The BeatlesA Hard Day's Night

Label:

Parlophone – PMC 1230

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Mono , Garrod & Lofthouse Sleeve

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Stage & Screen

Style:

Pop Rock

Tracklist

Songs From The Film "A Hard Day's Night"
A1 A Hard Day's Night
Lead VocalsJohn*
A2 I Should Have Known Better
Lead VocalsJohn*
A3 If I Fell
Lead VocalsPaul*
A4 I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
Lead VocalsGeorge*
A5 And I Love Her
Lead VocalsPaul*
A6 Tell Me Why
Lead VocalsPaul*
A7 Can't Buy Me Love
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B1 Any Time At All
Backing VocalsPaul*
Lead VocalsJohn*
B2 I'll Cry Instead
Lead VocalsPaul*
B3 Things We Said Today
Lead VocalsPaul*
B4 When I Get Home
Backing VocalsPaul*
B5 You Can't Do That
Backing VocalsPaul*
Lead VocalsJohn*
B6 I'll Be Back
Backing VocalsPaul*
Lead VocalsJohn*

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyThe Parlophone Co. Ltd.
  • Record CompanyE.M.I. Records Limited
  • Published ByNorthern Songs Ltd.
  • Printed ByGarrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
  • Made ByGarrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Credits

  • Liner Notes [Cover Notes By]Tony Barrow
  • ProducerGeorge Martin
  • Words By, Music By [Words And Music:]John Lennon And Paul McCartney*
  • Written-ByLennon-McCartney

Notes

Very similar to A Hard Day's Night with very slight label variations (see points 3 and 6 below).

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 '(Lennon-McCartney)' credit above it than to the 'Northern Songs Music Ltd.' publishing credit below.
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 - No embossed tax code around the spindle hole.

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

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (A-side label, in brackets): XEX.481
  • Matrix / Runout (B-side label, in brackets): XEX.482
  • Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, stamped): XEX 481 - 3N
  • Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, stamped): XEX 482 - 3N
  • Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, stamped, version 2): XEX 481-3N R DG
  • Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, stamped, version 2): XEX 482-3N G OH
  • Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, stamped, version 3): XEX 481-3N R RT
  • Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, stamped, version 3): XEX 482-3N R AL

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