THE BEATLES A Hard Day’s Night Vinyl Record LP Parlophone 1964 3N/3N Matrix 2 RGR/1 RDM

The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night
(Original Mono 1st Pressing with Black/Yellow Parlophone Label, with "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD.”, "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964” and “Sold in U.K...” Label text.  Housed in Front Laminated Ernest J. Day Sleeve with mid-sized "mono" on the front, complete with polylined Emitex inner sleeve. KT Tax Code is embossed on side 2 label. 3N/3N Matrix)


Format: Vinyl Record - LP Album (33 rpm)
Country: UK
Year: 1964  
Label: Parlophone
Catalogue No. PMC 1230

Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, stamped): XEX 481 - 3N 2 RGR
Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, stamped): XEX 482 - 3N 1 RDM

Condition: VG+/VG+ (Front of sleeve is in clean condition. It has small laminate creases along bottom edge. The back of the sleeve has some creasing to top flipback. The vinyl is in clean condition. It has a few surface marks)


Track Listing:
1. A Hard Day’s Night
2. I Should Have Known Better
3. If I Fell
4. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
5. And I Love Her
6. Tell Me Why
7. Can’t Buy Me Love
8. Any Time At All
9. I’ll Cry Instead
10. Things We Said Today
11. When I Get Home
12. You Can’t Do That
13. I’ll Be Back

Released on 10 July 1964, A Hard Day's Night captures The Beatles at the dazzling summit of Beatlemania. As their third studio LP, it serves as a bold artistic manifesto: for the first time in rock history, an album featured entirely original material, with all 13 tracks penned exclusively by the Lennon–McCartney partnership.
 

The record is heralded by one of the most debated sounds in music — the thunderous, unresolved opening chord of the title track. This sonic explosion leads into a collection of "pure pop" masterpieces that defined the mid-60s. While the first side serves as the soundtrack to their innovative feature film, the second side reveals a band rapidly outgrowing the "mop-top" mold.

George Harrison’s use of the Rickenbacker 12-string guitar created a shimmering sound that directly inspired the folk-rock revolution. John Lennon was at a creative peak, writing nine of the tracks and delivering raw, vulnerable vocals on songs like "If I Fell" and "I'll Be Back". Tracks like McCartney’s "And I Love Her" introduced acoustic textures and mature melodies, foreshadowing the complex arrangements of their later career.
 

More than just a soundtrack, the album remains a cultural juggernaut that proved pop stars could be legitimate composers.