The Beatles U.S. Singles

Capitol and Apple Label Original Released
03. A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (5222)
(Update: 1st. September 2023)

Capitol 1st. Sleeve

INDEX

#3-1 "Unart Music" credit on both sides / Scranton Press

#3-2 "Unart Music" credit on both sides / LA Press

#3-3 "Maclen Music" credit on both sides / Scranton Press

#3-4 "Maclen Music" credit on both sides / LA Press

#3-5 "Umart Music / Maclen Music" credit / Scranton Press

#3-6 "Umart Music / Maclen Music" credit / LA Press

#3-7 with Subsidiary rim in black print / Scranton Press

#3-8 with Subsidiary rim in white print / Scranton Press

#3-9 with Subsidiary rim in white print / LA Press

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#3-1 A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (1st. Press "Scranton Press / Unart Music & Maclen Music on both sides": 5222)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) From the Motion Picture "A Hard Day's Night" A United Artists Release
	SIDE 2	I Should Have Known Better (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) From the Motion Picture "A Hard Day's Night" A United Artists Release
RELEASE DATE		13th July 1964 / First Press
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		Capitol oval logomark and catalogue number 5222 was printed in black.
			East Coast singles pressed with labels printed by Keystone Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Picture sleeve: issued in straight cut top (printed by Queens Litho in New York).
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					Yellow and Orange Swirl label without "subsidiary" print. Side-1 title on East Coast copies is on 1 line and on West Coast copies on 2 lines.
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				East Coast singles pressed with labels printed by Keystone Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Publisher listed as "Unart Music & Maclen Music" on both side. The Capitol U.S. logo has "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF" below the Capitol logo.
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				"MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC., U.S.A. T.M. (logo) MARCA REG."was printed (without "subsidary") at perimeter.
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CATALOG NUMBER		5222
LABEL		Capitol Yellow and Orange swirl label
MIX		MONO
PRESS FACTORY		Keystone Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	45 - X - 45035 - F5 '' IAM mark (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	45 - X - 45036 - F5 '' IAM mark (machine stamped)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME		CAPITOL RECORDS
CENTER		Full size center hole
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Unart Music Corporation & Maclen Music, Inc.
	SIDE 2	Unart Music Corporation & Maclen Music, Inc.
RUNNING TIME	SIDE 1	2:28
	SIDE 2	2:42
PRODUCER		George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		East Coast issued in straight cut top (printed by Queens Litho in New York). Photos were taken by Joe Cavello.
COMMENTS		The picture sleeve for the Capitol single features three color photographs of the Beatles performing live. The photos were taken by Joe Cavello. The photos of John, Paul, and George were taken on 9th Febrary 1964, at the group's performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The picture of Ringo was taken at the Beatles first American concert held at the Washington Coliseum on 11th February 1964. The East Coast variation has a straight cut top. The West Coast variation has a tab cut top on the "I Should Have Known Better" side. First Press: Orange and yellow swirl label without "subsidary" print. The labels of the first pressing credit the publishing to "Unart Music Corporation & Maclen Music, Inc." (The name Unart is an abbreviation for United Artists and Maclen is short for McCartney-Lennon.) Second press: The labels were revised to credit the song publishing to "Maclen Music, Inc." Third Press: The labels were revised to credit the song publishing to "Maclen Music, Inc. and Unart Music Corporation" There are East Coast and West Coast version. 1) East Coast version: The East Coast variation has a straight cut top. The label, side-1 title on East Coast copies is on 1 line. 2) West Coast version: The West Coast variation has a tab cut top on the "I Should Have Known Better" side. Side-1 title on West Coast copies on 2 lines.

