice life !!

N. GT

@RokinRobin OfLocksley 'Please Please Me' was NEVER an official UK Number One single.

RokinRobin OfLocksley

@N. GT We partially agree. There were other charts? Yes. There had to be ONE that was the definitive chart? Maybe, maybe not. The official UK chart 1952-1960 was compiled by NME? No, NME compiled the NME chart. The 'Official Charts Co' declared NME as official for the 50s in 2002, thus it was not official for the 50s in 2001 or prior to. The official UK chart 1960-1969 was compiled by Record Retailer? Again, no. Record Retailer compiled the RR chart. The 'Official Charts Co' declared RR as official for the 60s in 2002, thus it was not official for the 60s in 2001 or prior to. In Feb 1969 a standardized UK chart was then established with the BMRB? Yes. The OCC have stated previous listings by NME and RR as the official national chart? Yes, that is what the OCC proclaimed, in 2002, rewritten history decades after the fact. Multiple issues here: by what right can the OCC declare anything official prior to Feb 1969? The OCC did not exist prior to Feb 1969. How can they in 2002 declare what was official before Feb 1969, before they even existed? What governing body allows them to declare that? No such body. NME and RR are the official charts of the OCC from 1952-Feb 1969, but they are not the official charts of the UK, there was no such thing. Here in the States, companies like to brag that they are the official product of an organization. Such as Gatorade is the official sports drink of the National Football League. And Gatorade pays the NFL tons of $ every year so they can say that. But they are not the official sports drink of the USA, there is no governing body to officiate that. Likewise, there is no UK governing body to say NME and RR are the official charts of the UK. They are only the official charts of the OCC, and nothing more. Who was the king of England before England existed? Who were the World Cup Champions before there was a World Cup? What was the official chart before the official charts existed? But more importantly, RR is the least accurate chart of the 60s. They sampled the fewest record shops to produce their charts, 1/3 as many as Melody Maker. RR always disagreed with the other major charts of the day. Because they sampled so few shops (only 30 from 1960-63, only 80 from 1964-69), they had tied positions. So they invented a bogus tie breaker based on looking at the previous weeks chart, this is mathematical malpractice. Plus RR had 11 #1 records that did not reach #1 on ANY of the other charts. They had 6 records that did NOT make #1 that reached #1 on all the other charts. The 2 most glaring examples of RR being odd man out for #1's: Please Please Me by The Beatles was #1 in NME, MM, and Disc, for 2 weeks each, and 3 weeks on the BBC, based on 270 sampled record shops. It only made #2 on RR based on 30 shops. Which is truth, 270 or 30? Likewise, 19th Nervous Breakdown by The Rolling Stones was #1 for 3 weeks each on NME, MM, Disc, and the BBC based on 575 record shops. It only made #2 on RR based on 80 shops. Which is truth, 575 or 80? In terms of record shops that were sampled from 1962-Feb 1969 by NME, MM, Disc, and RR to compile their charts: RR sampled 14%, Disc 16%, NME 30%, MM 40%. Those are the facts. The OCC can say whatever they want, they can choose whatever charts they wish to represent the 50s and 60s for themselves, they can choose wisely or thoughtlessly. But they have no authority to rewrite history as it occurred. The OCC decision is not based on history and fact, it is based on error. We as music and chart fans can choose which charts to follow as well. You my friend are likewise free to believe or follow any chart you wish. I am here to just point out the truth, to fully inform everyone, as a free service, and let everyone decide on their own, but armed with the truth. I do hope you have read the Alan Smith article that I referenced, do a search for "UKMix updated chart history" and all will be revealed. Alan spent 5 years researching the charts, interviewing all the people who put the charts together back in the day at NME, RM, MM, Disc, RR, and the BBC. He first published his article in Record Collector magazine in the early 2000s, and this UKMix revision is from 2014. It always amazes me why so many people choose to defend the OCC, when the OCC has tricked everyone into believing their false rewritten history of the 50s and 60s charts. But it's simply because most do not know the truth, they get their chart history from historically revised chart books, they didn't live thru the 50s and 60s. And, unfortunately, Melody Maker never published a chart book. I humbly support history, facts, and truth. Because the truth will set you free !! Cheers chips n crisps for all !! 😁😜🤩

