Mick Hucknall and The Stereophonics are among artists
attempting to re-record The Beatles' Please Please Me at Abbey Road on the
album's 50th anniversary.
The musicians
will have just 12 hours to complete the work, mirroring the marathon single
session that resulted in the Beatles' debut album.
They will use
the same studio, with all the tracks recorded in order.
The event,
which takes place on 11 February, will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 2.
It will also be
filmed for a BBC Four special called 12 Hours to Please Me, which will be
screened on 15 February.
The event is to
be hosted by Stuart Maconie and Jo Whiley, who will be joined by guests from
the original session 50 years ago, including engineer Richard Langham and
Beatles press officer Tony Barrow.
The show forms
the centrepiece of a series called The Golden Age Of The Album - a two-week
celebration across BBC Four, Radio 2 and 6 Music.
Richard Klein,
controller of BBC Four, said: "I'm thrilled to be celebrating The Golden
Age Of The Album across both television and radio.
"We're
taking a look behind the scenes of a really exciting moment in popular music
history when some of our most iconic albums were recorded, and trying to
discover what are the essential ingredients that make an album great."
Source: BBC
Leicester Bangs Comment:
In 1962 The Beatles were a
young, well-rehearsed band, full of vim and energy – and quite possibly
amphetamines. If the need is felt to recreate the 12-hour recording session for
their debut album, why not employ hungry, new, young bands, rather than a bunch
of dreadful, tired old has-beens like Mick Hucknall and The Stereophonics.
Rubbish.
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