PLEASE PLEASE ME ALTERNATE - 3 CD/DVD SET with 16-page book
This BOX continues the legacy of the outstanding PC BOXES of alternates, with newly mixed tracks, speed corrected and unreleased material directly from EMI vaults. The DVD here is the third DVD in our series of unreleased footage of The Beatles, and it contains material that rivals those on the ANTHOLOGY SET in terms of quality, only unreleased exclusive stuff!! Read the descriptions, please :
Disc One - The masters.
Mixed 25 February 1963
(Love Me Do/P.S. I Love You mixed 11 Sep 1962)
Please Please Me - Stereo
1: I Saw Her Standing There - edit of take 10 and 12
2: Misery - take 16
3: Anna (Go to Him)(Arthur Alexander) - take 3
4: Chains (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) – take 1
5: Boys (Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell) – take 1
6: Ask Me Why - take 6
7: Please Please Me – takes 16,17,18
8: Love Me Do – take 18
9: P.S. I Love You – take 10
10: Baby It's You (Mack David/Barney Williams/Burt Bacharach) – take 5
11: Do You Want to Know a Secret? – take 8
12: A Taste of Honey (Bobby Scott/Ric Marlow) – take 7
13: There's a Place – take 13
14: Twist and Shout (Phil Medley/Bert Russell) – take 1
15: How Do You Do It? - mono Anthology edit
Please Please Me - Mono
16: I Saw Her Standing There - edit of take 10 and 12
17: Misery - take 16
18: Anna (Go to Him)(Arthur Alexander) - take 3
19: Chains (Gerry Goffin/Carole King) – take 1
20: Boys (Luther Dixon/Wes Farrell) – take 1
21: Ask Me Why - take 6
22: Please Please Me – take unknown
23: Love Me Do – take 18
24: P.S. I Love You – take 10
25: Baby It's You (Mack David/Barney Williams/Burt Bacharach) – take 5
26: Do You Want to Know a Secret? – take 8
27: A Taste of Honey (Bobby Scott/Ric Marlow) – take 7
28: There's a Place – take 13
29: Twist and Shout (Phil Medley/Bert Russell) – take 1
Alternate single mixes - 30 Nov 1962
30: Please Please Me - takes unknown
31: Ask Me Why - take 6
Disc Two - The Please Please Me sessions
Complete, from best available sources. And all at the right speed!
4 September 1962 • 7:00-11:15pm • EMI Studio 2
1: How Do You Do It?
2: Love Me Do
11 September 1962 • 5:00-6:45 • EMI Studio 2
3: Please Please Me
11 February 1963 • 10:00-1:00 • EMI Studio 2
4: There's A Place - take 1
5: There's A Place - take 2
6: There's A Place - take 3
7: There's A Place - take 4
8: There's A Place - take 5
9: There's A Place - take 6
10: There's A Place - take 7
11: There's A Place - take 8
12: There's A Place - take 9
13: There's A Place - take 10
14: I Saw Her Standing There - take 1
15: I Saw Her Standing There - take 2
16: I Saw Her Standing There - take 3
17: I Saw Her Standing There - take 4
18: I Saw Her Standing There - take 5
19: I Saw Her Standing There - take 6
20: I Saw Her Standing There - take 7
21: I Saw Her Standing There - take 8
22: I Saw Her Standing There - take 9
11 February 1963 • 2:30-6:00 • EMI Studio 2
23: Do You Want To Know A Secret - take 7
24: Do You Want To Know A Secret - take 8
25: A Taste Of Honey - take 6
26: A Taste Of Honey - take 7
27: There's A Place - take 11
28: There's A Place - take 12
29: There's A Place - take 13
30: I Saw Her Standing There - take 10
31: I Saw Her Standing There - take 11
32: I Saw Her Standing There - take 12
33: Misery - take 1
34: Misery - take 2
35: Misery - take 3
36: Misery - take 4
37: Misery - take 5
38: Misery - take 6
39: Misery - take 7
40: Misery - take 8
hidden bonus track:
I Saw Her Standing There - take 9
DVD -
DVD THREE
• It Won't Be Long 2007 Bonus Features
• Morecambe & Wise - Borehamwood 12/2/63
• It's The Beatles - Empire Theatre Liverpool 12/7/63
• Odeon cinema - Southend On Sea 12/9/63
• Wimblendon Palais - London 12/14/63
• Thank you Lucky Stars - Birmingham 12/15/63
• ITV News - Astoria cinema London 12/20/63
• Coming Attractions
HIGHLIGHTS ON THE DVD -
It's The Beatles - Note: all circulating versions of It's The Beatles have the same flaws - The intros of I want To Hold Your Hand and Money are trashed.
Same here, however, the overall picture quality is much better than any version I've seen. And on disc three there is outtakes footage of the group doing This Boy! Another first.
Thank you Lucky stars 11/15/63 - This is the complete show with all the Merseyside acts (Billy J. Kramer, Cilla Black, Jerry and the Pacemakers, etc) and most of them are singing Beatles songs! The quality is fair but having the entire show for the first time is more than worth it.
It Won't Belong 2007 - British Lions work their magic here along with the FAB guys with Apple quality, creativity and technical skills, a joy to watch!
CBS Evening News 11/21/63 - America's very first glimpse of The Beatles. This historical broadcast is found on one or another Beatles bootleg, but it is incomplete and in atrocious quality, here it is in prestine quality and complete.