N. GT

@RokinRobin OfLocksley Yes, there were other charts of course, but there had to be ONE that was the definitive chart. The official UK chart from November 1952 to 1960 was compiled by NME, and from 1960 to February 1969 it was compiled by the magazine 'Record Retailer', after which a standardised UK chart was then established with the British Market Research Bureau.
The 'Official Charts Company' in the UK have stated that the previous listings compiled by Record Retailer are counted as the official national chart.

RokinRobin OfLocksley

@N. GT I halfway agree with you but for different reasons. The "UKMix updated chart history" is a 2014 update of an article that appeared in Record Collector magazine in the early 2000s, maybe 2003. It is based on 5 years of research by UK chart expert/historian/guru Alan Smith, who went around and interviewed the people who had put together the various music paper charts of the 50s and 60s (NME, Record Mirror, Melody Maker, Disc, Record Retailer), including the BBC. All fact, believe it or not. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink, ha. Where I agree with you, yes PPM was not an 'official' #1 single, because there was no 'official' chart prior to Feb 1969, thus there were no 'official' #1's either prior to Feb 1969. But PPM was #1 on 4 of the above 5 charts in 1963. I'm just trying to educate everyone about true chart history, not what the self-named 'official' charts would have us to believe. Believe what you wish, truth or revisionist history. Cheers !!

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Peter Gibbs

1y↑4

I'm surprised that 'Please Please Me', rates so little with people. I remember 'Love Me Do' and then 'Please Please Me' on the radio (I was six at the time) when they came out and Please Please Me was my favourite of the two. I loved George's playing on it and still do all these years later. For me it's Beatles 101 song wise.

the Doc of Rock

1y↑1

i was 11 when the beatles were on the ed sullivan show in '64 and the entire country watched. all anyone talked about at school for the entire week were the fab four. never liked 'i wanna hold your hand ' that much but ' please please me ' and ' i saw her standing there ' are to this day 2 of my top beatles tunes. ' a taste of honey ' is another overlooked song that i love .

Matt Gaskell

Just brilliant, Andrew. One of my first Beatles singles was the 20th anniversary Please Please Me on picture disc. Which cut did they use for this and how does the ‘83 version compare? Thanks again.

Moutton Noir

1y↑1

I must commend the quality of these videos- the detailed research and professional presentation makes this channel one of THE best on You Tube. I was 2 years old when Please Please Me was released so I have no first hand memory but it certainly has an energy and excitement about it that made it stand out from all other UK acts. I think it's one of their greatest recordings as it really is a hint of what was about to explode across the globe in just a few months. As a chart freak I'm afraid as far as I'm concerned it cannot be officially classed as a UK No1- if we make an excuse for this record then every other record that reached No1 on all the other charts but not the Official chart can lay claim to the position, causing complete chaos. It remains forever a No2 hit but one of the many iconic records that deserved to reach the coveted No1 spot but failed at the final hurdle.

Parlogram

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

david turner

I remember this at the time, it was obviously going to be a game changer and I still I think it was there best hit, I thought the early Beatles tracks were the best for me, up until Hard Days Night, after that their tracks did noot impress me so much so PLease Please me was their number one for me.

Ken Q

1y↑1

The Vee Jay 45 does sound far superior than any other US pressing. The End.

Anthony Vigliotti

1y↑2

Great subject, Andrew. "Please Please Me" is, to me, as a songwriter, the perfect pop song. The information on the Delta Mono you provide here is fascinating and explains so much. Well done, Andrew!

Parlogram

1y↑1

Glad you enjoyed it, Anthony!