#3-2 A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (1st. Press "L.A. Press / Unart Music & Maclen Music on both sides": 5222)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) From the Motion Picture "A Hard Day's Night" A United Artists Release
	SIDE 2	I Should Have Known Better (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) From the Motion Picture "A Hard Day's Night" A United Artists Release
RELEASE DATE		13th July 1964 / First Press
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		Capitol oval logomark and catalogue number 5222 was printed in black.
			West Coast singles pressed with labels printed by Bert-Co Enterprises of Los Angeles, California. Picture sleeve issued tub cut top on the "I Should Have Known Better" side.
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					Yellow and Orange Swirl label without "subsidiary" print. Side-1 title on East Coast copies is on 1 line and on West Coast copies on 2 lines.
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				West Coast singles pressed with labels printed by Bert-Co Enterprises of Los Angeles, California. The Capitol U.S. logo has "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF" below the Capitol logo. First Pressings list the publisher's name "Unart Music Corporation & Maclen Music, Inc."
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				"MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC., U.S.A. T.M. (logo) MARCA REG."was printed (without "subsidary") at perimeter.
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CATALOG NUMBER		5222
LABEL		Capitol Yellow and Orange swirl label
MIX		MONO
PRESS FACTORY		Bert-Co Enterprises of Los Angeles, California
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	45 - X - 45035 - F1' (hand etched) 2 * (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	45 - X - 45036 - F1' (hand etched) 1 * (machine stamped)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME		CAPITOL RECORDS
CENTER		Full size center hole
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Unart Music Corporation & Maclen Music, Inc.
	SIDE 2	Unart Music Corporation & Maclen Music, Inc.
RUNNING TIME	SIDE 1	2:28
	SIDE 2	2:42
PRODUCER		George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		West Coast issued in tub cut top. (printed by Bert-Co Enterprises of Los Angeles). Photos were taken by Joe Cavello.
COMMENTS		The picture sleeve for the Capitol single features three color photographs of the Beatles performing live. The photos were taken by Joe Cavello. The photos of John, Paul, and George were taken on 9th Febrary 1964, at the group's performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The picture of Ringo was taken at the Beatles first American concert held at the Washington Coliseum on 11th February 1964. The East Coast variation has a straight cut top. The West Coast variation has a tab cut top on the "I Should Have Known Better" side. First Press: Orange and yellow swirl label without "subsidary" print. The labels of the first pressing credit the publishing to "Unart Music Corporation & Maclen Music, Inc." (The name Unart is an abbreviation for United Artists and Maclen is short for McCartney-Lennon.) Second press: The labels were revised to credit the song publishing to "Maclen Music, Inc." Third Press: The labels were revised to credit the song publishing to "Maclen Music, Inc. and Unart Music Corporation" There are East Coast and West Coast version. 1) East Coast version: The East Coast variation has a straight cut top. The label, side-1 title on East Coast copies is on 1 line. 2) West Coast version: The West Coast variation has a tab cut top on the "I Should Have Known Better" side. Side-1 title on West Coast copies on 2 lines.

#3-3 A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (2nd. Press "Scranton Press / Maclen Music on both sides": 5222)
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TRACK LISTING	SIDE 1	A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) From the Motion Picture "A Hard Day's Night" A United Artists Release
	SIDE 2	I Should Have Known Better (John Lennon-Paul McCartney) From the Motion Picture "A Hard Day's Night" A United Artists Release
RELEASE DATE		1964? / Second Press
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		Capitol oval logomark and catalogue number 5222 was printed in black.
			East Coast singles pressed with labels printed by Keystone Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Picture sleeve: issued in straight cut top (printed by Queens Litho in New York).
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					Yellow and Orange Swirl label without "subsidiary" print. Side-1 title on East Coast copies is on 1 line and on West Coast copies on 2 lines.
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				East Coast singles pressed with labels printed by Keystone Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Some of the labels for the single list the publisher for both songs solely as “Maclen Music, Inc.,”. The Capitol U.S. logo has "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF" below the Capitol logo.
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				"MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC., U.S.A. T.M. (logo) MARCA REG."was printed (without "subsidary") at perimeter.
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CATALOG NUMBER		5222
LABEL		Capitol Yellow and Orange swirl label
MIX		MONO
PRESS FACTORY		Keystone Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania
MATRIX No.	SIDE 1	45 - X - 45035 - F3 #2 IAM mark (machine stamped)
	SIDE 2	45 - X - 45036 - G6 #5 IAM mark (machine stamped)
VINYL COLOR		BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME		CAPITOL RECORDS
CENTER		Full size center hole
PUBLISHER'S NAME	SIDE 1	Maclen Music, Inc.
	SIDE 2	Maclen Music, Inc.
RUNNING TIME	SIDE 1	2:28
	SIDE 2	2:42
PRODUCER		George Martin
COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES		East Coast issued in straight cut top (printed by Queens Litho in New York). Photos were taken by Joe Cavello.
COMMENTS		The picture sleeve for the Capitol single features three color photographs of the Beatles performing live. The photos were taken by Joe Cavello. The photos of John, Paul, and George were taken on 9th Febrary 1964, at the group's performance on The Ed Sullivan Show. The picture of Ringo was taken at the Beatles first American concert held at the Washington Coliseum on 11th February 1964. The East Coast variation has a straight cut top. The West Coast variation has a tab cut top on the "I Should Have Known Better" side. First Press: Orange and yellow swirl label without "subsidary" print. The labels of the first pressing credit the publishing to "Unart Music Corporation & Maclen Music, Inc." (The name Unart is an abbreviation for United Artists and Maclen is short for McCartney-Lennon.) Second press: The labels were revised to credit the song publishing to "Maclen Music, Inc." Third Press: The labels were revised to credit the song publishing to "Maclen Music, Inc. and Unart Music Corporation" There are East Coast and West Coast version. 1) East Coast version: The East Coast variation has a straight cut top. The label, side-1 title on East Coast copies is on 1 line. 2) West Coast version: The West Coast variation has a tab cut top on the "I Should Have Known Better" side. Side-1 title on West Coast copies on 2 lines.

