The Beatles ‎– A Hard Day's Night
Label:
Parlophone ‎– PMC 1230
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, Garrod & Lofthouse Sleeve
Country:
UK
Released:
10 Jul 1964
Genre:
Rock, Stage & Screen
Style:
Beat, Rock & Roll, Soundtrack, Pop Rock
 
Tracklist
Position    Title/Credits    Duration
Songs From The Film "A Hard Day's Night"
A1    A Hard Day's Night
Lead Vocals – John*
A2    I Should Have Known Better
Lead Vocals – John*
A3    If I Fell
Lead Vocals – John*, Paul*
A4    I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
Lead Vocals – George*
A5    And I Love Her
Lead Vocals – Paul*
A6    Tell Me Why
Lead Vocals – John*, Paul*
A7    Can't Buy Me Love    
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B1    Any Time At All
Backing Vocals – George*, Paul*
Lead Vocals – John*
B2    I'll Cry Instead
Lead Vocals – John*, Paul*
B3    Things We Said Today
Lead Vocals – Paul*
B4    When I Get Home
Backing Vocals – George*, Paul*
B5    You Can't Do That
Backing Vocals – George*, Paul*
Lead Vocals – John*
B6    I'll Be Back
Backing Vocals – George*, Paul*
Lead Vocals – John*
 
Record Company – The Parlophone Co. Ltd.
Record Company – E.M.I. Records Limited
Record Company – Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.
Published By – Northern Songs Music Ltd.
Printed By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Made By – Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Liner Notes [Cover Notes By] – Tony Barrow
Producer – George Martin
Words By, Music By [Words And Music:] – John Lennon And Paul McCartney*
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
The main differentiator of this early pressing, compared to later versions, is the black and yellow Parlophone label with the perimeter rim copyright text, 'THE PARLOPHONE CO LTD • ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDING WORK RESERVED • UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED'. Above the spindle hole the centre text, 'SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS'.
There are a number of other differentiators present on both the labels and the cover.
Label:
1 - Has a 'chubby' font with the right-hand side indicator numerals appearing under the '2' in the catalogue number 'PMC 1230' above them.
2 - The publishing copyright date is given as 'RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964', and is nearly left-aligned compared to the matrix number above it.
3 - The group's name 'THE BEATLES' is closer to the 'Northern Songs Music Ltd.' publishing credit below it than the '(Lennon-McCartney)' credit above it. There exists a very similar version with this text placed differently - A Hard Day's Night.
4 - A2 'I Should Have Known Better' has its title split over 2 lines.
5 - All of the song titles on side 2 appear on separate lines.
6 - The KT purchase tax code embossing on the label on either side of the spindle hole. A similar variant has the code MT.
Cover:
1 - Front laminated, tri-flipback and printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd., with a medium 'MONO' indicator on the front, top, right hand corner.
Cover details:
E . M . I . RECORDS LIMITED
(Controlled By Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.)
HAYES • MIDDLESEX • ENGLAND
Made and Printed in Great Britain
Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending PMC 1230 PCS 3058
Runouts are stamped
Tax code is embossed on either side A or B
Other (Tax code): KT
Matrix / Runout (A side label): XEX.481
Matrix / Runout (B side label): XEX.482
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 1): XEX 481 - 3N
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 1): XEX 482 - 3N
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 2): XEX 481 - 3N MH 1
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 2): XEX 482 - 3N PR 1
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 3): XEX 481 - 3N OA 2
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 3): XEX 482 - 3N OM 5
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 4): XEX 481 - 3N G AM
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 4): XEX 482 - 3N G TO 7
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 5): XEX 481 - 3N G RH 1
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 5): XEX 482 - 3N G AH 6
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 6): XEX 481 - 3N R GA
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 6): XEX 482 - 3N G HD
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 7): XEX 481 - 3N G RG 3
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 7): XEX 482 - 3N G GM
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 8): XEX 481 - 3N R TL 3
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 8): XEX482 - 3N R LA 4
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 9): XEX 481 - 3N AAD 3
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 9): XEX 482 - 3N RTA 4
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 10): XEX 481 - 3N R HG
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 10): XEX 482 - 3N R OH
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 11): XEX 481 - 3N TO 5
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 11): XEX 482 - 3N G GP 5
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 12): XEX 481 - 3N R D D 4
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 12): XEX 482 -3N GLM 13
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 13): XEX 481 - 3N R RT
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 13): XEX 482 - 3N R GH
Matrix / Runout (A side runout, variant 14): XEX 481-3N H 2
Matrix / Runout (B side runout, variant 14): XEX 482-3N G