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  • MONO (UAL 3366)
  • #1-1 MONO "Columbia Press / I Cry Instead"
  • #1-2 MONO "Waddell Press / I Cry Instead"
  • #1-3 MONO "RCA Rockaway Press / I Cry Instead"
  • #1-4 MONO "Waddell Press / I'll Cry Instead"

  • STEREO (UAS 6366)
  • #2-1 STEREO "Columbia Press / I Cry Instead"
  • #2-2 STEREO "Waddell Press / I Cry Instead / 2nd. Sleeve"
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    Notice* Click the disk of each album, so you can see the large picture image.

    MONO Released

    #1-1 A Hard Day's Night (MONO 1st. Press: "Columbia Press / I Cry Instead" UAL 3366)
    Back to the top of the line
    TITLE A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
    CATALOG NUMBER UAL 3366
    RELEASE DATE 26th. June 1964 / First Press
    TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
    A Hard Day's Night
    		 I Should Have Known Better
    Tell Me Why
    		 If I Fell
    I Cry Instead
    		 And I Love Her
    I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
    		 Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental)
    And I Love Her (Instrumental)
    		 Can't Buy Me Love
    From Me To You (The Beatles)
    		 A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
    FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
    hard label label label label
    INNER SLEEVE
    		 FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
    FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click!
    label label label The United Artists logomark is in the lower right corner.
    Some later 1964 covers came with a round orange sticker. Stickers have been found either on shrinkwrap or on the cover.
    FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
    label The front slicks on the mono covers are cropped to show "high fidelity" in white in the lower left corner followed by "THE BEATLES - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - UNITED ARTISTS UAL 3366" in black.
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label The United Artists logomark is in the lower left corner. label On the back cover, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead".
    All copies have the title incorrect on the cover.
    label 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).
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label Company name and address, and  "monaural ual 3366" was  printed at the bottom of the back cover,
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label label
    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.
    		 Manufactured album for East Coast distribution.
    The bolded album title and "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" are approximately the same height.
    The primary differences between the Columbia and Waddell pressings are: The album title and "Original Motion Picture Sound Track" are of iqual length on the Waddell labels whereas the album title is shorter on the Columbia labels.
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label All copies have "I Cry Instead" (maybe). No Columbia "I'll Cry Instead" labels have been confirmed.
    label label The typesetting of the Columbia press is similar to that of the Waddell discs in that the song titles and running times are positioned to conform to the circular identation.
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label 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" in large uppercase silver letters above the lower perimeter print.
    OTHER ITEM
    -

    LABEL Black label with overlapping circles at top Type-2
    MIX MONO
    PRESS FACTORY
    		 SLEEVE Columbia Records Press, Pitsman, New Jersey factory
    VINYL
    		 Columbia Records Press, Pitsman, New Jersey factory
    MATRIX No. SIDE 1 UAL 3366A-1E  (hand etched)    1   c   P
    SIDE 2 UAL 3366B-1H  (hand etched)    1   c   P
    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.
    PRINTER CREDIT -
    COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
    INNER SLEEVE United Artists Original Company Sleeve Type-2
    PRODUCER Musical Director: George Martin
    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.

    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.


    #1-2 A Hard Day's Night (MONO 1st. Press: "Waddell Press / I Cry Instead" UAL 3366)
    Back to the top of the line
    TITLE A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
    CATALOG NUMBER UAL 3366
    RELEASE DATE 26th. June 1964 / First Press
    TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
    A Hard Day's Night
    		 I Should Have Known Better
    Tell Me Why
    		 If I Fell
    I Cry Instead
    		 And I Love Her
    I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
    		 Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental)
    And I Love Her (Instrumental)
    		 Can't Buy Me Love
    From Me To You (The Beatles)
    		 A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
    FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
    hard label label label label
    INNER SLEEVE
    		 FRONT COVER CLOSE UP -->Click!
    FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click!
    label label label hard The United Artists logomark is in the lower right corner.
    Some later 1964 covers came with a round orange sticker. Stickers have been found either on shrinkwrap or on the cover.
    FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
    label The front slicks on the mono covers are cropped to show "high fidelity" in white in the lower left corner followed by "THE BEATLES - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - UNITED ARTISTS UAL 3366" in black.
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label On the back cover, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead".
    All copies have the title incorrect on the cover.
    		 label
    Company name and address, and  "monaural ual 3366" was  printed at the bottom of the back cover,
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label
    		 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).
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label label
    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 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.
    All copies have that song title misspelled on the cover.
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label label 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" in large uppercase silver letters above the lower perimeter print.
    OTHER ITEM
    -