Bob's Old Records

It's always struck me as strange that the sound quality of EMI's UK singles dropped off dramatically, starting in late 1963, early 1964. It was at the time they had mostly stopped producing Jazz singles, as fans were gravitating towards LPs and abandoning the format it seems

Francis Coop

1y↑4

Another fascinating insight Andrew - and the two 'sneek' audio clips make a world of difference to the channel - C'mon Apple Corps give this man the clearance to do more of the same....😎

Farrell McNulty

1y↑2

Right - Apple should make him a consultant.

BouaphaTheGourdslayer

1y↑3

I was born in '93 so I grew up with The Beatles entirely digitally. However, thanks to our local bay area oldies station (KFRC 99.7 FM, sadly went defunct in 2006) I heard the earlier stuff first, including Please Please Me. It thankfully wasn't overlooked. To me as a kid it was that "c'mon, c'mon" song with the harmonica in the rotation along with tons of other pre-Rubber Soul songs.

Anyway, thanks to you Andrew I am now fascinated by little details like different pressings and different mixes. Even Vee-Jay and Capitol mucking things up with compression and tape copying fascinates me as it is part of history. I hope to get into vinyl someday and listen to these different versions of songs I grew up with side by side for comparison.

Brian Christie

1y↑1

Another fab video, Andrew & team! Informative and engaging, as usual…

At the risk of sounding picky, I did notice a few date errors (written with all due respect, and from the perspective of a fan of this channel)…

The Beatles’ first EMI session was on 6 June 1962, not 4 June (which was the date of their EMI contract signing).

The mixing of the “Please Please Me”/“Ask Me Why” single was on 30 November 1962, not 1963.

flamencoprof

1y↑1

In 1963 I stayed with my Second Cousins, a bit older than me, they had this single and played it continuously on auto-repeat all day. If one of them still has it, I shudder to think about its current condition.

vastariner

1y↑1

PPM topped the NME, MM, and Disc/Music Echo charts. And the BBC Pick of the Pops chart, which was an average of the main charts in each magazine. Hardly anyone paid attention to Record Retailer, which was trade only and had a small sample of 30 or so stores (Melody Maker had over a hundred). On top of which...one week RR DID have PPM at the top of the charts, jointly with Frank Ifield for w/e 21 Feb 1963. Ties were not merely common, but likely, with such a small sample. But RR never reported ties - it always broke the tie and for some insane reason broke this particular one in favour of Ifield.

Outer Galaxy Lounge

1y↑3

It's still a great record that sounds great today. Even though I was only a baby when it came out, it's very easy to see, just by listening to it and putting yourself in the time frame of that time, that it would have sounded fresh and revolutionary in its time, especially when considering the '50s stuff my parents were big on.

Nigel Wood

1y↑3

Please Please Me has always been near the top of my list! It’s easily my favourite 63 A/side. Alongside latest Jam and 2 Tone singles I can remember my older sister and her friends dancing to it and playing it really loud before a night out in the late 70s!
After watching your video I immediately dug out my delta 1963 single...it still sounds fresh and exciting!
Great video Andrew, you should be advising Apple 🍏!!!!

Professor Ginz

1y↑1

What a great episode. I love that you explain the history of why things were done the way they were. You are the perfect person to be the repository of the Beatles legend.

Parlogram

Glad you enjoyed it, Professor!

Professor Ginz

By the way, there are those of us (probably because we're old enough to have lived through the evolution of the band) that believe the early music was the best. The fresh and exuberant energy contained on the early albums is hard to quantify. I always feel that the later you go into their careers, the more you can hear that they were stretching in an attempt to exceed the quality of what they had already produced. You only have to watch the first minute of the Let It Be documentary. Paul is playing the piano and it is almost painful seeing how tired and exhausted he had become of being a Beatle. Compared with the exuberance displayed during the initial credit role of Hard Days Night, it seems more an epitaph than anything else.

01real1

1y↑1

18:44 - I like your direct message/suggestion to EMI/Abbey Road/Apple to do some (re)searching and find the Delta Tape in question. :-)
Detailed and very informative, interesting video, as usual! :-)

Douglas Sanders

The best 2 minutes in pop/rock history in my eyes. The magic is palpable.

