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
Recording the Beatles Recording the Beatles Recording The Beatles () is a book by Kevin Ryan and Brian Kehew, published by Curvebender Publishing in September 2006. The book's full title is "Recording The Beatles: The Studio Equipment and Techniques Used To Create Their Classic Albums". It addresses the technical side of The Beatles' sessions and was written with the assistance of many of the group's former engineers and technicians, chief among them "Peter K. Burkowitz", designer of the REDD mixing console. The book looks at every piece of recording equipment used at Abbey Road Studios during the Beatles' sessions, including all microphones, outboard