The Beatles - A HARD DAYS NIGHT. 1st UK PRESSING.
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THE BEATLES ''A HARD DAY'S NIGHT'' ORIGINAL 1ST UK PRESS MONO CAT NO. PMC 1230 ULTRA RARE SUPERBE VINYL (NO) AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS (NO) SCRATCHES IN MY OPINION NEAR MINT AUDIO!!!!IN MY OPINION HARDLY PLAYED!!!!! WITH (MEDIUM MONO) ON THE FRONT UK. PRESS WITH THE RAREST TO FIND ''E.DAY & CO'' COVER ALL SUPERBE YOU WILL FIND THE AUDIO HARD TO SURPASS!!!!!
AN EXTREEMELY RARE 1ST PRESS (A HARD DAY'S NIGHT)BY THE BEATLES THE THIRD ALBUM TO BE RELEASED IN THE UK!!! ESPECIALY IN THIS AWESOME CONDITION.!!!!!!!! REMEMBER THIS IS 43 YEARS OLD!!!!!! IT IS VERY HARD TO FIND THIS PRESSING WITH THE ORIGINAL E.DAY COVERS PRIMARILY BECAUSE THERE WERN'T SO MANY PRINTED COMPARED THE THE GARROD & LOFTHOUSE COVERS THAT WERE PRINTED FOR THIS PRESSING!!! PLEASE NOTE! THE UNIQUE CHARACTORISTICS TO THESE COVERS!!!!!!
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT is the third album by the Beatles, released in the UK on 10 July 1964 as the soundtrack to their first film of the same name. The album was released on 26 June in the U.S. by United Artists Records with a slightly different tracklisting (see the 'American Release' section of this article).
While showcasing the development of the band's songwriting talents, the album sticks to the basic rock and roll instrumentation and song format. It is notable as the first Beatles album to feature entirely original compositions (and the only one with a song catalogue credited entirely to Lennon-McCartney). Some of the more famous songs on the album include the title track (with its distinct, instantly recognizable opening chord), and the catchy "Tell Me Why" and "Can't Buy Me Love", the latter of which was also a transatlantic number one single for the band. It also features "And I Love Her", the first of Paul McCartney's distinctive and popular ballads. The album and film are said to portray the classic image of the Beatles, as it was released at the height of Beatlemania.
The title of the album (and of the film) is said to have been the accidental creation of drummer Ringo Starr, though the phrase is used in John Lennon's contemporary book "In His Own Write" and was reputedly used at least once by him during the Hamburg era.
Side one of the LP contains the songs from the movie soundtrack. Side two contains songs recorded for, but not included in, the film, although a 1980s rerelease of the movie includes a prologue before the opening credits with "I'll Cry Instead" on the soundtrack. This is also the first Beatles album to be recorded on four-track tape, allowing for good stereo mixes. Despite this, the CD of this album is currently available only in mono, though many of the tracks appeared in stereo on CD for the first time with the release of the boxset The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 in 2004.
Side one
- "A Hard Day's Night" – 2:34
- "I Should Have Known Better" – 2:46
- "If I Fell" – 2:24
- "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" – 2:00
- "And I Love Her" – 2:33
- "Tell Me Why" – 2:12
- "Can't Buy Me Love" – 2:14
Side two
- "Any Time at All" – 2:15
- "I'll Cry Instead" – 1:49
- "Things We Said Today – 2:40
- "When I Get Home" – 2:20
- "You Can't Do That" – 2:39
- "I'll Be Back" – 2:20
THE VINYL AT FIRST GLANCE THIS VINYL LOOKS SUPERBE!!!!! . THIS VINYL IS OF THE HEAVIER AND THICKER TYPE OF VINYL WITH DEEPER AND MUCH MORE ROBUST THAN THE LATER PRESSINGS WHICH ARE MOR FLIMSIER!!!! ONLY IN STRONG LIGHT CAN ANY WHISPY MARKS BE SEEN CAUSED FROM THE VINYL BEEN SLID IN AND OUT OF ITS SLEEVE.THERE ARE (NO) AUDIO SOUNDING MARKS OR SCRATCHES THAT I HEARD IN FACT I CAN'T SEE ANY NEEDLE SCRATCHES AT ALL!!!! AND I WOULD CLASS MYSELF AS HIGHLY CRITICAL (PLEASE LOOK AT MY COMPLETED SALES TRANSACTIONS OF THIS CALABRE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I NORMALLY GET IT RIGHT!!!!! THE AUDIO IS TRULY BRILLIANT IT'S CRISTAL CLEAR AND VIBRANT EVEN BETWEEN TRACKS ANY INTERFEARANCE IS VERY MINIMAL THIS PLAYS LIKE NEW!!!!!(SO RARE FOR A VERY EARLY 1ST PRESSING)!!!!! TO BE HIGHLY CRITICAL SUFACE MARKS\SCUFFS CAN ONLY BE SEEN IN EXTREEME BRIGHT LIGHT GENERALY CAUSED BY THE RECORD BEING SLID IN AND OUT OF THE RECORD SLEEVE.THE VINYL RETAINS ITS ORIGINAL SHEEN FROM NEW. (GENUINE 43 YEARS OLD) !!!!!! I WOULD GRADE THE AUDIO AS TRULY SUPERBE AT THE TOP!!!!! WITH (NO) SIGNS OF GROOVEWARE OR THAT THIS HAS BEEN OVERPLAYED AT ALL!!!!!! AUDIO IS GRADED AT THE VERY TOP!!!