Martgon9

1y↑8

Another video full of interesting details ! And it was great to finally have audio snippets of the songs so that we can hear what you are talking about. Happy new year, Andrew !

Parlogram

Thanks and the same to you.

Michael Rochester

1y↑6

Paul McCartney played that during one of his tours and it always bought the house down, so I don’t think it’s very overlooked. I think a lot of people love that song still

Michael Gordon

1y↑1

Some of us have digitized some of our fav vinyl records and perhaps those will make it on to youtube. Decades ago I downloaded the song Help from the original single and it is quite different than the album version. I was disappointed with the Help album remix of the song and still have the vinyl single which is by far my preference...much better vocal by John and the guitar part by George in the chorus is much more 'out there' and impressive.

Kale Baldwin

The 2nd Vee-Jay single is quite common here in the States, and it features the original delta mono mix in its full glory. Unfortunately, most were not well-preserved (gee, what a surprise), so they tend to have unbearable hiss and crackle that makes it hard to hear the nuances of the mix.

Colin Smith

Excellent stuff once again Andrew. I have the 1982 box set version of the Please Please Me single, but never paid attention to the reverb (or lack thereof) on the mix of Ask Me Why. I'll have to give it another listen!

Jesse Russell

I loved hearing the difference of ask me why with the dryer version of misery versus the echoey version. I love both versions and hopefully we get to hear all of the original versions of all the Beatles songs from please please me with both the echo a mix and a dryer mix. ask me why is another great song and it would be cool to hear all of the outtakes from the 1963 and 64 Beatlemania periods. please please Mia still one of my favorite songs and I always will be.

Commonsense 101

1y↑1

As you were speaking Andrew, I kept thinking "My 76 reissue sounds like the dry Delta mono mix" and then you say it!!
For a minute I thought the search was on but it is safely tucked away.
A great in-depth look at a great single.

Nick Elias

Great video Andrew ! Unfortunately, here in the states, Please Please Me was part of that log jam of Beatles singles that dominated the top 10 on the Billboard charts in April 1964. Otherwise, I believe it would have made it to # 1 for sure !

David Clark

Another fantastic video, Andrew. I am so grateful for your insightful, informative videos. Being a Beatles fan since my auntie gave me her old (Canadian issue) mono Beatle albums in the late 60s when I was about 8 years old, I am amazed that I continue to learn things about them and their recordings. In terms of the difference between the Delta mono mixes and the combined twin-track, it is certainly very noticeable on "Ask Me Why" - today was the FIRST time I'd ever heard the Delta mix! My question, how different is "Please Please Me"? I was able to acquire dubs of both Delta monos (1976 pressings), and I believe I notice a subtle difference with PPM as well.

Gee Mack

Hi Andrew, love the channel & it's amazing content! Could you do a video on the German Horzu Die Beatles? That's the best sounding version of Please Please Me that I have heard.

Rick N Backer

1y↑4

Thank you Andrew for another fantastic instalment of Parlogram. A can't miss channel for any "Beattles" fan🙂 Happy New Year, RNB

Kale Baldwin

I have the 1982 reissue, and upon first listen, I was blown away at how warm and immediate “Ask Me Why” sounded. The delta mono mixes are the best, and I also prefer the stereo mixes over the twin-track mono mixes.

“P.S. I Love You” and the Andy White version of “Love Me Do” also sound better on the singles. Obviously, when they added those tracks to the album master, they added the same compression and reverb. But strangely, the fake stereo versions sound drier and less compressed to me.

The only time any of these four songs was released on a digital format using the correct delta mono master was “Love Me Do” on the original 1 CD.

Roland Bogush

Fascinating, as always. Thank you, Andrew. On a side note, do you happen to know WHO deigned that iconic '45rpm' logo used on the black and silver EMI labels - it remains such a powerful reminder of my childhood (believe it or not!) I'd love to know who originated it.

