The Beatles album was supplemented by the four tracks already released on their first two singles. Martin originally considered recording the Beatles' debut LP live at The Cavern Club, but after deciding that the building's acoustics were inadequate, he elected to simulate a "live" album with minimal production in "a single marathon session at Abbey Road". After the moderate success of "Love Me Do", the single "Please Please Me" met with a more emphatic reception. Released in January 1963, two months ahead of the album of the same name, the song reached number one on every UK chart except "Record Retailer", where
The Beatles Anthology release of the "Free as a Bird" single and "Anthology 1" album (the first of three double-CD albums), "The Beatles Anthology" series of documentaries was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom and ABC television in the United States in 1995. The "Anthology" series takes a form similar to that of the "Anthology" book, by being a series of first-person accounts by the Beatles themselves, with no external "objective" narration. Footage in the "Anthology" series features voice-over recordings of all four Beatles to push the narrative of the story, with contributions from their producer, road manager and others. As well