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#2 A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (UA-750)
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#2-1 A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (Promotional Record "Columbia Records in Bridgeport Press": UA-750)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental) (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2
I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental) (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
late September or early October of 1964 / Promotional Record
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ua ua iwant
The singles were pressed with white labels featuring the United Artists logo in black at the top and text printed in black.
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ua ua ua The words "DISC JOCKEY NOT FOR SALE" were printed at the left side of the center hole.
On both sides, publisher listed as "Maclen Music Inc. Unart Music Corp. - BMI".
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SIDE-1 SIDE-2 The singles pressed in Bridgeport have "George Martin & His Orchestra" on one line in small print.
"UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS. NEW YORK 19. N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A." was printed at perimeter.
ua ua
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RECORD LABEL
United Artists promotion white label type 1-A
CATALOG NUMBER
UA-750
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
PRESS FACTORY
Sleeve:Queens Litho
Disc: Columbia Records in Bridgeport, Conneticut
MATRIX No.
SIDE 1 ZTSP-92815-1B (G?)   1L   (hand etched)
SIDE 2 ZTSP-92814-1E   1L   (hand etched)
SLEEVE STYLE
straight cut top
MIX
MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Maclen Music Inc. Unart Music Corp. - BMI
SIDE 2
Maclen Music Inc. Unart Music Corp. - BMI
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
COMMENTS
The second single, UA 750 was released in either late September or early October 1964.
It paired "A Hard Day's Night" with "I Should Have Known Better".
This single contains instrumental versions of Beatles songs by George Martin.
The front of the sleeve features a black and white picture of the group with a blue background rectangular box at the top. The text, graphics and layout of the blue upper portion of the sleeve are similar to that of the red upper portion of the first UA single. The back of the sleeve has a black and white Robert Freeman photograph of the group standing with George Martin that had previously appeared on the cover of Martin's first UA album, "Off The Beatle Track".

Picture sleeves were printed by Queens Lito, are much less common than the picture sleeves to the huge-selling Capitol discs.
The singles were pressed with white labels featuring the United Artists logo in black at the top.

United Artists used three factories to press its singles:
(A) Columbia Records in Bridgeport, Conneticut
(B) Columbia Records in Terre Haute, Indiana
(C) Monarch Records in Los Angeles, Carifornia.

Type 1-A: The single pressed in Bridgeport have "GEORGE MARTIN & HIS ORCHESTRA." on 1 line in small print on the label.
Type 1-B: The Terre Haute pressings have "GEORGE MARTIN & HIS ORCH." on 1 line in large print.
Type 1-C: The Monarch disks have "GEORGE MARTIN & HIS ORCHESTRA" on the line in large print.



#2-2 A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (1st. Press "Monarch Records Press": UA-750)
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TRACK LISTING
SIDE 1
A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental) (Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE 2
I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental) (Lennon-McCartney)
RELEASE DATE
late September or early October of 1964 / First Press
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ua ua
United Artists company sleeve: United Artiss Records' address  "729 7th AVENUE. NEW YORK" was printed at the bottom of the sleeve.
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iwant The singles were pressed with black labels featuring the United Artists logo in white at the top and text overprinted in silver.
ua On both sides, publisher listed as "Maclen Music Inc. Unart Music Corp. BMI".
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ua ua On both sides, catalog number "UA 750", running time, and master number "ZTSP 9281X" were printed at the left side of the center hole.
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SIDE-1 SIDE-2 The singles pressed in Monarch Records have "George Martin & His Orchestra" on one line in large print.
"NEW YORK 19. N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A." was printed at perimeter.
ua ua
OTHER ITEM
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RECORD LABEL
United Artists black label type 1-C
CATALOG NUMBER
UA-750
VINYL COLOR
BLACK
PRESS FACTORY
Sleeve:Queens Litho (maybe)
Disc: Monarch Records in Los Angeles, Carifornia
MATRIX No.
SIDE 1 ∆53336X    ZTSP - 92815 - 1J  (hand etched)
SIDE 2 ∆53336      ZTSP - 92814 - 1K   (hand etched)
SLEEVE STYLE
straight cut top
MIX
MONO
PUBLISHER'S NAME
SIDE 1
Maclen Music Inc. Unart Music Corp. BMI
SIDE 2
Maclen Music Inc. Unart Music Corp. BMI
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES United Artists Records' Company Sleeve
COMMENTS
The second single, UA 750 was released in either late September or early October 1964.
It paired "A Hard Day's Night" with "I Should Have Known Better".
This single contains instrumental versions of Beatles songs by George Martin.
The front of the sleeve features a black and white picture of the group with a blue background rectangular box at the top. The text, graphics and layout of the blue upper portion of the sleeve are similar to that of the red upper portion of the first UA single. The back of the sleeve has a black and white Robert Freeman photograph of the group standing with George Martin that had previously appeared on the cover of Martin's first UA album, "Off The Beatle Track".

Picture sleeves were printed by Queens Lito, are much less common than the picture sleeves to the huge-selling Capitol discs.
The singles were pressed with white labels featuring the United Artists logo in black at the top.

United Artists used three factories to press its singles:
(A) Columbia Records in Bridgeport, Conneticut
(B) Columbia Records in Terre Haute, Indiana
(C) Monarch Records in Los Angeles, Carifornia.

Type 1-A: The single pressed in Bridgeport have "GEORGE MARTIN & HIS ORCHESTRA." on 1 line in small print on the label.
Type 1-B: The Terre Haute pressings have "GEORGE MARTIN & HIS ORCH." on 1 line in large print.
Type 1-C: The Monarch disks have "GEORGE MARTIN & HIS ORCHESTRA" on the line in large print.



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