Fab Gear

1y↑1

I've always been a bigger fan of their earlier records. Perhaps for simplicity in the arrangements, or the energy in their recordings? While I love all of their work, there's something about the 1963 to '66 period that grabs me more.

Doug McQueen

Another excellent episode! Valuable information on this rare version of the single -- hopefully it will be offered to fans in the future. Perhaps as part of a deluxe reissue? Loads of great information in the video. The ad for Pop Weekly from the scrapbook at 4:29, with George's black eye from the "Cavern Incident" is priceless! Linda Laventure's channeling Murray the K in her Please Please Me review is unfortunate: to present yourself this way in what has become an historical document should be seen as an embarrassment...

stephen taylor

Some great insights — although I’m not sure who else considers Please Please Me overlooked and underrated.

James P

Fantastic research and, more importantly, a passion to retell this history. Well done!

Parlogram

Thanks James. Glad you enjoyed it.

Edgardo Guzmán

1y↑2

A great video! For me, Please Please Me is one of Beatles' trademark songs and one of their best singles. So, thanks, Andrew for providing the history and all the information about it. I have the CD singles, and I think "Ask Me why" cames from twin track remix.

matt gregory

Great video! I played the 2009 album of Please Please Me album lots of echo. Plus I have the black label VJ single too and the EP . Look forward to the next video

Ed Ryba

I did enjoy this video, Andrew. But here’s a story you may not know. The “Beatlemania” phenomenon had taken root in the U.S., with Capitol being the label. I don’t know the legal status of the American-pressed VeeJay singles by late 1964, but in 1965, VeeJay was selling their Beatles singles in a packaged set, sold in Southern California (and quite possibly in other places). But these copies were pressed IN MEXICO, and I found the set being sold in, shall we say, NOT the higher-class stores, but in “budget” department stores like Zody’s in the Los Angeles area. That store chain no longer exists, but I bought the set in a Zody’s store in Redondo Beach, California. Unfortunately, I don’t know what happened to those singles. I had gone two counties north to be a Radio DJ in Santa Barbara County, my parents sold their house in Redondo Beach, and a fairly large amount of my property was given or thrown away by my mother. That property included those VeeJay singles! Needless to say, I was not pleased when I found out about this. I was ten years old when I found that VeeJay set, and hadn’t listened to any of those 45’s for at least a decade after I bought them. By the time I even remembered owning them, I discovered I no longer had them! Therefore, I can’t tell you a thing about how they sounded when they were newly pressed. To my ears at the time, they sounded fine, but that was long before I had turned pro and had actually learned anything about recoded audio. But I did find it noteworthy that the VeeJay singles were being sold as a packaged set, and were pressed south of the U.S. border.

steelers6titles

Driving and upbeat, the second single is better than the plodding "Love Me Do". The group had performed the B-side, "Ask Me Why", at their farewell Star Club performance at the end of 1962.

Dennis Mason

In 1964 the Beatles hit the U.S. airwaves and we went nuts. I Want to Hold Your Hand hooked me for life. The Beatles came on like a tidal wave, like they had been here forever and we forgot. Rock and roll had evolved and the whole world knew it. The Beatles brought joy to a world grieving over the murder of JFK. No pressure, right, boys?

Jesse Russell

I would love to hear the original songs that please please me before a lot of echo was added. i’m hoping that one day all of the Beatles early albums will be released along with all of the EP singles and all the other songs in a deluxe box that that would be so fantastic. I love the stereo version of please please me and the Mono mix. which version in the stereo mix from the 2009 box that was used in the song please please me do you know? what is interesting in the mono mix is the final vocals of please please me are sung correctly while the stereo mix in the stereo version of please please me John Lennon sings the wrong words I love the song anyway there’s something charming about people making mistakes especially when John Lennon sings the line I knew I’d never even tried girl I never versus the correct line I know you’ve never even tried girl and I love the growl of John Lennon‘s voice in the stereo mix on the common part at the beginning of the chorus which you don’t hear in the mono mix. I think please please me has to be one of the greatest Beatles songs ever I love it it’s great and what is interesting is in the stereo mix there is a lot of echo involved in it and did you notice if you’d listen to the stereo mix not the right channel how’s the instrumentation fade out a minute late or so.

