Tracklist
I Saw Her Standing There | 2:50 | ||
Misery | 1:44 | ||
Anna (Go To Him) | 2:52 | ||
Chains | 2:20 | ||
Boys | 2:20 | ||
Ask Me Why | 2:20 | ||
Please Please Me | 1:58 | ||
Love Me Do | 2:15 | ||
P.S. I Love You | 2:00 | ||
Baby It's You | 2:29 | ||
Do You Want To Know A Secret | 1:52 | ||
A Taste Of Honey | 1:59 | ||
There's A Place | 1:46 | ||
Twist And Shout | 2:30 |
Credits (8)
- Paul McCartneyBass Guitar, Vocals
- Ringo StarrDrums, Vocals
- Norman SmithEngineer
- George HarrisonLead Guitar, Vocals
- Tony BarrowLiner Notes
- Angus McBeanPhotography By
Notes
The English rock band The Beatles existed from 1962 to 1970 and has recorded 12 studio albums.
The debut album by The Beatles. Released under the name "Introducing The Beatles" in the United States with a slightly altered tracklist.
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First US LP Release: January 10, 1964
- First releases easily recognizable by the (later withdrawn) advertisement for other "Vee Jay" records on back-cover:
- The Beatles - Introducing The Beatles and The Beatles - Introducing The Beatles (Mono Versions)
- The Beatles - Introducing... The Beatles and The Beatles - Introducing The Beatles (Stereo Versions)
For the US releases, here's a guide to distinguish genuine releases from counterfeits:
(The US variations submitted so far can be found here)
Deadsure Method:
☞ If title and artist are separated on the label by the spindle hole, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If it is stereo and has ''Love Me Do'' on the back cover, it's most likely a counterfeit. (See additional "HONEY" test below.)
☞ If ''stereo'' appears only on the cover and not on the label, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the record claims to be in stereo, but plays mono, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the label is all black/silver and has a large brackets logo, it's a counterfeit.
☞ The runout etching on almost all genuine copies should contain at least one of the following:
''Audio Matrix''
''MR'' in a circle
''ARP'' in italics
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Easy Method By Cover:
☞ If George casts no shadow, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the background contains no gradient and the colors seem off, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the cover has a brown border, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the front cover does not wrap around completely underneath the back cover slick, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the back cover print is blurry in whatever way, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If printer marks (colored dots) are visible on the top of the back cover, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the ''H'' and/or "E" of ''Honey'' in "A TASTE OF HONEY" on the back cover shows a printing deficit, it's a counterfeit.
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Easy Method By Label:
☞ If title and artist are separated on the label by the spindle hole, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the label has a flat textured rainbow/colorband design, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the dead wax after the last track is wider than an inch, it's a counterfeit
☞ If the label is all black and on glossy paper, it's a counterfeit.
☞ Any significant loss of color in the rainbow on the label (especially green) indicates a counterfeit.
There are 37 variations of the genuine pressing (including both mono and stereo) known.
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First US CD release: Feb. 26, 1987
The debut album by The Beatles. Released under the name "Introducing The Beatles" in the United States with a slightly altered tracklist.
***************************************
First US LP Release: January 10, 1964
- First releases easily recognizable by the (later withdrawn) advertisement for other "Vee Jay" records on back-cover:
- The Beatles - Introducing The Beatles and The Beatles - Introducing The Beatles (Mono Versions)
- The Beatles - Introducing... The Beatles and The Beatles - Introducing The Beatles (Stereo Versions)
For the US releases, here's a guide to distinguish genuine releases from counterfeits:
(The US variations submitted so far can be found here)
Deadsure Method:
☞ If title and artist are separated on the label by the spindle hole, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If it is stereo and has ''Love Me Do'' on the back cover, it's most likely a counterfeit. (See additional "HONEY" test below.)
☞ If ''stereo'' appears only on the cover and not on the label, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the record claims to be in stereo, but plays mono, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the label is all black/silver and has a large brackets logo, it's a counterfeit.
☞ The runout etching on almost all genuine copies should contain at least one of the following:
''Audio Matrix''
''MR'' in a circle
''ARP'' in italics
***************************************
Easy Method By Cover:
☞ If George casts no shadow, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the background contains no gradient and the colors seem off, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the cover has a brown border, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the front cover does not wrap around completely underneath the back cover slick, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the back cover print is blurry in whatever way, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If printer marks (colored dots) are visible on the top of the back cover, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the ''H'' and/or "E" of ''Honey'' in "A TASTE OF HONEY" on the back cover shows a printing deficit, it's a counterfeit.
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Easy Method By Label:
☞ If title and artist are separated on the label by the spindle hole, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the label has a flat textured rainbow/colorband design, it's a counterfeit.
☞ If the dead wax after the last track is wider than an inch, it's a counterfeit
☞ If the label is all black and on glossy paper, it's a counterfeit.
☞ Any significant loss of color in the rainbow on the label (especially green) indicates a counterfeit.
There are 37 variations of the genuine pressing (including both mono and stereo) known.
