THE BEATLES A Hard Day's Night Vinyl Record LP Parlophone 1968 UK Stereo Garrod KT PCS 3058 -1/-1

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night
(Scarce UK 1968 Stereo Pressing with Black/Yellow Parlophone Label, with "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD.", without "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964" and with "Sold in U.K." Label text. Housed in Front Laminated Garrod & Lofthouse Sleeve with small "stereo" on the front, complete with EMI Advertising inner sleeve. KT Tax Code is embossed on side 1 label. -1/-1 Matrix)

Format: Vinyl Record - LP (33 rpm)
Country: UK
Year: 1968
Label: Parlophone
Catalogue No. PMC 1230

Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, stamped): YEX 126 - 1 3 OM
Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, stamped): YEX 127 - 1 2 MD

Condition: VG+/VG (Sleeve has a few small laminate creases around the edges. The vinyl is in clean condition. It has a few visible 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

A superb addition for serious collectors tracking late-sixties transition pressings, this scarce 1968 UK stereo edition of The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night offers a highly distinctive archival variation. This particular release features the classic black and yellow Parlophone label layout but stands out due to its transitional text markers: the rim text reads "THE GRAMOPHONE CO. LTD.", the early "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED" line is omitted, and the mandatory "Sold in U.K." print statement remains. A KT tax code is cleanly embossed on the side one centre, paired with the historic -1/-1 master matrix stampers and individual 3OM / 2MD runout indicators.

This sought-after album is housed in its authentic, front-laminated Garrod & Lofthouse jacket, featuring the small "stereo" indicator on the front cover. It comes complete with its original, period-accurate EMI advertising inner sleeve.

We grade the sleeve as VG+ due to excellent structural integrity, showing just a few small laminate creases around the edges and a few tiny spots of discolouration on the back. The vintage vinyl disc itself grades as VG. It is in clean condition and retains its original gloss, showing a few visible surface marks. Representing a great opportunity to own a lesser-seen 1968 true stereo mix variant, this listing delivers fantastic historical value and the wide, immersive analogue soundscape that Fab Four collectors look for.