"A HARD DAY'S NIGHT"
PARLOPHONE PCS 3058, STEREO
RELEASED 7/10/64

BRILLIANT AND MAJESTIC RARER STEREO FIRST PRESSING.
TRULY ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES IN EXISTENCE.

ALSO INCLUDES QUALITY PHOTOCOPY OF RARELY SEEN
PARLOPHONE RECORDS NOVEMBER 1962 SUPPLEMENT (NO. P6211)
"NEW RECORD RELEASES" BROCHURE
WITH LISTING OF THE BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" (45-R4949) DEBUT 45 SINGLE

ITEM#: PAR334
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.

BRITISH STEREO PRESSINGS ARE MUCH RARER THAN MONO, FOR RECORD COMPANIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM PRESSED RECORDS ON THEIR DEMAND. THE MARKET FOR STEREO POP RECORDS WERE COMPARATIVELY MINIMAL AS TO MONO AND THESE EARLY STEREO PRESSINGS ARE SOME OF THE RAREST BEATLES RECORDS YOU CAN FIND. MONAURAL OUTNUMBERED STEREO BY A TEN TO ONE RATIO, AND FOR THE POP MARKET, THAT NUMBER MAY BE QUITE LITERALLY 100 TO 1, FOR SO FEW WERE PRESSED.

THIS ORIGINAL STEREO U.K. PRESSING OF "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" IS ABSOLUTELY STUPENDOUS, WITH THIS PARTICULAR COVER BEING THE INITIAL FIRST RUN, HAVING THE MEDIUM SIZE "STEREO" DESIGNATION IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. This WONDERFUL FIRST pressing dates from July 1964 release on the yellow AND black Parlophone label. Both labels have the earliest 'chubby' style WIDE font with the "Sold in UK..." text AND "The Parlophone Co." worded rims. A 'KT' purchase tax code is present in the centER of the side 1 label. THE Matrix numbers ARE: "YEX 126-1" AND "YEX 127-1". THE Stamper codes ARE: "2 / AG" AND "1 / GR".  THE Labels ARE A NEAR MINT superb set with no more than two or three VERY faint spindle trails around each centER hole. THE VINYL IS A GLISTENING MINT MINUS "AS NEW" DISPLAYING Immaculate deep-gloss playing surfaces bearing nothing more than some harmless wispy marks from the inner-sleeve together with a sparkling rainbow shine directly beneath halogen light.

THE RECORD IS Housed in a GORGEOUS  "GARROD & LOFTHOUSE LTD."  MANUFACTURED printed cover with THE rear flipbacks.  THE Cover IS A SENSATIONAL AND SOLID NEAR MINT MINUS. The immaculate high-gloss front panel is "as new" with no 'thumbnail' wrinkles or spine bends.  THERE IS A HINT OF TONING TO THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER AND A 3" bruise to the SEAM ON THE TOP CENTER. there is truly little else to fault. THE EXPOSED rear panel is pristine white AND totally unblemished and all the delicate flipbacks are in perfect, unworn condition. Both seams are smooth AND unstressed (EXCEPT FOR THE ONE BRUISE AT THE TOP) and the spine clearly AND fully worded. THIS COVER IS A TRUE WINNER.

THE SET IS Complete with its ACCOMPANYING original "Use Emitex..." rice-paper lined inner DUST sleeve.

THIS PACKAGE ALSO INCLUDES A 10½" X 8" QUALITY PHOTOCOPY OF THE RARELY SEEN PARLOPHONE RECORDS NOVEMBER 1962 SUPPLEMENT (NO. P6211) "NEW RECORD RELEASES" BROCHURE, WHICH INCLUDES THE LISTING OF THE BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" (45-R4949) DEBUT 45 SINGLE.