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Reviews and Commentaries for Please Please Me

• This vintage import pressing of the Beatles’ debut album boasts excellent Double Plus (A++) sound or BETTER from start to finish – exceptionally quiet vinyl too
• Both sides have superb presence, clarity and size – they are bigger, bolder and richer, as well as more clean, clear and open than most others we played
• 5 stars: “Decades after its release, the album still sounds fresh [and]…it’s easy to get wrapped up in the sound of the record itself without realizing how the album effectively summarizes the band’s eclectic influences. There’s a love of girl groups, vocal harmonies, sophisticated popcraft, schmaltz, R&B, and hard-driving rock & roll, which is enough to make Please Please Me impressive, but what makes it astonishing is how these elements converge in the originals.”

Folks, if you’re looking for an amazing Top Quality copy of the first Beatles release, here it is! Big and lively with superb presence and energy, this is EXACTLY the right sound for this music. The album itself is nothing short of amazing. It captures more of the live sound of these four guys playing together as a rock and roll band than any record they ever made afterwards. (Let It Be gets some of that live quality too and makes a great bookend for the group.) (more…)