The Beatles' Please Please Me: Remaking a Classic
In 2013, on the 50th anniversary of the 12-hour session at Abbey Road that resulted in the Beatles' album Please Please Me, current artists attempted the same session.
In 2013, on the 50th anniversary of the famous 12-hour session at Abbey Road which resulted in the Beatles' iconic album Please Please Me, leading artists such as Stereophonics, Graham Coxon, Gabrielle Aplin, Joss Stone, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze, Paul Carrack, Mick Hucknall and I Am Kloot attempted to record the same songs, in the same timescale, in the same studio.
The results are captured in this programme, presented by Stuart Maconie.
Amongst those paying their own tribute to the album's success are Burt Bacharach and Guy Chambers, as well as people lucky enough to have been there 50 years ago telling the remarkable story of what happened that day, including engineer Richard Langham and the Beatles' press officer Tony Barrow.
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The Golden Age of the Album
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Stuart Maconie |
| Director | Matthew Amos |
| Producer | Jonathan Mayo |
Broadcasts
- Fri 15 Feb 2013 21:00
- Sat 16 Feb 2013 00:30
- Sun 17 Feb 2013 23:15
- Wed 20 Feb 2013 00:40
- Sat 2 Mar 2013 23:50
- Fri 5 Jul 2013 23:15
- Mon 8 Jul 2013 01:45
- Sat 21 Sep 2013 23:50
- Fri 15 Nov 2013 23:45
- Sat 16 Nov 2013 03:00
- Fri 14 Mar 2014 23:30
- Sat 15 Mar 2014 03:00
- Sat 5 Jul 2014 22:45
- Fri 23 Jan 2015 23:00
- Sat 24 Jan 2015 03:00
- Mon 26 Jan 2015 01:25
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