 United Artists Stereo Sleeve |
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| TITLE | A HARD DAY'S
NIGHT |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | UAS 6366 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 26th. June 1964 / First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| A Hard Day's Night |
I Should Have Known Better |
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| Tell Me Why |
If I Fell |
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| I Cry Instead |
And I Love Her |
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| I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental) |
Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental) |
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| And I Love Her (Instrumental) |
Can't Buy Me Love |
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| From Me To You (The Beatles) |
A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental) |
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| FRONT -->Click! | BACK -->Click! | SIDE 1 -->Click! | SIDE 2 -->Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP |
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| FRONT -->Click! | BACK -->Click! | ||||
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On
the back cover, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead". All copies have the title incorrect on the cover. |
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| Company name and address, and "stereo uas
3366" was printed at the upper right corner of the
back cover, |
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First
pressings of the album were issued with covers listing "This
Boy" as the only song published solely by Maclen. Corp. Later cover, credits "This Boy" and "I Cry Instead" to Maclen Music (BMI). |
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| Black label with the United Artists
logo above the spindle hole."UNITED" is in gold and
"ARTISTS" is in white. The upper perimeter contains a series
of overlapping circles and solid colored circles in, from
left to right, blue, gold, black, white and red. |
Columbia Records Press: Manufactured album for East Coast distribution. The bolded album title and "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" are approximately the same height. All copies have "I Cry Instead" (maybe). |
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The lower perimeter has the
phrase "United Artists Records, Inc. New York 19. N. Y. Made
In U.S.A" in white uppercase letters. Have "HIGH FIDERITY STEREO" in large uppercase silver letters above the lower perimeter print. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Black label with overlapping circles at
top Type-2 |
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| MIX | The Beatles tracks are fake stereo on ALL UA stereo pressings, only the instrumentals are. | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | Columbia Records Press, Pitsman, New Jersey factory | |||
| VINYL |
Columbia Records Press, Pitsman, New Jersey factory | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | UAS 6366 A-1B (hand etched) |
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| SIDE 2 | UAS 6366 B-1C (hand etched) |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
All Songs published by Maclen Music Inc. and Unart Music Corp. (BMI) except "This Boy" which is publised by Maclen Music Inc. (BMI) | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | - |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman |
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| INNER SLEEVE | United Artists Original Company Sleeve
Type-2 |
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| PRODUCER | Musical Director: George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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Black label
with the United Artists logo above the spindle hole."UNITED"
is in gold and "ARTISTS" is in white. The upper perimeter
contains a series of overlapping circles and solid colored
circles in, from left to right, blue, gold, black, white and
red. The bright red background front cover features four of Robert Freeman's portraits. The following text appears above the photos from top to bottom: "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" in black uppercaseletters. On the stereo covers, the slicks are cropped with the photographs lower than on the mono covers to reveal a black banner at the top with "stereo" in white towards the left and running from the center to the right, "THE BEATLES - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - UNITED ARTISTS UAL 3366" in white uppercase letters followed by the United Artists logo. The Beatles tracks are not in true stereo on ALL UA stereo pressings, only the instrumentals are. United Artists received a tape containing the mono masters of the 8 Beatles songs intended for the film on or about 10th. June 1964. Because the company wanted to release its album as soon as possible, it decided not to wait for stereo mixes of the songs. So, the Beatles songs appearing on the United Artists stereo album are fake stereo. First pressings of the album were issued with covers listing "This Boy" as the only song published solely by Maclen. Corp. Later cover, credits "This Boy" and "I Cry Instead" to Maclen Music (BMI). Song title of the back over, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead". All copies have the title incorrect on the cover. United Artists did not have its own pressing factories. The label contracted with five companies to manufacture records for "A Hard Day's Night". 