Percy K

Thanks again for this inspiring episode. Let's hope they do listen to the original tapes again and do something with it for us.

Tim Fisher

1y↑1

Hi Andrew, great video as always. I assume you have read Mark Lewisohn's book tune in? There is another story all together about why the Beatles did not record How do you do it, its fascinating and takes some explaining. That book on UK releases looks amazing I assume its going to be "very" expensive?

richardnoller63

Tim, It can be ordered from Apcor for 65euro. Whilst this may seem expensive, it will become your U.K. Beatles' singles bible. I wrote it and haven't stopped using it in my search for discs that are missing from my collection! I've spent over 40yrs collecting and enjoying The Beatles. In addition, three solid years of research (9 to 5 and more) to bring this book to life. I really can promise you a visual treat. At the moment, there has only been 500 printed, and over half have already been sold.

Rich

Ricardo Roth

On Spotify its maybe a bit overlooked. Has probably to do with the exclusion on the "1" compilation that has many streams. Most streamed songs on the album Please Please Me are #1 Twist And Shout, #2 Love Me Do #3 I Saw Her Standing There (I think got more popular) #4 Do You Want To Know A Secret and finally at #5 Please Please Me.

Leemer

This was excellent. Thank you. Keep up the good work!

Phil Alverasa

1y↑1

What a Sterling and well informed channel. Well done sir !

Parlogram

Thank you, Sir!

Vincent M

1y↑4

Love Me Do was not a bad song, but Please Please Me showed a world of difference in song craft! The first thing that stands out is the sheer energy of the single and its originality. The Beatles great harmonies and the chord changes were amazing. It stood out greatly as a song. It had the same high spirit as when I Want To Hold Your Hand was a huge hit in America! There were no other songs like this. And to think that they were just getting started!

Eduardo Gonzalez

Amazing info!!! As a professional musician I heard the difference and I'll look forward to get there ¨dry¨ version. Thanks a lot.

Beatles Instrumentals and More

1y↑2

The original delta mono mixes are a lot more dynamic compared to the later mono remixes since basically no processing was done to them at all. It's a shame those tapes don't exist anymore. Also, George Martin used 2 track with the Beatles not because he didn't have 4 track available but because it was just simpler to mix from 2 track than 4 track. By the time the sessions for the second album started getting a lot more complicated with reduction mixes and overdubs, I think he realized that switching to 4 track was the wise choice.

David Moorhead

1y↑2

We had the US Capitol releases when I was a very young kid and not even all of them, just most up through Pepper. Just as I was turning 6 my uncle gave me The Early Beatles and I heard this song for the first time. I absolutely loved it and still do to this day. I emphatically agree and hate that this song tends to get overlooked and almost forgotten about. It's such a shame, but when it's released so close to She Loves You and I Want To Hold Your Hand, I almost get it. It's a fantastic song and interesting from a composition angle, but the magic of the performance is clear as day, right up there with the other two mentioned. I will forever keep this song in a top 10 list of favorite Beatles songs.

Andy1962

Another fascinating and informative video. As a 2nd generation Beatles fan my first real introduction to Please Please Me was through the 1962-1966 Red Album compilation. I have always rated it as one of my favourite songs from their catalogue. As a youngster my earliest recollections of Beatles music was from around Xmas’64 and hearing I Feel Fine and A Hard Day’s Night on the radio and Top of the Pops. A Collection of Beatles Oldies was a family favourite a couple of years later but this 1st UK compilation of course didn’t have Please Please Me or Love Me Do on it. In ‘76 over the summer I spent all my paper round money on buying up the rereleased singles. My memory, probably wrong, was that these releases sounded so much better. Might have been the cheapo Fidelity record layer I had! Great memories though. Keep up the great work. Always look forward to your next video. Really hope Apple 🍏 watch your videos too. A consultancy job for you with them is long overdue.

westfield90

1y↑3

It’s amazing how several series of events (John meeting Paul, Brian managing them, George Martin becoming producer) all came together at the right time to to propel them into a level of stardom not duplicated since. It was magical.