    LABEL Black label with overlapping circles at top Type-2
    MIX MONO
    PRESS FACTORY
    		 SLEEVE H.V. Waddell Co. in Burbank, California
    VINYL
    		 H.V. Waddell Co. in Burbank, California
    MATRIX No. SIDE 1 UAL 3366 A-1AH  (hand etched)
    SIDE 2 UAL 3366 B-1AH  (hand etched)
    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.
    PRINTER CREDIT -
    COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
    INNER SLEEVE United Artists Original Company Sleeve Type-2
    PRODUCER Musical Director: George Martin
    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.

    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.


    #1-3 A Hard Day's Night (MONO 1st. Press: "RCA Rockaway Press / Roman Type / I Cry Instead" UAL 3366)
    Back to the top of the line
    TITLE A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
    CATALOG NUMBER UAL 3366
    RELEASE DATE 26th. June 1964 / First Press
    TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
    A Hard Day's Night
    		 I Should Have Known Better
    Tell Me Why
    		 If I Fell
    I Cry Instead
    		 And I Love Her
    I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
    		 Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental)
    And I Love Her (Instrumental)
    		 Can't Buy Me Love
    From Me To You (The Beatles)
    		 A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
    FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
    hard label label label label
    INNER SLEEVE
    		 FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
    FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click!
    label label label The United Artists logomark is in the lower right corner.
    Some later 1964 covers came with a round orange sticker. Stickers have been found either on shrinkwrap or on the cover.
    FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
    label The front slicks on the mono covers are cropped to show "high fidelity" in white in the lower left corner followed by "THE BEATLES - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - UNITED ARTISTS UAL 3366" in black.
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label The United Artists logomark is in the lower left corner. label On the back cover, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead".
    All copies have the title incorrect on the cover.
    label 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).
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label
    Company name and address, and  "monaural ual 3366" was  printed at the bottom of the back cover,
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label label
    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.
    		 UA also hired RCA to manufacture copies of the album (mono only).
    The song titles and running times are left margin justified.
    All copies have "I Cry Instead" (maybe). No RCA "I'll Cry Instead" labels have been confirmed.
    There are slight variations:
    Type-1) RCA Indianapolis: Song title fonts are Sans-Serif type
    Type-2) RCA Rockaway: Song title fonts are Roman type
    LABEL CLOSE UP: SIDE 1
    label label label
    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.
    		 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" in large uppercase silver letters above the lower perimeter print.
    LABEL CLOSE UP: SIDE 2
    label label label UA also hired RCA to manufacture copies of the album (mono only).
    The song titles and running times are left margin justified.
    OTHER ITEM
    -

    LABEL Black label with overlapping circles at top Type-2
    MIX MONO
    PRESS FACTORY
    		 SLEEVE RCA Rockaway Press (maybe)
    VINYL
    		 RCA Rockaway Press
    MATRIX No. SIDE 1 R     PR4M--0474--1A  (machine stamped)   C2 (hand etched)
    SIDE 2 R     PR4M--0475--1A  (machine stamped)   A3 (hand etched)
    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.
    PRINTER CREDIT -
    COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
    INNER SLEEVE United Artists Original Company Sleeve Type-2
    PRODUCER Musical Director: George Martin
    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.

    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.


    #1-4 A Hard Day's Night (MONO 2nd. Press: "Waddell Press / I'll Cry Instead" UAL 3366)
    Back to the top of the line
    TITLE A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
    CATALOG NUMBER UAL 3366
    RELEASE DATE Late1964? / Second Press
    TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
    A Hard Day's Night
    		 I Should Have Known Better
    Tell Me Why
    		 If I Fell
    I'll Cry Instead
    		 And I Love Her
    I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
    		 Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental)
    And I Love Her (Instrumental)
    		 Can't Buy Me Love
    From Me To You (The Beatles)
    		 A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
    FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
    hard label label label label
    INNER SLEEVE
    		 FRONT COVER CLOSE UP
    Sorry, I don't have it.

