George Martin booked The Beatles into EMI Studios on Abbey Road to record the bulk of their first album, Please Please Me.
The sessions began that morning at 10am. The group logged nine hours and 45 minutes of recording time, banging out ten songs live off the floor and adding a few (but not many) overdubs. Further stress came with two members of the band suffering through mid winter colds. You can hear it in the vocals. Medicating their throats with a steady stream of tea, cigs and lozenges, they made it through. It is a remarkable achievement, all in a day's work. Their previously issued singles (with B-sides) were added to bring the total number of LP tracks to fourteen.
These days, simple mic placement can swallow up precious hours...
Exactly one year later, they would be playing their first US concert at the Washington Coliseum. Their reception in the States exceeded all expectations.
This date proved to be quite auspicious for the Beatles. The rest is history...
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