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First US CD release: Feb. 26, 1987
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![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, Mono, 4th Pressing | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Mono, Album, Gold & Black Label, Dick James Credits | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Beatles LP, Album, Mono, Red Label | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Mono, Album | Parlophone – PMCM 1202, Parlophone – PMCM.1202 | New Zealand | 1963 | New Zealand — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono, Gold & Black Label | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | Denmark | 1963 | Denmark — 1963 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Mono, Album | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | Denmark | 1963 | Denmark — 1963 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | Netherlands | 1963 | Netherlands — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono, Silver & Black 3D label | Parlophone – PMCJ 1202 | South Africa | 1963 | South Africa — 1963 | ||||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono, Gold & Black Label, Northern Songs Credit, 2nd pressing | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono, 3rd Press, Yellow / Black Labels, (Without Small 33⅓) | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Stereo, Album, Black & Gold Label, Northern Songs Credit | Parlophone – PCS 3042 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", 2-Track Mono, 5" Cine Reel, Album | Parlophone – TA-PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, Mono, 4th pressing | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, Mono, Decca Contract | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Stereo, Album, Gold & Black Label, Dick James Credits | Parlophone – PCS 3042 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, 3rd Press, Yellow / Black Labels, Type A (With Small 33⅓) | Parlophone – PCS 3042 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Crossover Pressing, Black & Yellow Labels | Parlophone – PCS 3042 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Mono, Album | Parlophone – PMC 1202, Parlophone – PMCG 1 | Greece | 1963 | Greece — 1963 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, 4th Pressing, Yellow / Black Labels | Parlophone – PCS 3042 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | ||||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, Mono, 5th pressing | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono, 3rd Press, Yellow / Black Labels, Type A (With Small 33⅓) | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono | Parlophone – PMCO 1202, Parlophone – PMCO-1202 | Australia | 1963 | Australia — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono, 1st Press (Sandwich Cover) | Odeon – PMC 1202 | Peru | 1963 | Peru — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono, Silver & Black 3D logo label | Parlophone – PMCJ 1202 | South Africa | 1963 | South Africa — 1963 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Please Please Me Reel-To-Reel, 3 ¾ ips, ¼", 4-Track Stereo, Album, Reissue | Parlophone – TD-PCS 3042 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Mono | Parlophone – PMCO 1202, Parlophone – PMCO-1202 | Australia | 1963 | Australia — 1963 | ||||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, 4th Pressing, Yellow / Black Labels | Parlophone – PCS 3042 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | ||||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, Mono | Parlophone – PMC 1202 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | New Submission | |||
![]() | The Beatles (Beatles Story) LP, Album, Mono, Purple labels | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Beatles (Beatles Story) LP, Album, Mono, Red labels | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Beatles (Beatles Story) LP, Album, Mono, Purple labels BIEM both sides | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Beatles (Beatles Story) LP, Album, Mono, Purple labels NO BIEM | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Beatles (Beatles Story) LP, Album, Mono, Purple labels BIEM both sides | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Beatles (Beatles Story) LP, Album, Mono, Purple labels Biem/Mecolico both sides | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Beatles (Beatles Story) LP, Album, Mono, Light Red labels BIEM/Mecolico | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Beatles (Beatles Story) LP, Album, Mono, Red labels BIEM/Mecolico | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | The Beatles (Beatles Story) LP, Album, Mono, Purple labels BIEM/Mecolico | Parlophon – PMCQ 31502 | Italy | 1963 | Italy — 1963 | Recently Edited | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, Stereo | Parlophone – PCS 3042 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Por Favor, Yo LP, Album | Odeon – URL 2095 | Uruguay | 1963 | Uruguay — 1963 | New Submission | |||
![]() | Please Please Me LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, 4th Pressing, Yellow / Black Labels | Parlophone – PCS 3042 | UK | 1963 | UK — 1963 | Recently Edited |
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referencing Please Please Me (LP, Album, Mono) BOLP-229
This is the second Bolivian edition of Please Please Me.
The first edition, Parlophone – PMC 1202, featured a silkscreened cover (Las Escobas Que Cantan) and a Parlophone seal.
The Bolivian edition of Help (Odeon – BOLP-227) promoted the second edition of Please Please Me on the back cover with the code Odeon – BOLP-229.
This second Bolivian edition of Please Please Me featured a provisional cover, but with the code Parlophone – PMC 1202.
A definitive cover was never published for the second Bolivian edition of Please Please Me, so very few copies exist with the blue Odeon seal and provisional cover.
The copies of Parlophone – PMC 1202 sold with provisional covers are simply a strategy to ensure that the record label code matches the cover.- I suspect that many (maybe even most) of the “counterfeit” versions are not counterfeit at all, but real variants made during the time when Vee-Jay and Capitol were going back and forth in court. It’s known that Vee-Jay would get a one or two day injunction on the latest lawsuit and press up a few thousand copies in the interim at whatever pressing plant would take the order. Over a million copies of the original release were sold, it’s not exactly a rarity… hard to believe that original copies would be so outnumbered by fakes.
- This release 4799138 should not be a separate version or listing. From the photos, it is just the original (non-bootleg) record that someone put into a bootleg jacket.
referencing Introducing...The Beatles (LP, Album, Stereo, Version 1, variant # 3, column back) VJLP 1062, SR 1062
Last one sold for 14k on ebay this year 😳- Surprisingly good fidelity for a cassette, the vocals really shine. The 1987 remastered mono CD version on tape. The wacky running order makes for an entertaining listen.
- I have a Vee Jay stereo release but it's not to be found under the ones here..what do I do? I am selling it but cannot add it because I do not find the exact release..
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