BeatleSale After 20 years of collecting, the time has come for me to sell my Beatles collection and let other collectors appreciate some of the records and memorabilia I've accumilated over the years. Please check out my other listings and remember to save me as a favourite seller, as every week I'll be listing more and more increasingly rare, collectible and desirable Beatles records!

Please be aware that all records are VISUALLY graded only - all grades are given based on how they appear under my desk lamp - since I do not own a record player. I cannot guarantee that discs will be click and skip free, although any marks and scratches that might possibly cause such problems will be highlighted clearly in the description.

A Hard Day's Night
Original US 1st Pressing on the United Artists Label!
.,.. Catalogue Number   Label   Year of Release UAL 3366   Black United Artists   1964       Sleeve   Format   Tax Code on Disc -   Mono   -       Side 1   Side 2 Track Listing   Track Listing 1. A Hard Day's Night
......(Vocal)
2. Tell Me Why
....(Vocal)
3. I Cry Instead
....(Vocal)
4. I Should Have Known Better
....(Instrumental)
5. I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
....(Vocal)
6. And I Love Her
....(Instrumental)   1. I Should Have Known Better
....(Vocal)
2. If I Fell
....(Vocal)
3. And I Love Her
....(Vocal)
4. Ringo's Theme (This Boy)
....(Instrumental)
5. Can't Buy Me Love
....(Vocal)
6. A Hard day's Night
....(Instrumental)       Matrix Number   Matrix Number UAL-3366A-1B 1 0 d   UAL3366B-1B 1 0 d       Stamper Code   Stamper Code -   - About the Record
This auction is for an original, 1st press copy of the Beatles' American LP 'A Hard day's Night' on the United Artists label.

When United Artists were approached about producing a Beatle movie, it is believed they agreed purely so that they could get ahold of the publishing rights to the soundtrack and, thinking that the movie wouldn't do so well, filmed it as cheaply as possible (hence why it's in black and white and not colour, which was the more common format). Capitol also released 'Something New' at the same time of this UA record, which contained a number of HDN tracks, meaning that two albums that contained the same songs were in the charts at the same time on two different labels!

This is a very respectible copy of this rare, hard to find LP!
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The Cover : VG
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The American covers were pretty fragile and this one is showing light, general signs of wear and tear, but nothing destructive or detrimental. The front cover has a lovely, rich red colour to it with some light dirt buildup and some grey spots in the lighter areas. There's a little wear around the edges and the corners have rounded off. Top and bottom seams are holding with a little wear - moreso on the bottom - and each has a thin piece of tape which looks like it was stuck there to anticipate a future split. it's done its job but has left cellotape residue on the front and back. The spine has paper wear which has torn a little, but the spin itself is still holding with no splitting. The spinetext is legible but has wear over it. The back cover has yellowed a little with some light dirt buildup - most notably at the top and sides, and the prementioned tape residue marks are at the top and bottom. There's an original rip seal price sticker on the mouth that shows $2.99. Overall, an average looking sleeve that's holding up nicely but is showing its age.   Inner Sleeve: G+
The original UA inner sleeve is clean with minimal creases and with a little yellowing. Unfortunately the bottom has split quite wide, along with one of the sides, which brings the condition down.   Disc (Visually Graded Only!!) : EX
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The playing surface has a lovely, crisp shine to itand only a few very little, faint little scuffs. Looks like it could do with a professional clean.
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Labels : EX+/NM-
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The labels are clean, crisp and clear with bright text. There's a few, light, little spidery spindlemarks and a touch of whitening around eacher centrehole.
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Terms and Conditions + Shipping Information
All records have been visually graded under a strong, 125W natural light desk lamp.

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Due to problems in the past where numerous untracked records I've sent out have 'mysteriously disappeared', I only send records out fully tracked and only to your verified PayPal postal address to comply with eBay and PayPal seller protection policy. Because of this, please don't ask me to dispatch the record to a different address to the one you have listed on PayPal as I will not do this.

The P+P costs given on each auction are for that auction only. If you win more than one auction please wait until I've sent you out an amended invoice to combine postage.

Postage Costs will be:

UK 2nd Class Recorded Delivery: £3.99
UK 1st Class Recorded Delivery : £4.99
EU Countries International Signed For : £11.99
Rest of World International Signed For : £15.99

All LPs will be mailed out in a strong, corrugated cardboard LP mailing box with the LP outside the sleeve. Extra sheets of corrugated cardboard will be used where applicable and FRAGILE tape used

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