Robert Menzies

Thanks for another fascinating video Andrew. Your exhaustive attention to detail is second to none. Especially in (as you say) an often under examined period of their career. Loved it!

Parlogram

Glad you enjoyed it, Robert.

Patrick McCarthy

Remember buying the twentieth anniversary of the singles love me do and then please please me in the eighties. How would you rate these pressings? Although I had an original ep with these songs anyway. Became a huge Beatles fan on the 8/12/80 where my enthusiasm still remains!

Sigve Stangeland

Thanks for another great episode! Looking forward to more episode about The Beatles and the year 1963👍

Gerry Coogan

1y↑3

Excellent research, Andrew.
Please Please Me has always been one of my own favourite Beatles singles. There are so many delightful highlights in it that feature each of our heroes to great effect. Ringo's drum fills and George's lead guitar flourishes are hooks in themselves, Paul's harmony vocal lines are superb and John's powerful lead vocal along with his harmonica cameos grab the listener's attention from first to last.
It's always been a number one in my opinion, regardless of what one chart claims.
It's also notable for the McCartney-Lennon songwriter credit!

Jesse Russell

Please please me has always been one of my favorite songs too I love the whole song it’s great to hear both the stereo mix and the Mono mix in the 2009 remaster sound really good. I love this song please please me everything is good about it especially the harmonica and the harmonies and Paul and John focals the song is great.

Walter Fechter

I can't help but think The Beatles' "Please Please Me," had a Everly Brothers' vocal touch to it. I also picked up on a tincture of Buddy Holly (guitar) and Eddie Cochran (guitar and vocals). "Please Please Me" is my favourite tune by The Beatles. Many thanks, Parlogram.

Parlogram

1y↑1

Good call, Walter. Thanks for watching.

Barty Black

Really relieved that you cleared up the 'dry' mix as not really being dry.. just less wet. Many thanks.
Another similar (ish) situation is on the two USA stereo Rubber Soul versions of 'Wait' (Sometimes referred to as East Coast and West Coast vinyl remasterings).
East= reverb; West= Dryer. U.S. mono= very dry. UK= dry.
Just a thought.
Best,
Barty

MonsieurC64

Very interesting video, thanks. I agree that it's a shame this delta mono mix has never been issued in any digital format: defintiely less echo and less compression.

David Emerick

I think the song, and the album itself, are grossly overlooked. Myself, I prefer the earlier period ( pre-White album ) material. The German copy of this album you recommended, Andrew, is indeed a great sounding record. I was lucky enough to find a stereo copy, although I do prefer the mono issues. Going to go listen to that single right now. Thanks for the info, Andrew.

Paul Goldstein

Bigum you brought back some memories, although I disagree that Please Please Me had a Roy Orbison influence. I have an original red single of it, and noticed that the sound was drier. But my favourite version was the one you briefly mentioned on their Anthology 1 CD set which was an earlier take which had no harmonica. I know this was not the originally released take, but the B side could do with a proper drier sound reissue.

You failed to mention that The Beatles were the first British Pop Stars to crack it in the States, and changed the whole face of the music scene there, like they already did in the UK, out-fashioning almost everything that was around before them, making many of their successful predecessors virtually redundant, although with the help of their immediate British Invasion contemporaries.

As for this single, I nowadays prefer the B side which really is another A side. I will do some research to see if I can find a drier sound of it.

