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6	* AbsurdlyShortProductionTime: The band famously recorded almost all of this album's material in a nearly 13-hour marathon session. The 10 songs recorded that were joined by the previously-released "Love Me Do"[=/=]"P.S. I Love You" and "Please Please Me"[=/=]"Ask Me Why" Singles.
7	* EnforcedMethodActing: The majority of the album was recorded in just one day, an exhausting 13-hour period. The intention was to make it sound as much like a LiveAlbum as possible, and it's been stated that Music/JohnLennon's voice in "Twist and Shout" shows the wear and tear from all the work.
8	* OneTakeWonder: "Twist and Shout". John had a cold during the recording session, but kept on playing regardless. Since they had little recording time left, the band recorded it on one take. John's raspy voice blended really smoothly with the song, and producer George Martin threw it in, and the rest is history.[[note]]They did try a second take, but Lennon just could not sing anymore, so they went with Take 1.[[/note]]
9	* ReferencedBy: Although not name-checked, the album is referred to by Creator/PhilipLarkin in his poem "Annus Mirabilis".
10	--> ''Sexual intercourse began\
11	In nineteen sixty-three\
12	(which was rather late for me)\
13	Between the end of the "[[Literature/LadyChatterleysLover Chatterley]]" ban\
14	And the Beatles' first LP.''
15	* ThrowItIn:
16	** Music/PaulMcCartney's count-off "One, two, three, FAW!" at the beginning of "I Saw Her Standing There". This would normally have been cut from the final track, but the band liked the way he did it on one take so much that they ended up editing it into the beginning of the take that they actually used. When Vee-Jay Records first released the ''Introducing...The Beatles'' album, they incorrectly assumed it was a mistake and trimmed it down to just the "FAW!". Rock critic Greil Marcus recalled being astonished when heard that version for the first time in early 1964, since it sounded like Paul had opened the song by saying "FUCK!".
17	** In the stereo version of "Please Please Me", John flubs a line in the last verse at 1:53: instead of "I know you never even try, girl" he says "I know I never even try, girl" and then giggles. Because of technical issues, George Martin was forced to use an alternate take for the stereo mix.
18	** George flubs the bridge in "Do You Want to Know a Secret?": "I've known '''a''' secret for '''the''' week or two" (Remember, the whole album, except for four songs previously recorded for singles, was recorded in a single 10-hour studio session with virtually no edits or overdubs; it was largely the Beatles' live act, warts and all.)
19	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/GeorgeMartin was a member of the Royal Zoological Society, and he tried to persuade them to allow the album cover picture to be taken [[VisualPun in front of the insect house at London Zoo]]. They declined.
20	* WorkingTitle: George Martin toyed with the idea of calling the album [[{{Pun}} ''Off the Beatle Track'']].
21	* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: The decision to record a CoverVersion of [[Music/TheIsleyBrothers "Twist and Shout"]] was literally a last-minute choice. They were short one song for the album with time running out on their allotted studio time. ''Magazine/{{NME}}'' reporter Alan Smith, who was at Abbey Road to report on the session, mentioned seeing them do the song in a live show and suggested they try it.
22	* WrittenInInfirmity: John Lennon was sick for the day the group worked the 13-hour recording session and it shows in "Twist and Shout" which they saved for last. John admitted that his voice wasn't quite the same afterward, saying that his throat felt like sandpaper every time he swallowed for a few years.

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