A Hard Day's Night (Mono)

Track list

Disc 1

1. A Hard Day's Night

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   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. Tell Me Why

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   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. I'll Cry Instead

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   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

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   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. I Should Have Known Better

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   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. If I Fell

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   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. And I Love Her

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   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. Can't Buy Me Love

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    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

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.