PLEASE NOTE! I ALWAYS ADD THIS DISCLAIMER! PLEASE ALLOW FOR THE ODD STATIC TICK HERE AND THERE (NOT CONSISTANT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIO) THIS IS A GENUINE VINYL THAT IS 43 YEARS OLD! AND WOULD HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN PLAYED ON A 43 YEAR OLD SYSTEM!!!
MATRIX XEX 481-3N XEX 482-3N (1ST PRESS ONLY)
MOTHER STAMPERS SIDE 1.''2.''AHL'' SIDE 2 ''.2'' ''AOD''(VERY EARLY)!!!!!!
OVERALL I WOULD GRADE THE VINYLS PLAYBACK AS ABSOLUTELY SUPERBE.I AM NOT OVER ESTIMATING THIS RECORD.!!!!!!!! THIS PLAYS AWESOME!!!!
THE LABELS THE K.T. TAX STAMPER IS STAMPED ON THE MIDDLE ON SIDE 2. (ONLY EARLY PRESS)THERE IS LITTLE NO SPINDLE WARE AND SPIDERING CAN ONLY BE SEEN IN STRONG LIGHTTHIS HAS BEEN PLAYED BUT DEFINATELY (NOT) OVERPLAYED AT ALL(SEE PHOTO)RECORDING FIRST PULISHED 1963 IS FEATURED AND THE PARLOPHONE & CO.......AROUND THE LABEL RIM.(ONLY EARLY PRESS) PLEASE NOTE THE SMALLEST TYPE STYLE THESE ARE ONLY SEEN ON THE EARLIEST PRESSINGS LATER FEATURES LARGER TYPE STYLE!!!!! ''SOLD IN THE UK...'' IS FEATURED (ONLY EARLY PRESS) IN MY OPINION THIS LOOKS HARDLY PLAYED!!!!!
THE ORIGINAL LAMINATED FRONT (RAREST) E.DAY & CO PRINTED FLIPBACK COVER (CARRIES THE MEDIUM MONO TEXT)(ONLY 1ST PRESS)THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LAMINATED FRONT COVER WITH VERY FEW CREASINGS (ONE MAIN CREASE TOP RIGHT)AND LIGHT GENERAL STORAGE WARE !! (SEE PHOTOS) IN MY OPINION FOR A FORTY THREE YEAR OLD COVER IS ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION ONLY THE LIGHTEST OF RINGWARE CAN BE SEEN ONLY IF HELD IN STRONG LIGHT EXCEPTIONALY GLOSSY AND RICH IN COLOUR(VERY VERY RARE TO FIND LIKE THIS)THE REAR IS EXCEPTIONALY CLEAN EVEN RARER TO FIND WITH LITTLE IF (NO) FEATHERING AT THE OPENING EDGE (THESE ARE NORMALLY FOUND EXTREEMELY GRUBBY)I CAN NOT STRESS ENOUGH HOW RARE THESE COVERS ARE IN THIS CONDITION!!!! THE COVER IS STRONG AND STRAIGHT (SEE PHOTOS) THE SPINE HAS VERY (VERY) LITTLE RUBBING\ SCUFFING AND THE WRITING ''A HARD DAY'S NIGHT THE BEATLES'' CAN BE CLEARELY SEEN.(SEE PHOTO)!!!!!THERE ARE (NO) SPLITS OR TARES) A TRULY TRULY SUPERBE EXAMPLE!!!!!!!! THIS COVER IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF AN ORIGINAL 1ST PRESSING!!!!!! THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL EMITEX RECORD SLEEVE (NO) SPLITS OR TARES THERE IS LIGHT CREASINGS BUT GENERALLY SUPERBE.(SEE PHOTO)!!!!!!!! THIS VINYL IS STORED SEPERATELY IN ANOTHER SLEEVE!!!! PLEASE NOTE! THE UNIQUE CHARACTORISTICS OF THESE E.DAY COVERS ARE THE THICK AND WIDE FLIPBACKS AND THE WAY THAT THEY ARE FOLDED ONLY FOUND LIKE THIS !! AND THE ROUNDED EDGES AT THE SPINE!!! THESE COVERS ARE EXTREEMELY SCARCE AND RARE VERY VERY SOUGHT AFTER!!!!!
THIS ALBUM HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN KEPT IN A CLEAR RECORD PROTECTOR DURING ITS STORAGE LIFE AND WILL ALSO BE DESPATCHED WITH THE ALBUM.!!!!!!!
OVERALL A GREAT VERY RARE COLLECTABLE RECORD FROM THE BEATLES RARE IN THIS CONDITION HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN IT.!!!
I HAVE 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK SO BID WITH CONFIDANCE.
I WILL BE DESPATCHING ALL OF MY RECORDS BY RECORDED\SIGNED FOR DELIVERY WITH INSURANCE AND TRACKING. PLEASE ALLOW FOR ANY DELAYS DUE TO THE POSTAGE SYSTEM. I DO DESPATCH WITHIN THE NEXT DAY OF CLEARED FUNDS.
ALL OF MY ALBUMS ARE DISPATCHED SECURELY WITH REINFORCEMENT.
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