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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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Mon 26 Jan 2015 01:25

The Golden Age of the Album

The Golden Age of the Album

The Beatles' Please Please Me: Remaking a ClassicÌýis part of a celebrating the long player across Â鶹Éç Four, Radio 2 and 6 Music.

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  • See the results of the for your favourite record from Radio 2's 100 Most Played Albums
  • 6 Music listeners are reimagining classic album covers –
  • Danny Baker is joined by great guests for his 3-part
  • Noel Gallagher andÌýmore discuss the LPÌýin

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Stuart Maconie
Director Matthew Amos
Producer Jonathan Mayo

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