Articulo sobre los BEATLES
When The Beatles got to the Studio 2 in Abbey Road in Feb 11th 1963, little they knew about the great importance of that date in the history of music. They had been playing for 6 years (Paul and John), became experienced live players in Hamburg and The Cavern Club. All the songs in the record were recorded in a straight 13 hours session, ending with the mouth opening performance of John Lennon in "Twist and Shout". The original intended recording at "The Cavern Club" was discarded for obvious acoustic reasons.
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Please Please Me
Recording Date: Feb 11th 1963
Release date: March 22nd 1963
I Saw Her Standing There
Working Title: Seventeen
McCartney
John: Rythm guitar and Harmonies
Paul:Bass and Lead vocal
George:Lead guitar
Ringo:Drums
Paul originally wrote in the song "She was just seventeen, never been a beauty queen". Lennon simply said it was crap and added "and you know what I mean". The song was very popular between the audiences of The Star Club and The Cavern Club, and has since then become one of the classics. It was written on a Liverpool Institute exercise book (as can be seen in a famous photograph showing Paul and John at Paul's)
Misery
Lennon
John: Rythm guitar and Lead Vocal
Paul:Bass and Lead vocal
George:Lead guitar
Ringo:Drums
Misery was written for the new Please Please Me album backstage at the King's Hall, Glebe Street, Stoke on Trent on Jan 26, 1963, and was originally intented for Helen Shapiro.
Anna
Alexander
John: Rythm guitar and Lead Vocal
Paul:Bass and Backing vocal
George:Lead guitar and Backing Vocal
Ringo:Drums
Song by Arthur Alexander that had been recorded by himself the year before. Vocals by Lennon.
Chains
Goffin-King
John: Rythm guitar, Harmonica and Harmonies
Paul:Bass and Harmonies
George:Lead guitar and Lead Vocal
Ringo:Drums
First appearance of the album of John's harmonica. Three part harmonies and solo vocals by Harrison.
Boys
Dixon-Farrel
John: Rythm guitar and Backing Vocal
Paul:Bass and Backing Vocal
George:Lead Guitar and Backing Vocal
Ringo:Drums and Lead Vocal
Originally recorded by The Shirelles. First appearance of Ringo as vocalist (The Beatles usually provided Ringo with one track per LP to sing)
Ask Me Why
Lennon
B-Side of Please Please Me
John: Rythm guitar and Lead Vocal
Paul:Bass and Harmonies
George:Lead guitar and Harmonies
Ringo:Drums
Song premiered on June 11 in BBC "Teenagers". The Beatles recorded this song in their first visit to Abbey Road, but George Martin didn't thinkl it strong enough to be their first single.
Please Please Me
Lennon
Single
John: Rythm guitar and Lead Vocal
Paul:Bass and Harmonies
George:Lead guitar and Harmonies
Ringo:Drums
Track that gave title to the album and reached as a single the No 1 spot (or the No 2 depending on the chart consulted) The song, that John wrote at home in Menlow Avenue, was originally slower. In fact it had a Roy Orbison stile, that one can easily imagine singing Please Please Me quite slowly. George Martin made The Beatles increase the tempo in their song. After they had finished, he said through the Studio 2 intercom "You've just made your first No 1 record"
Love Me Do
McCartney
First Beatles Single released on 5 October 1962
John: Rythm guitar, Harmonica and Lead Vocal
Paul:Bass and Harmonies
George:Lead guitar and Harmonies
Ringo:Tambourine
Andy White:Drums
Very simple song for a first single. Basically is harmonica and one syllable words... if it were you or I singing it. The Beatles pushed it up to the Top 20. The version on the record features Andy White as drummer. Of course, then there's the Ringo version available (i.e in Past Masters I)
P.S. I love You
McCartney
B-Side of Love Me Do
John:Harmonica and Lead Vocal
Paul:Bass and Lead Vocal
George:Acoustic Guitar and Harmonies
Ringo:Maracas Andy White:Drums
Written in 1961 in Hamburg by Paul, to his girlfriend Dot Rhone after her visit to that town
Baby It's You
Davis-Williams-Bacharach
John:Rythm guitar and Lead Vocal
Paul:Bass and Backing Vocal
George:Lead guitar and Backing vocal
Ringo:Drums
George Martin: Piano
Song previously recorded by The Shirelles, with John singing the lead and Paul and George backing with "sha-la-la-las"
Do you want to know a secret?
Lennon
John:Acoustic Guitar and Backing Vocal
Paul:Bass and Backing Vocal
George:Lead Guitar and Lead Vocal
Ringo:Drums
John wrote this song while living with his recent wife Cynthia in the flat Brian Epstein provided for them. Supposedly, the secret would be that he had realized that he was in love. The song demo was recorded by John while sitting in the bathroom. In that demo a toilet flush can be heard precisely at the end of the song. It was the first song in the album to feature George's lead vocal. Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas took it later to No 1 spot in British charts.
A Taste of Honey
Marlow-Scott
John:Rythm guitar and Harmonies
Paul:Bass and Lead Vocal
George:Lead Guitar and Harmonies
Ringo:Drums
Very popular song in the early Sixties out of the movie of the same title. Tipically the type of song Paul loved to sing, strongly influenced by his father's tastes in music.
There's a place
Lennon
John:Rythm guitar, Harmonica and Lead Vocal
Paul:Bass and Harmonies
George:Lead Guitar
Ringo:Drums
This was an early attempt of John of writing about isolation and probably about himself. This idea would produce probably John's finest songs later on.
Twist and Shout
Medley-Rusell
John:Rythm guitar and Lead Vocal
Paul:Bass and Backing Vocal
George:Lead Guitar and Backing Vocal
Ringo:Drums
One of the Beatles most famous songs.... although not theirs. After having been recording for more than 10 hours, The Beatles had some time left so they decided to record their usual show stopper. There were TWO takes, but the good one was the first (as there couldn't be another one) John had been taking pills for his sore throat all day long, and when he got to Twist and Shout, his voice was shredded to pieces. He knew he only had a go. The result, a broken voice throughout the song rocking the foundations of modern music. Even today, the ONLY version of the Twist and Shout in everyone's mind, is The Beatles' one. And if you can listen to it without jumping around and shake your head.... well, I can't.
