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The Beatles - Please Please Me - Deluxe Edition (Purple Chick) (1970)

Track listing:
CD2
  1. How Do You Do It 1:57
  2. Love Me Do 2:25
  3. Please Please Me 1:59
  4. There's A Place - Take 1 2:05
  5. There's A Place - Take 2 2:02
  6. There's A Place - Take 3 0:12
  7. There's A Place - Take 4 1:57
  8. There's A Place - Take 5 0:23
  9. There's A Place - Take 6 1:54
  10. There's A Place - Take 7 0:39
  11. There's A Place - Take 8 2:01
  12. There's A Place - Take 9 2:02
  13. There's A Place - Take 10 1:56
  14. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 1 3:10
  15. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 2 2:59
  16. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 3 0:33
  17. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 4 0:48
  18. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 5 0:58
  19. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 6 1:15
  20. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 7 0:17
  21. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 8 0:24
  22. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 9 2:50
  23. Do You Want To Know A Secret - 2:35
  24. Do You Want To Know A Secret - 2:03
  25. A Taste Of Honey - Take 6 2:08
  26. A Taste Of Honey - Take 7 2:09
  27. There's A Place - Take 11 2:03
  28. There's A Place - Take 12 0:23
  29. There's A Place - Take 13 2:01
  30. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 10 3:00
  31. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 11 0:27
  32. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 12 3:03
  33. Misery - Take 1 1:52
  34. Misery - Take 2 1:04
  35. Misery - Take 3 0:20
  36. Misery - Take 4 0:38
  37. Misery - Take 5 0:35
  38. Misery - Take 6 2:09
  39. Misery - Take 7 1:52
  40. Misery - Take 8 0:24
  41. I Saw Her Standing There - Take 9 (Anthology Mix) 2:51

Notes


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
41: I Saw Her Standing There - take 9, Anthology Mix.