A Hard Day's Night

Labels---ST33 in circles...THE BEATLES in caps...No star

B side is / Things We Said Today

(Single) 'Black label with silver print. The publishing year is printed on the label, as “Recording first published 1964″. “Parlophone Co. Ltd.” printed at the start perimeter print and “SOLD IN U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS” text. Tax code KT. Push-out center. Made in Gt. Britain. Track A: from film of same name.'[discogs]

Original 1st German pressing on green Odeon with 'Made in Germany' in a straight line and boxed GEMA on both sides. Comes in 'Atelier Robert Pütz' artist sleeve. [emil]

Vinyl only, original picture sleeve missing. Original 1st German mono pressing on green Odeon label with 'ALLE RECHTE...' rim text. [emil]

(Mono) 'First pressing. July 10, 1964. Black label with yellow logo and silver print. “The Parlophone Co. Ltd.” printed at the start perimeter print. “Recording first published 1964″ and “Sold in U.K. subject…” text. Label have thin print. With or without KT tax code on the label. The title “Songs from the film A Hard Day’s Night” doesn’t take up as much width across the label as before or as it does in future. This variation is placed here as this smaller text may have been an experiment after the chubby text style was changed. This version has a few variants.'[discogs]

Slightly stretched font on labels compared to sililar releases.[philip]

Original US pressing on black United Artist deep-groove label with colored balls at the top and ''high fidelity'' at the bottom. 'I Cry Instead' in the publishing information on the back cover. 'I'll Cry Instead' on label. Back liners credit both “This Boy” and “I Cry Instead”. Running-times after the songs. Paste-on sleeve.
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Runout Side 1): UAL 3366A-1AJ.
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Runout Side 2): UAL 3366B-1AK.[juliens]

YEX 126-1
, YEX 127-1 on labels and in runouts.
(Album, Stereo) - (A Hard Day's Night) Originals From The United Artists' Picture. This original german pressing of 'A Hard Day's Night' is on the red, gold & white Odeon label: SMO 73 739 / ZTOX 5564 / 83 739. Matrix numbers: YEX 126-1 & YEX 127-1. Electrola Gesellschaft M. B. H. Koeln. Made in Germany. [discogs]

Matrix numbers: XEX 481-3N & XEX 482-3N
'KT' Tax Code
(Mono) 'First pressing.
Black/yellow Parlophone labels.
Front laminated flip-back sleeve
LabelThe Parlophone Co. Ltd. ( Upper outer rim text: Sold in the UK Subject to resale price conditions, see price list.[moonag]

German pressing on blue EMI/Odeon label. ST33 in circulars, unboxed GEMA, no circle, no labelcode, but asterisk on label. Fully laminated single sleeve.[juliens]

Cover: Printed in Germany, cat# 1C 072-04 145. Vinyl: Made in Holland, 1A 062-04145. [emil]

From the soundtrack of the United Artists film A Hard Days Night. Made in Holland is printed on the labels. Originally released in 1964. There is no updated copyright date on the packaging. [discogs]

(Stereo) 'Ⓟ 1986
/'Manufactured under license by Supraphon'
Ⓟ 1964 'An EMI Records U.K. Recording'/
Veškeré dokumentační údaje jsou převzaty z desky fy EMI vydané v roce 1964 pod katalogovým číslem PCS 3058
Obal převzat od firmy EMI

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All documentation taken from record released by EMI in 1964 under catalog# PCS 3058.
Cover taken from EMI.
First pressing on a standard orange Supraphon label.
'[discogs]

(Mono) '℗ 1964 original sound recordings made by EMI Records Ltd. (C) 1964 EMI Records Ltd. Mfd. by Toshiba-EMI Ltd. in Japan

CD reissue of the mono LP originally released in 1964

Tracks 1 to 7 from the soundtrack of the United Artists film 'A Hard Day's Night'
'[discogs]

From the soundtrack of the United Artists film A Hard Days Night. Made in EEC is printed on the labels. Originally released in 1964.. [discogs]

Original Mono pressing w green Odeon label, 'ALLE RECHTE...' in Rim.
This one has a shorter line under the Seite 1/2 text.
Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp side A): XEX 481-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout stamp side B): XEX 482-1[philip]

German pressing on blue EMI/Odeon label. ST33 in circulars, unboxed GEMA, no asterisk, no circle, no labelcode on label. Cover has laminated front. [emil]

German pressing on blue EMI/Odeon label. Has black circle left of the catalogue number on back cover. ST33 in ovals, unboxed GEMA, no asterisk, no circle, no labelcode on label. [emil]

(Stereo) 'Blue Odeon release with old catalogue number. This one has a small asterisk between 'The Beatles' and the stereo/rpm indicator ('ST 33') on both labels and was exclusively manufactured for a two disk set together with 'Beatles For Sale'.
'[discogs]

Blue Odeon label with LC number and ST33 in ovals.[emil]

Original Mono pressing w green Odeon label, 'ALLE RECHTE...' in Rim. [matthiasb]

Red labels.

SIAE logo is boxed on labels and no text below it.
(Album, Stereo) On side A label Canzoni dal film 'Tutti per uno' Fourth pressing on an aqua-blue stripe
d Parlophone label with the EMI logo at the bottom. Released in a cover different to all previous Italian pressings and the UK version. Cover printed by Grafica Centonze in Como (Italy). Made in Italy. Comes in a fantastic red bordered picture sleeve, different to the normal UK blue version and has a different design on the reverse of the sleeve as well!![lyndsay]

German version of 'A Hard Day's Night' with slightly different sleeve from original UK release. This is a re-release with the light green/white Odeon label (used from 1979 - 1987).[discogs]

Original US pressing that does NOT reference A3 'I Cry Instead' in the publishing information on the back cover.A3 (I'll Cry Instead) erroneously titled ''I Cry Instead'' on rear sleeve and label. [philip]

Silver/black Parlophone labels with two boxed EMI logos. 'Made in Gt Britain' at 3 O'Clock on labels and not under bottom EMI box.

(Reissue Remastered Stereo)[discogs]

Original 1st German pressing on green Odeon with 'Made in Germany' in a straight line and boxed GEMA on both sides. Comes in 'Atelier Robert Pütz' artist sleeve. [emil]