The Beatles "A Hard Day's Night"Vinyl Parlophone PCS 3058 6th press 1971 1/1

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The Beatles ? "A Hard Day's Night" Parlophone ?PCS 3058  UK 6th press. Stereo Vinyl, LP, reissued in 1971.
The vinyl appears to have been lightly played and is in lovely condition. It played through beautifully on my elderly stereo - no hop, click or jump. The sleeve, similarly, shows minimal signs of wear and is also in great condition - no rips or writing. The spine is intact and legible. Matrix / Runout  Side 1 : YEX 126-1 Matrix / Runout  Side 2 : YEX 127-1
"A Hard Day's Night" is the Beatles' third studio album, originally released on 10 July 1964, with side one containing songs from the soundtrack to their film of the same name. The American version of the album was released two weeks earlier, on 26 June 1964 by United Artists Records, with a different track listing. In contrast to their first two albums, all 13 tracks on "A Hard Day's Night" were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney showcasing the development of their songwriting talents. The album includes the title track, with its distinct opening chord, and the previously released "Can't Buy Me Love", both transatlantic number-one singles for the band.
The title of the album was the accidental creation of drummer Ringo Starr. According to Lennon in a 1980 interview with Playboy magazine: "I was going home in the car and Dick Lester [director of the movie] suggested the title, 'Hard Day's Night' from something Ringo had said. I had used it in In His Own Write, but it was an off-the-cuff remark by Ringo. You know, one of those malapropisms. A Ringo-ism, where he said it not to be funny ... just said it. So Dick Lester said, 'We are going to use that title.'"
Musically, "A Hard Day's Night" eschews the rock and roll cover songs of the band's previous albums for a predominantly pop sound. Sputnikmusic's Dave Donnelly observes "short, peppy" pop songs characterised by layered vocals, immediate choruses, and understated instrumentation. According to Pitchfork's Tom Ewing, the lack of rock and roll covers allows listeners to "take the group's new sound purely on its own modernist terms", with audacious "chord choices", powerful harmonies, "gleaming" guitar, and "Northern" harmonica. Music journalist Robert Christgau writes that Lennon–McCartney's songs were "more sophisticated musically" than before.
Side one of the LP contains the songs from the movie soundtrack. Side two contains songs written for, but not included in, the film.
"A Hard Day's Night" is the first Beatles album to feature entirely original compositions, and the only one where all the songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Lennon is the primary author of nine of the thirteen tracks on the album, as well as being the lead singer on these same nine tracks (although McCartney sings lead on the chorus part of the title track which otherwise is strictly Lennon territory). Lennon and McCartney co-wrote "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You", while McCartney wrote "And I Love Her", "Can't Buy Me Love", and "Things We Said Today". It is one of three Beatles albums, along with "Let It Be" and "Magical Mystery Tour", in which Starr does not sing lead vocal on any songs. (Starr sang the lead vocal on "Matchbox" during the sessions; it appeared instead on the "Long Tall Sally" EP.) It is also one of three Beatles albums, along with "Please Please Me" and "Beatles for Sale", in which Harrison does not contribute to the songwriting, though Harrison does sing lead vocal on "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You".
In 2000, Q placed "A Hard Day's Night" at number five in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2012, it was ranked 307th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.