 United Artists Stereo Sleeve |
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| TITLE | Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack A HARD DAY'S NIGHT |
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| CATALOG NUMBER | UAS 6366 |
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| RELEASE DATE | 1971? / 4th Press | ||||
| TRACK LISTING | SIDE 1 | SIDE 2 | |||
| A Hard Day's Night |
I Should Have Known Better |
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| Tell Me Who |
If I Fell |
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| I'll Cry Instead (*on the sleeve "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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| INNER SLEEVE |
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United Artists Records logomark is printed
at the upper left corner of the back sleeve. |
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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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| On the back
cover, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead". All copies have the title incorrect on the cover. |
In the first pressing, only "This Boy" was credited as being published by Maclen Music. In later pressings, both "This Boy" and "I Cry Instead" were credited. However, it changed back to showing only "This Boy." | ||||
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In 1970, United Artists switched to a
black and orange label with a slightly modified logo. |
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The group name, album title, and song
title are left-justified. |
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All pressings of
the album in stereo only. |
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| The lower perimeter has the phrase "Liberty UA. Inc., Los Angeles. California" in white uppercase letters. | |||||
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SIDE 2 |
There are four
typesetting variations of this label style. Three of these
keep the misspelling of "I Cry Instead," |
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And the one that corrects it adds a new misspelling: "Tell Me Who" instead of "Tell Me Why." Progressive Label & Litho reportedly typeset the “Tell Me Who” labels. | ||||
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OTHER ITEM
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| LABEL | Black and Orange label Type-1 |
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| MIX | The Beatles tracks are fake stereo on ALL UA stereo pressings, only the instrumentals are. | ||||
| PRESS FACTORY |
SLEEVE | All Disc Records, Inc.(?) | |||
| VINYL |
All
Disc Records Inc. (*) |
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| MATRIX No. | SIDE 1 | UAS 6366-1
114 (hand etched)
AudioMatrix (machine stamped) |
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| SIDE 2 | UAS 6366-2 114 (hand etched) AudioMatrix (machine stamped) | ||||
| 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 | Plain white sleeve |
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| PRODUCER | Musical Director: George Martin | ||||
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COMMENTS
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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. The album remained in the UA catalog throughout the sixties and seventies, though by 1968 it was only available in stereo. At that time, the company changed its logo and its classic sixties label to a pink and orange label, UA 6366. In 1970, UA switched to a black and orange label with a slightly modified logo. This was replaced in 1971 with a tan label sporting yet another new logo, UA. Later copies of this label have a ® before the logo. In 1975, UA added "All Rights Reserved" to the tan label. The final label used for the UA album debuted in 1977 and features an orange and yellow image of sunrays cutting through a cloud-filled sky. Because UA continued using several different factories to press its records, these label backdrops can be found with a variety of typesettings and information: with Tell Me Why or a new typo, Tell Me Who; with I Cry Instead or I'll Cry Instead; with or without the group's name; with or without "Vocal" and "Instrumental" designations after each song title; with or without songwriters and publishing information; and with or without running times. Black and Orange Label Type-1: 1970 Liberty/UA "wedge label" pressing with "The Beatles" listed in bold lettering, as is "STEREO". Track A2 "Tell Me Why" is spelled incorrectly as "Tell Me Who" on the label but is correct on the back cover. Track A3 is correctly listed as "I'll Cry Instead" on the label but is "I Cry Instead" on the back cover. Labels do NOT list publishing information but are credited on the back cover. Bottom label rim text: "LIBERTY/UA INC., LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA" (*) All Disc Records, Inc.: Defunct US pressing plant established in 1960 by Ivan Amowhich and located in Roselle, New Jersey. In 1966, All Disc Records, Inc. was purchased by Liberty Records, Inc. along with another plant Research Craft in Los Angeles in an effort to expand their manufacturing operations.. Liberty was acquired by Transamerica Corporation in 1968 and everything was merged into Liberty/UA, Inc.. In July of 1978, All Disc, and Research Craft were both acquired by Capitol Records along with the assets of United Artists Records.label In February of 1981 All Disc Records, Inc. was sold to the ElectroSound Group prior to its closure in September 1981. |
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