Drew N

45's were usually better sounding because they rotated st a faster rpm, which held less data per inch allowing it to be recorded at a higher volume without saturation. This provided a better signal to noise ratio. That may be the difference you hear between the 45 and the 33 1/3.

nrod66

Hi, Andrew! I love this track, as well as Ask Me Why. Funnily enough, Ask Me Why was included on the b-side of the Brazilian Help LP. Bye for now, Nelio.

dundee12

I have a Veejay (mono) 45 of Please Please Me = it's one of the best sounding, thunderous recordings I have in collection!

David Thompson

Thanks to this video i have bought up a few copies of Please Please me, including a black label from 1963!, love 45s

Tim Gename

Please Please Me made a resurgence riding in on the high tide of Beatlemania in early 1964.
I wasn’t born yet. Looking at those years in early 1964, PPM was part of something that was really special. Even though it wasn’t officially a new release, it’s sound was fresh and sounded like nothing that was popular at the time. The song being old news in Britain, here in the states it was exciting! And to me still is!
If your not familiar, those Vee-Jay or VJ Lp’s are worth seeking out. The sound is on them fantastic. The Monarch pressed discs are the best of all the pressing plants. Even the Introducing The Beatles stereo is really good. I found one at a great price in 2019 after years of looking.

Robert Jordinelli

1y↑8

It has always infuriated me that Please Please me and Strawberry fields forever were not included on 1, even though they were number one on several charts.

graniterhythm53

1y↑1

@RokinRobin OfLocksley Looking at all the posts here re: charts it's obviously a murky world prior to 1969. The info. you quote, your truth, is also all over the internet. SFF/PL was recorded by one UK chart, I believe Melody Maker, as a No1. Now that is interesting if it was RM outselling The Beatles 2-1!

RokinRobin OfLocksley

@graniterhythm53 Not true. This erroneous info appeared in an article in Billboard decades after the fact, has been wrongly repeated ever since, and was even quoted in a George Martin bio by Beatles author Kenneth Womack. Now it's all over the internet, even in Wiki, but it's not true. How can you remove a lie after it's been repeated for decades? The BB author was assuming the UK charts were working the same in the mid 60s as they were in the late 50s/early 60s. Which was that some A/B records were split on the charts as separate chart positions, while others were combined. By the mid 60s, most A/B records, and all double sided Beatle hits, were combined into just one chart position. While Release Me and PL/SFF competed for #1 on all 4 UK charts plus the BBC average chart, going head to head in a vicious contest, RM was the big winner overall, and it wasn't close in terms of sales either. RM sold over 1 million copies in 1967, PL/SFF around 500K. RM on the BBC average chart ran for 18 weeks = 21-12-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-5-6-12-13-18-26-28, while PL/SFF ran for 10 weeks = 3-2-2-2-3-10-10-13-21-29. Of the top selling UK singles of the 60s, RM was #8, while PL/SFF was #51. The amazing thing about RM, it continued to chart between positions 31 and 50 for 32 more weeks !! Every time Engelbert released a new single, RM would kick back up the charts. Far out, groovy keen...

Robert Jordinelli

@graniterhythm53 Not fair. My grandmother, who knew that I loved the Beatles, delighted in the fact that he topped them. I don't know how she found out, we were all Americans. She also quoted John's," We're more popular than Jesus " and rubbed it in my face. She was a devout Catholic.

graniterhythm53

Apparently SF/PL outsold Englebert's Release Me in the UK by almost 2-1 but as a double A side the sales were halved & split between the songs!

Robert Jordinelli

@RokinRobin OfLocksley I wouldn't go so far as including the remaining MMT songs but interesting.

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George Harrison

1y↑1

Ask me why is way more melodic and musically creative than love me do and for me represents George Martins initial lack of a " rock" ear.....ie songs that were quintessentially beatle sounding foot rocking hits.

Spike Asks:

While On Holiday In The Holy Land; I Watched Your Show Every Sunday Evening! This One Is Also Fab! Thanks Andrew! ✌💙💛🎹🌍

tyronerodgers

Great analysis as always. Any thoughts on the “bleed” on the stereo mix? I’ve always wondered why the harmonica overdub made it sound delayed and out of synch.