45cat - The Beatles - Please Please Me / Ask Me Why - Parlophone

Record Details

Artist:	The Beatles
Label:	Parlophone
Catalogue:	R 4983
Date:	11 Jan 1963
Format:	7"
Title:
Chart Position:	2
Overall Rating:	9.4

Track

Artist

Title

Composer

Producer

Rating

The Beatles

Please Please Me

McCartney, Lennon

9.4 Rate

The Beatles

Ask Me Why

McCartney, Lennon

7.0 Rate

Notes

1st issue: Red labels. Catalogue number has the prefix 45-R.

2nd issue: Black labels. Catalogue number has the prefix 45-R. 'The Parlophone Co Ltd…' text round the edge of the label is in upper and lower case. Released April 1963.

3rd issue: Black labels. Catalogue number has the prefix R. 'The Parlophone Co Ltd…' text round the edge of the label is in upper and lower case. Released in 1963.

4th issue: Black labels. ‘The Parlophone Co Ltd…’ text round the edge of the label is in upper case only. Released in 1964.

5th issue: Black labels with EMI logo. 'Green' picture sleeve. Released March 1976.

6th issue: Red 'shiny' labels. Labels have credit 'Produced by George Martin'. Picture sleeve. Released 10 January 1983.

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Comments

Steve Kelly 16th Mar 2010		.... and fall in love with them we did. In 1963 this was number one in the UK.

Solzhi 30th Jan 2009		OK. Pretty , pretty good. It is here that the Beatles' legend (tm) really begins. First, the title. John is not talking about having his wife launder his "smalls". A famous review of this record makes reference to John singing "it takes two to heavy pet". I don't think this is actually a part of this record, but it doubtless was a part of the song before they had to actually record it. "Heavy petting" was, apparently, a process where heterosexual couples in the pre-Beat era indulged in all manner of poking, and, indeed, prodding. Enough of this shite - this single reeks of sex, as much as anything did at that time. The tune, the playing and the singing and harmonies are fantastic. Excitement. Exciting. Still. If the United Kingdom (tm) needed an excuse to fall in love with them, this was it.

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