#3-4 A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (2nd. Press "L.A. Press / Maclen Music on both sides": 5222)
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#3-7 A Hard Day's Night / I Should Have Known Better (4th. Press "Scranton Press with Subsidialy rim in Black": 5222)
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TRACK LISTING

SIDE 1

A Hard Day's Night (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
From the Motion Picture "A Hard Day's Night" A United Artists Release

SIDE 2

I Should Have Known Better (John Lennon-Paul McCartney)
From the Motion Picture "A Hard Day's Night" A United Artists Release

RELEASE DATE

from mid-August 1968 through mid-October 1968 / 4th. Press

COMPANY SLEEVE: FRONT CLOSE UP

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With “CAPITOL” and the dome logo in black.
"Printed in U.S.A." logomark and "E7B-1BS" were printed at the right corner of the bottom of the company sleeve.

Issued curved cut top.

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Yellow and Orange Swirl label with "subsidiary" print.
Side-1 title on this copies is on 2 lines.

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Pressed with labels printed by Keystone Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Publisher's name credit:
on Side-1: “Maclen Music, Inc. & Unart Music Corporation”
on Side-2: “Maclen Music, Inc.”

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"MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS. INC., A SUBSIDIALY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES, INC., U.S.A. T.M. (logo) MARCA REG."was printed in BLACK at perimeter.

OTHER ITEM

CATALOG NUMBER

5222

LABEL

Capitol Yellow and Orange swirl label with Subsidialy rim in black

MIX

MONO

PRESS FACTORY

Keystone Printed Specialities Co., Inc. of Scranton, Pennsylvania

MATRIX No.

SIDE 1

45 - X - 45035 - G4'' #3 IAM mark (machine stamped)

SIDE 2

45 - X - 45036 - G6'' #3 IAM mark (machine stamped)

VINYL COLOR

BLACK

RECORD COMPANY'S NAME

CAPITOL RECORDS

CENTER

Full size center hole

PUBLISHER'S NAME

SIDE 1

Maclen Music, Inc. & Unart Music Corporation

SIDE 2

Maclen Music, Inc.

RUNNING TIME

SIDE 1

2:28

SIDE 2

2:42

PRODUCER

George Martin

COVER DESIGN/ PHOTO/ NOTES

Capitol company sleeve type-3-3
White sleeves with Capitol written multiple times on an angle

COMMENTS

In 1968, as part of a corporate restructuring of Capitol and EMI, Capitol Records, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of a new entity known as Capitol Industries, Inc.

The decision was made to identify the new arrangement on subsequent Capitol releases. This required the reprinting of 45 and album labels to reflect the new ownership.

For single releases, the perimeter print was changed to “MFD. BY CAPITOL RECORDS, INC., A SUBSIDIARY OF CAPITOL INDUSTRIES, INC., U.S.A.”

There are four basic variations of the subsidiary
swirls:
(1) Keystone labels with black perimeter print (Scranton)
(2) Keystone labels with white perimeter print (Scranton)
(3) Bert-Co labels with white perimeter print (Los Angeles)
(4) Small print labels with white perimeter print (usually Los Angeles)

The black perimeter print was used on labels printed from mid-August 1968 through mid-October 1968, at which time white perimeter print was used through April 1969.

Title	Scranton Keystone Black	Scranton Keystone White	L.A. Bert-Co White	Small Print White
A Hard Day's Night	Sc	Sc	L.A.	-