George Martin produced, supported by balance engineer Norman Smith. Throughout the sessions, Lennon and McCartney are heard sniffling and coughing, with Lennon faring a heavy cold. The band began with ten takes of "There's a Place", reworking the rhythm and bass guitar parts between attempts. After their lunch break, Lennon finished the song by overdubbing a harmonica onto take ten. His three attempts, two complete and one a false start, were marked as takes eleven through thirteen, with take thirteen marked "best". On 25 February, Martin, again assisted by Smith, returned to EMI to edit and mix the album in Studio One. They mixed "There's a Place" for mono and stereo from take thirteen, adding heavy reverberation to Lennon's harmonica overdub. As was typical for the time, none of the Beatles were present for mixing. Release and reception EMI's Parlophone label released Please Please Me in the UK on 22 March 1963, with "There's a Place" sequenced as the penultimate track, between "A Taste of Honey" and "Twist and Shout". The song is credited to McCartney–Lennon, since the Lennon–McCartney designation was not used until August that year. In a contemporary review of the album for the Record Mirror, Norman Jopling describes the song as "wistful" with "a definite beat on the backing." He concludes it is "a typical number... [n]ot a standout track but one with plenty of appeal." Vee-Jay released the first US Beatles album, Introducing... The Beatles, on 22 July 1963, with "There's a Place" sequenced as the twelfth track between "A Taste of Honey" and "Twist and Shout". The initial US release attracted little attention, Beatlemania not reaching America until December 1963. As the Beatles' popularity surged, record labels rushed to re-release material, with Vee-Jay reissuing the album on 27 January 1964. Tollie released "There's a Place" in the US as the B-side to "Twist and Shout" on 2 March 1964. "Twist and Shout" peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April 1964, while "There's a Place" made it on the chart for one week, reaching number 74. Author Greil Marcus writes that "There's a Place" is "incandescent", with an arrangement built around drumming from Ringo Starr that "could take your breath away". He asserts that its musical qualities and lyricism provided a template for the success of the Beatles' later music. Howard Kramer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame writes