    United Artists Original Company Sleeve Type-2 (maybe)
    		 label label
    The United Artists logomark is in the lower right corner.
    The front slicks on the mono covers are cropped to show "high fidelity" in white in the lower left corner followed by "THE BEATLES - A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - UNITED ARTISTS UAL 3366" in black.
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label On the back cover, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead".
    All copies have the title incorrect on the cover.
    		 label
    Company name and address, and  "monaural ual 3366" was  printed at the bottom of the back cover,
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label
    		 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).
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label label
    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 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.
    All copies have that song title misspelled on the cover.
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label label 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" in large uppercase silver letters above the lower perimeter print.
    OTHER ITEM
    -

    LABEL Black label with overlapping circles at top Type-2
    MIX MONO
    PRESS FACTORY
    		 SLEEVE H.V. Waddell Co. in Burbank, California
    VINYL
    		 H.V. Waddell Co. in Burbank, California
    MATRIX No. SIDE 1 UAL 3366 A-1AJ  (hand etched)
    SIDE 2 UAL 3366 B-1AJ  (hand etched)
    VINYL COLOR BLACK
    PUBLISHER'S NAME
    		 All Songs published by Maclen Music Inc. and Unart Music Corp. BMI except "This Boy" and "I Cry Instead" which are publised by Maclen Music Inc. BMI
    COVER FORM Single type. Housed in a cardboard jacket.
    PRINTER CREDIT -
    COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
    INNER SLEEVE United Artists Original Company Sleeve Type-2
    PRODUCER Musical Director: George Martin
    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.

    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.

    STEREO Released

    #2-1 A Hard Day's Night (STEREO 1st. Press: "Columbia Press / I Cry Instead" UAS 6366)
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    TITLE A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
    CATALOG NUMBER UAS 6366
    RELEASE DATE 26th. June 1964 / First Press
    TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
    A Hard Day's Night
    		 I Should Have Known Better
    Tell Me Why
    		 If I Fell
    I Cry Instead
    		 And I Love Her
    I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
    		 Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental)
    And I Love Her (Instrumental)
    		 Can't Buy Me Love
    From Me To You (The Beatles)
    		 A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
    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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    label On the back cover, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead".
    All copies have the title incorrect on the cover.
    		 label
    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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    label label
    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).
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label label 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.
    OTHER ITEM
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    LABEL Black label with overlapping circles at top Type-2
    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)
    SIDE 2 UAS 6366 B-1C  (hand etched)
    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.
    PRINTER CREDIT -
    COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
    INNER SLEEVE United Artists Original Company Sleeve Type-2
    PRODUCER Musical Director: George Martin
    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.


    #2-2 A Hard Day's Night (STEREO 1st. Press: "Waddell Press / I Cry Instead / 2nd. Sleeve" UAS 6366)
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    TITLE A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
    CATALOG NUMBER UAS 6366
    RELEASE DATE Late 1964? / First Press
    TRACK LISTING SIDE 1 SIDE 2
    A Hard Day's Night
    		 I Should Have Known Better
    Tell Me Why
    		 If I Fell
    I Cry Instead
    		 And I Love Her
    I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
    		 Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental)
    And I Love Her (Instrumental)
    		 Can't Buy Me Love
    From Me To You (The Beatles)
    		 A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
    FRONT -->Click! BACK -->Click! SIDE 1 -->Click! SIDE 2 -->Click! DISK
    hard label label label label
    INNER SLEEVE
    		 FRONT COVER CLOSE UP

    Sorry, I don't have it.

    United Artists Original Company Sleeve Type-2 (maybe)
         		label
    		 label
    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.
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label On the back cover, "I'll Cry Instead" is mistitled "I Cry Instead".
    All copies have the title incorrect on the cover.
    		 label
    Company name and address, and  "stereo uas 3366" was  printed at the upper right corner of the back cover,
    BACK COVER CLOSE UP
    label
    		 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).
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label label
    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. 
    LABEL CLOSE UP
    label label 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.
    OTHER ITEM
    -

    LABEL Black label with overlapping circles at top Type-2
    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)
    SIDE 2 UAS 6366 B-1F  (hand etched)
    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.
    PRINTER CREDIT -
    COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman
    INNER SLEEVE United Artists Original Company Sleeve Type-2
    PRODUCER Musical Director: George Martin
    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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