1) Columbia Records 2) H.V. Waddell Co. 3) RCA 4) Monarch Records 5) Unidentified factory (maybe Bestway Products, Mountainside, New Jersey) Type-1) Columbia Records Press: Manufactured album for East Coast distribution. The bolded album title and "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" are approximately the same height. There are two variations; > Mono: "I Cry Instead" > Stereo: "I Cry Instead" All copies have "I Cry Instead" (maybe). No Columbia "I'll Cry Instead" labels have been confirmed. Type-2) H.V. Waddell Co. Press: Pressed many of the West Coast albums. The album title and "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" are equal length on the Waddell discs. There are many variations: > Mono: "I Cry Instead" > Mono: "I'll Cry Instead" > Stereo: "I Cry Instead" > Stereo: "I'll Cry Instead" Type-3) RCA Press: UA also hired RCA to manufacture copies of the album (mono only). The song titles and running times are left margin justified. In addition, the RCA labels have an identification number "RP4M-0474/0475 on mono" printed below the catalog number to the right of the center hole. NO RCA "I'll Cry Instead" labels have been confirmed. There are slight variations: Type-3-1) RCA Indianapolis: Song title fonts are Sans-Serif type Type-3-2) RCA Rockaway: Song title fonts are Roman type Type-4) Monarch Records in L.A. was later hired to press copies of the album. The song titles are centered and there are no running times. > Mono: "I'll Cry Instead" > Stereo: "I'll Cry Instead" NO Monarch "I Cry Instead" labels have been confirmed. Type-5) Unidentified factory (maybe Bestway Products, Mountainside, New Jersey) Similar to the Columbia pressings, except that "THE BEATLES" is spaced looser and is taller than it is on the Columbia labels. Only mono pressings with "I Cry Instead" have been confirmed. |
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| TITLE | A HARD DAY'S
NIGHT |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | UAS 6366 |
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| RELEASE DATE | Late 1964? / First Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| A Hard Day's Night |
I Should Have Known Better |
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| Tell Me Why |
If I Fell |
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| I Cry Instead |
And I Love Her |
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| I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental) |
Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental) |
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| And I Love Her (Instrumental) |
Can't Buy Me Love |
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| From Me To You (The Beatles) |
A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental) |
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| FRONT -->Click! | BACK -->Click! | SIDE 1 -->Click! | SIDE 2 -->Click! | DISK | |
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| INNER SLEEVE |
FRONT COVER CLOSE UP |
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Sorry, I don't have it. United Artists Original Company Sleeve Type-2 (maybe) |
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| On
the stereo covers, the slicks are cropped with the
photographs lower than on the mono covers to reveal a black
banner at the top with "stereo" in white towards the left
and running from the center to the right, "THE BEATLES - A
HARD DAY'S NIGHT - UNITED ARTISTS UAL 3366" in white
uppercase letters followed by the United Artists logo. |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
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On
the back cover, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead". All copies have the title incorrect on the cover. |
 |
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| Company name and address, and "stereo uas
3366" was printed at the upper right corner of the
back cover, |
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| BACK COVER CLOSE UP | |||||
 |
First
pressings of the album were issued with covers listing "This
Boy" as the only song published solely by Maclen. Corp. Later cover, credits "This Boy" and "I Cry Instead" to Maclen Music (BMI). |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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| Black label with the United Artists
logo above the spindle hole."UNITED" is in gold and
"ARTISTS" is in white. The upper perimeter contains a series
of overlapping circles and solid colored circles in, from
left to right, blue, gold, black, white and red. |
Pressed many of the West Coast albums. The album title and "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" are equal length on the Waddell discs. The more common copies list "I Cry Instead" (incorrect spelling) on the label of the record. Less common copies have the title correct ("I'll Cry Instead") on the label. |
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| LABEL CLOSE UP | |||||
