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- US release date:
- Jun 26, 1964
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This album has been recorded during the following studio sessions
"A Hard Day's Night" session #1
Feb 25, 1964
"A Hard Day's Night" session #2
Feb 26, 1964
"A Hard Day's Night" session #3
Feb 27, 1964
"A Hard Day's Night" session #4
Mar 01, 1964
"A Hard Day's Night" session #5
Mar 03, 1964
"A Hard Day's Night" session #6
Apr 16, 1964
"A Hard Day's Night" session #8
Apr 23, 1964
"A Hard Day's Night" session #10
Jun 01, 1964
"A Hard Day's Night" session #12
Jun 04, 1964
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Track list
Disc 1
1.
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.
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
3.
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
4.
I Should Have Known Better
2:10 • Studio version • Mono • Instrumental version arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians
5.
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
6.
And I Love Her
3:46 • Studio version • Mono • Instrumental version arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians
7.
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
8.
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
9.
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
10.
Ringo's Theme (This Boy)
3:10 • Studio version • Mono • Instrumental version arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians
11.
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
12.
A Hard Day's Night
2:06 • Studio version • Mono • Instrumental version arranged by George Martin conducting an orchestra of studio musicians
About
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.
Last updated on March 6, 2016
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