"A HARD DAY'S NIGHT"
PARLOPHONE PMC 1230, MONO
1968 ISSUE WITH THE LAMINATED BACK COVER

ONE OF THE RAREST UK BEATLES ALBUM VERSIONS

ITEM#: PAR293
PRICE: ------

THE BEATLES THIRD ALBUM, "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" WAS RELEASED ON JULY 10, 1964, FOUR DAYS AFTER THE LONDON PREMIERE OF THE FILM OF THE SAME NAME. THE ALBUM CONTAINS THE SEVEN SONGS FEATURED IN THE FILM ON SIDE ONE AND SIX OTHER SONGS RECORDED BY THE GROUP ON SIDE TWO. THE LP MARKED THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME ALL OF THE SONGS ON A BEATLES ALBUM WERE WRITTEN BY JOHN LENNON AND PAUL McCARTNEY. MANY OF THE SONGS WERE WRITTEN DURING THE GROUP'S THREE-WEEK STAY IN PARIS FOR A SERIES OF CONCERTS AT THE OLYMPIA THEATRE, AS WELL AS DURING THE GROUP'S FIRST U.S. VISIT IN FEBRUARY 1964. THE ALBUM TOOK 65 HOURS TO COMPLETE, INCLUDING MIXING TIME, WITH SESSIONS HELD ON 17 TOTAL DAYS.

FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS PROUD TO OFFER THIS VINTAGE AND ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL 1968 PARLOPHONE  ISSUE OF THE BEATLES CLASSIC, " A HARD DAY'S NIGHT " MONAURAL  ALBUM FEATURING THE INCREDIBLY RARE "ALL LAMINATED" FRONT AND BACK COVER. MOST COPIES OF THIS ALBUM FROM THIS TIME PERIOD HAVE THE NON-LAMINATED BACK COVERS, WHICH WAS THE STANDARD PRODUCTION STYLE FOR THE FLIP-BACK COVERS. ANOTHER ADDED HIGHLIGHT IS THE FRONT COVER UPPER RIGHT FEATURES THE RARER SMALL "MONO" DESIGNATION PRINT, WHICH HAS ONLY BEEN VERIFIED WITH COVERS MADE BY 'GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD.' (PAR 1230.MC2A, SPIZER), WHICH THIS COVER IS.

THE ACCOMPANYING RECORD HAS THE PARLOPHONE 'YELLOW AND BLACK' LABEL AND IS THE 1968 RUN OF LABELS WHICH HAS THE PERIMETER PRINT STARTING WITH "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD." AND WITHOUT  "SOLD IN THE U.K." PRINT ACROSS THE LABEL ABOVE THE SPINDLE HOLE (PAR 1230.Mr3, SPIZER).

THE TRAIL OFF STAMPINGS ARE: SIDE ONE: "XEX 481-3N" AND "8" AND "MDL".  SIDE 2: "XEX 482-3N" AND "8" AND "AHT".

THE CONDITION OF THE COVER IS A BEAUTIFUL AND CRISP NEAR MINT MINUS WITH ALL SEAMS SOLID, NO RINGWEAR, AND SOME EXTREMELY LIGHT HANDLING WEAR EVIDENT. THE SPINE AND THE SPINE PRINT ARE SUPERB. THE CONDITION OF THE RECORD IS A STUNNING, SHIMMERING "AS NEW" NEAR MINT WITH NEAR MINT LABELS.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE ORIGINAL 1968 STYLE "EMITEX" PROTECTIVE INNER SLEEVE.