“ Here’s one example of a bit I pinched from someone: I used the bass riff from “Talkin’ About You” by Chuck Berry in “I Saw Her Standing There”. The bass line however is lifted verbatim from Chuck Berry’s I’m Talking About You. Originally titled Seventeen, the track was composed primarily by McCarntey, with Lennon helping with the lyrics, and it is an exciting start to the album, fizzing with energy and youthful exuberance. The opening track, I Saw Her Standing There is a classic Lennon-McCartney composition. Please Please Me remained in the Top 10 for well over a year, longer than any other Beatles record.īut despite its success and it being the Fab Four’s first album, it may be one of the most underrated Beatles albums – if such a thing can exist. The album was released that March, and was a massive success. McBean took a few more shots with the Beatles but it was the EMI House cover that stuck. One of the most iconic album covers of all time, it has been satirised by Blur, The Sex Pistols and even the Beatles themselves, who came back to the location to recreate the image in later years – a snap which would become the cover of 1973’s ‘Blue Album’ compilation. He found the Beatles, got them to stand above him and look down on the stairwell, and many pictures later the Please Please Me cover was born.
He realised in that moment that he may have his cover. McBean however walked across the now famous stairwell, and looked up at the employees passing by. EMI house is located in Manchester Square, London, and Angus was struck by the building.ĭescribed by the Royal Institute of British Architecture as a “sleek but average-looking Modernist office block”, it may have seemed unremarkable to most. #TheBeatles #Beatles #PleasePleaseMe #PleasePleaseMe60 #Album /sRMXgzJPvV- ELO Beatles Beyond March 22, 2023 Angus McBean took shot of them looking down inside EMI's Manchester Square offices, outtake used on 1962-1966. Today is the 60th Anniversary of release of debut album “Please Please Me”, released #OTD 22nd Mar 1963. It was important to The Beatles, their manager Brian Epstein and producer George Martin that the personality of the group came across in the cover of their debut album. This is the story of the cover of Please Please Me. One of the most iconic album covers of all time, it is a staple of pop culture and has become synonymous with the group and rock’n’roll music. The critically acclaimed album was a smash hit, launching the Fab Four to superstardom.
The Beatles first album Please Please Me celebrates its 60th anniversary this week. (NOTE: This article was originally published on Mancunian Matters, until it was pointed out to me that the cover was not taken in Manchester, as was the incorrect angle on the article, but on Manchester Square – in London! So, after cringing in extreme embarrassment whilst writing to the editor to get it taken down, I’ve tweaked and expanded the article a bit, and here it is! I think it’s a good one – and has been fact checked comprehensively! Lesson learned.)
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