Please Please Me

Today marks 50 years since The Beatles recorded their debutalbum, Please Please Me. To celebrate,the legendary day-long recording session is being recreated by a host of bandsat Abbey Road Studios. It will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2 and filmed fora documentary, 12 Hours to Please Me,which will be screened on 15th February.

Artists such as the Stereophonics and Mick Hucknall will bejoined by people present at the original session, including engineer RichardLangham and Beatles press officer Tony Barrow. The album will be recorded inits original order, ending with 'Twist and Shout'.

'That last song nearly killed me. My voice wasn't the samefor a long time after; every time I swallowed, it was like sandpaper. We sangfor 12 hours, almost non-stop. We had colds and we were concerned how it wouldaffect the record. At the end of the day, all we wanted to do was drink pintsof milk.' - John Lennon, The Beatles Anthology

Pictured above: George Martin's SUMMER OF LOVE gives a behind-the-scenes look at The Beatlesrecording session for Sgt. Pepper in 1967. Click here to find outmore.