This track is a gem! It seemed so simple the first few time i heard it.. but it's really different than the rest of that album. I was listening to the track and i was blown away with the bridge "in my mind there's no sorrow don't you know that it's true..." part it seemed a real indication of where they would go later on

Quoted from Bungalow Bill

This track is a gem! It seemed so simple the first few time i heard it.. but it's really different than the rest of that album. I was listening to the track and i was blown away with the bridge "in my mind there's no sorrow don't you know that it's true..." part it seemed a real indication of where they would go later on

Yes, I like that middle eight a lot too!

Funny, on my VJ record with that song it sounded like the tape machine was wobbly, or maybe perhaps (gasp!) they were singing out of tune, especially on the "Theeeerre is a place".

I think it sounds different on whatever CD I've got it on (Please Please Me? Rarities?).

Quoted from Bungalow Bill

This track is a gem! It seemed so simple the first few time i heard it.. but it's really different than the rest of that album. I was listening to the track and i was blown away with the bridge "in my mind there's no sorrow don't you know that it's true..." part it seemed a real indication of where they would go later on

I agree.
I think it's a stand out track on Please Please Me - the lead vocal lines by both Lennon & Mccartney are amazing.
Ian Macdonald in 'Revolution in the Head' tears it apart ... lord knows why?!
From the catchy harmonica/bass intro riff, the song strives to a great beat by Ringo.

Agree with everything said so far. It's an overlooked little gem of a song.

To me, it has always been an amazing song and one that didn't really fit in on Please Please Me. It's ahead of its time and a sign of things to come.

It's a very good track, one of their lost gems i think & the lyrics are very very good!
even then Lennon was expressing himself well!  

Quoted from Bobber

To me, it has always been an amazing song and one that didn't really fit in on Please Please Me. It's ahead of its time and a sign of things to come.

Quite right!  There's A Place is one of my favorite early tracks.  It's an introspective piece, quite different than their love songs of the period.  This song clearly influenced Brian Wilson's In My Room.

I agree, great song that is different than the rest on the album.  Really shows in their early stages how good they were and how good they would become.

Just wondering if anyone else thinks this great song sounds out of place on the 'please please me' album ? it sounds like the stuff they were coming out with around ' Hard days night.

The Greatest thing about this song is there vocals are immense, and its great how Lennons does the lows and Macca does the Highs (extremely) but half way through Lennons voice gets higher and Macca's drops down to below Lennons.

Oh..........LOVE this song.  Have an "outtake" of it on a disc of mine where John's does a quick "cough" at the beginning and the version is a more "stripped down" one..........singing is more pronounced than the instruments.  Now THAT'S the gem......

I really like this song, and I agree it seems like something they would have done later on.

Quoted from aspinall_lover

Oh..........LOVE this song.  Have an "outtake" of it on a disc of mine where John's does a quick "cough" at the beginning and the version is a more "stripped down" one..........singing is more pronounced than the instruments.  Now THAT'S the gem......

I agree whole-heartedly.  The outtake swings a lot more than the released version which sounds to me a bit forced, or rushed.  Not to blame the Beatles--given their recording conditions at this point, they didn't have a lot time to grow into the songs.  Too bad they never redid this (like for Let it Be), maybe just a little bit slower.  

Oh, but the outtake I have is awesome!!!  Got a hard time typing due to my "sliced" finger,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

If you listen to that album, the VeeJay album, the interesting thing is that the originals are the best songs. Like there's a place. Ever hear the punk version by that band the Dickies? They do the harmonies perfectly.

Great track. I agree with fendertele, its sounds kind of like hard days night