US Release date : Friday, June 26, 1964
By The Beatles • LP • Part of the collection “The Beatles • The original US LPs”
Last updated on March 6, 2016
Previous album Apr 10, 1964 • "The Beatles' Second Album (Mono)" by The Beatles released in the US
Concert Jun 25, 1964 • New Zealand • Auckland
Concert Jun 26, 1964 • New Zealand • Dunedin
Album Jun 26, 1964 • "A Hard Day's Night (Mono)" by The Beatles released in the US
Album Jun 26, 1964 • "A Hard Day's Night (Stereo)" by The Beatles released in the US
This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
2:33 • Studio version • A • Mono
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Bongos, Drums John Lennon : Electric and acoustic rhythm guitars, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Apr 16, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Apr 23, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2:10 • Studio version • A • Mono
Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Harmony vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Feb 27, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Mar 03, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
2:09 • Studio version • A • Mono
Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Tambourine, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Jun 01, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Jun 04, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
I Should Have Known Better
2:10 • Studio version • Mono • Instrumental version arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians
I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
1:59 • Studio version • A • Mono
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Arabian drum, Drums John Lennon : Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Mar 01, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Mar 03, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
And I Love Her
3:46 • Studio version • Mono • Instrumental version arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians
2:44 • Studio version • A • Mono
Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Harmonica, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Feb 25, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Feb 26, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2:22 • Studio version • A • Mono
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Electric guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Feb 27, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Mar 03, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
2:29 • Studio version • A • Mono
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Congas John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar George Harrison : Acoustic lead guitar, Claves George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Feb 25, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Feb 26, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Feb 27, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Mar 03, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
Ringo's Theme (This Boy)
3:10 • Studio version • Mono • Instrumental version arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians
2:12 • Studio version • A • Mono
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar George Harrison : Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar George Martin : Producer Geoff Emerick : Second engineer Norman Smith : Hi-hat, Recording engineer
Session Recording: Jan 29, 1964 • Studio EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
Session Mixing: Feb 26, 1964 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
A Hard Day's Night
2:06 • Studio version • Mono • Instrumental version arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians
From Wikipedia:
[…] The American version of the album was released on 26 June 1964 by United Artists Records in both mono and stereo, the fourth Beatles album in the United States. The album went to number one on the Billboard album chart, spending 14 weeks there, the longest run of any album that year.
All seven songs from the film, the first side of the UK album, were featured along with “I’ll Cry Instead“, which, although written for the film, was cut at the last minute. The American version also included four easy listening-styled instrumental versions of Lennon and McCartney songs arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians: “I Should Have Known Better“, “And I Love Her“, “Ringo’s Theme“, and “A Hard Day’s Night“. After EMI acquired United Artists Records, this album was reissued in August 1980 on the Capitol label, catalogue SW-11921.
While the stereo version of the album included the instrumental tracks in true stereo, the Beatles’ own recordings appeared as electronically rechannelled stereo recordings made from the mono releases. The 1980 Capitol Records release used the same master tape as the original United Artists stereo release, despite the availability of several tracks with official stereo remixes by that time. True stereo versions of most of the songs appeared on the Capitol album Something New, released in July 1964. “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “I Should Have Known Better” finally appeared in stereo on the Apple Records compilation Hey Jude in 1970. The song “A Hard Day’s Night” did not appear in stereo in the US until the compilation LP Reel Music in March 1982. In 2014, the American version of “A Hard Day’s Night” was released on CD individually and in a boxed set of all the other US Beatles albums to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles first US visit. This CD reissue features all of the songs in both true stereo and mono mixes.
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