Bruce will be discussing the Beatles Please Please Me album and its U.S. equivalent, Introducing The Beatles, with host Steve Westman, in the upcoming episode of Live Audiophile Roundtable on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at 12:00 Noon Eastern, 11:00 AM Central Standard Time.

Bruce has long believed that the Beatles early albums no longer get the recognition they deserve because they were eclipsed by more mature albums such as Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, The White Album and Abbey Road. But had the Beatles stopped recording after their Help! LP, they still would have been recognized as the most important and influential band of the sixties.

SALE!

In connection with Bruce’s podcast covering the Beatles first album, Please Please Me, his Album Series book The Beatles Please Please Me to With The Beatles is on sale all month of January 2026. The $40 standard edition is on sale for $25 and the $100 Collector’s Edition for $63 (because the album was released in 1963). The Collector’s Edition is a limited signed and individually numbered edition of 500 copies and comes in a O-case, along with two special posters and a custom bookmark.