Beatles' epic album to be recreated by stars 50 years on

Musicians including Stereophonics and Mick Hucknall are attempting to recreate The Beatles' 10-hour recording session for their debut album Please Please Me to mark its 50th anniversary.

The Liverpool band recorded almost all of the record in one day-long recording session on 11 February 1963.

BBC Radio 2 will broadcast live footage of the stars working on the 10 tracks at London's Abbey Road Studios.

Gabrielle Aplin and I Am Kloot will also be part of the sessions.

Chart topping newcomer Aplin was the first to arrive at the legendary studio, with Radio 2 breakfast DJ Chris Evans and Welsh rockers the Stereophonics arriving in the same car minutes later.

Evans then joined frontman Kelly Jones outside the studio for a short busking session.

Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr already had four tracks they could put on the album - the singles Love Me Do and Please Please Me, plus the B-sides.

They needed 10 more to complete the album and were booked at Abbey Road amidst a hectic live schedule.

They had 30 gigs to perform in February including a tour with Helen Shapiro, plus a radio and TV show.

Lennon had a cold and was drinking tea, milk and smoking while sucking lozenges for his throat.

They started recording at 10am and their first song was There's A Place, which they managed in 13 takes.