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The Beatles recorded their first album in one day
Please Please Me was done at Abbey Road on 11 February 1963
The Beatles recorded most of their debut album Please Please Me on 11 February 1963 at EMI Studios, now Abbey Road, in a session lasting about ten hours. Ten tracks were taped, and the day finished with John Lennon singing Twist and Shout in one raw-throated take.
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