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The lower perimeter has the
phrase "United Artists Records, Inc. New York 19. N. Y. Made
In U.S.A" in white uppercase letters. Have "HIGH FIDERITY STEREO" in large uppercase silver letters above the lower perimeter print. |
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Black label with overlapping circles at
top Type-2 |
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| MIX | The Beatles tracks are fake stereo on ALL UA stereo pressings, only the instrumentals are. | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | Columbia Records Press, Pitsman, New Jersey factory | |||
| VINYL |
Columbia Records Press, Pitsman, New Jersey factory | ||||
| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | UAS 6366 A-1E (hand etched) |
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| SIDE 2 | UAS 6366 B-1F (hand etched) |
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| VINYL COLOR | BLACK | ||||
| PUBLISHER'S NAME |
All Songs published by Maclen Music Inc. and Unart Music Corp. (BMI) except "This Boy" which is publised by Maclen Music Inc. (BMI) | ||||
| COVER FORM | Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket. |
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| PRINTER CREDIT | - |
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| COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES | Photo: Robert Freeman |
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| INNER SLEEVE | United Artists Original Company Sleeve
Type-2 |
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| PRODUCER | Musical Director: George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
|
Black label
with the United Artists logo above the spindle hole."UNITED"
is in gold and "ARTISTS" is in white. The upper perimeter
contains a series of overlapping circles and solid colored
circles in, from left to right, blue, gold, black, white and
red. The bright red background front cover features four of Robert Freeman's portraits. The following text appears above the photos from top to bottom: "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" in black uppercaseletters. On the stereo covers, the slicks are cropped with the photographs lower than on the mono covers to reveal a black banner at the top with "stereo" in white towards the left and running from the center to the right, "THE BEATLES - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - UNITED ARTISTS UAL 3366" in white uppercase letters followed by the United Artists logo. The Beatles tracks are not in true stereo on ALL UA stereo pressings, only the instrumentals are. United Artists received a tape containing the mono masters of the 8 Beatles songs intended for the film on or about 10th. June 1964. Because the company wanted to release its album as soon as possible, it decided not to wait for stereo mixes of the songs. So, the Beatles songs appearing on the United Artists stereo album are fake stereo. First pressings of the album were issued with covers listing "This Boy" as the only song published solely by Maclen. Corp. Later cover, credits "This Boy" and "I Cry Instead" to Maclen Music (BMI). Song title of the back over, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead". All copies have the title incorrect on the cover. United Artists did not have its own pressing factories. The label contracted with five companies to manufacture records for "A Hard Day's Night". 1) Columbia Records 2) H.V. Waddell Co. 3) RCA 4) Monarch Records 5) Unidentified factory (maybe Bestway Products, Mountainside, New Jersey) Type-1) Columbia Records Press: Manufactured album for East Coast distribution. The bolded album title and "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" are approximately the same height. There are two variations; > Mono: "I Cry Instead" > Stereo: "I Cry Instead" All copies have "I Cry Instead" (maybe). No Columbia "I'll Cry Instead" labels have been confirmed. Type-2) H.V. Waddell Co. Press: Pressed many of the West Coast albums. The album title and "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" are equal length on the Waddell discs. There are many variations: > Mono: "I Cry Instead" > Mono: "I'll Cry Instead" > Stereo: "I Cry Instead" > Stereo: "I'll Cry Instead" Type-3) RCA Press: UA also hired RCA to manufacture copies of the album (mono only). The song titles and running times are left margin justified. In addition, the RCA labels have an identification number "RP4M-0474/0475 on mono" printed below the catalog number to the right of the center hole. NO RCA "I'll Cry Instead" labels have been confirmed. There are slight variations: Type-3-1) RCA Indianapolis: Song title fonts are Sans-Serif type Type-3-2) RCA Rockaway: Song title fonts are Roman type Type-4) Monarch Records in L.A. was later hired to press copies of the album. The song titles are centered and there are no running times. > Mono: "I'll Cry Instead" > Stereo: "I'll Cry Instead" NO Monarch "I Cry Instead" labels have been confirmed. Type-5) Unidentified factory (maybe Bestway Products, Mountainside, New Jersey) Similar to the Columbia pressings, except that "THE BEATLES" is spaced looser and is taller than it is on the Columbia labels. Only mono pressings with "I Cry Instead" have been confirmed. |
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