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FROM 1964 ON THE UK PARLOPHONE RECORDS LABEL COMES THIS STUNNING LP BY THE BEATLES ENTITLED "A HARD DAY'S NIGHT" (PMC 1230) 
MONO. EARLY PRESSING. 3N / 3N.    Songs From The Film "A Hard Day's Night"A1A Hard Day's Night Lead Vocals – * Lead Vocals – * A2I Should Have Known Better Lead Vocals – * Lead Vocals – * A3If I Fell Lead Vocals – *, * Lead Vocals – *, * A4I'm Happy Just To Dance With You Lead Vocals – * Lead Vocals – * A5And I Love Her Lead Vocals – * Lead Vocals – * A6Tell Me Why Lead Vocals – *, * Lead Vocals – *, * A7Can't Buy Me Love-B1Any Time At All Backing Vocals – *, * Lead Vocals – * Backing Vocals – *, * Lead Vocals – * B2I'll Cry Instead Lead Vocals – *, * Lead Vocals – *, * B3Things We Said Today Lead Vocals – * Lead Vocals – * B4When I Get Home Backing Vocals – *, * Backing Vocals – *, * B5You Can't Do That Backing Vocals – *, * Lead Vocals – * Backing Vocals – *, * Lead Vocals – * B6I'll Be Back Backing Vocals – *, * Lead Vocals – * Backing Vocals – *, * Lead Vocals – * Companies, etc. Record Company –  Record Company –  Published By –  Printed By –  Made By –  Credits Liner Notes [Cover Notes By] –  Producer –  Words By, Music By [Words And Music:] – * Written-By –  Notes The main differentiator of this early pressing, compared to later versions, is the black and yellow  label with the perimeter rim copyright text, 'THE PARLOPHONE CO LTD • ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDING WORK RESERVED • UNAUTHORISED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED'. Above the spindle hole the centre text, 'SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICE CONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS'.

There are a number of other differentiators present on both the labels and the cover.

Label:
1 - Has a 'chubby' font with the right-hand side indicator numerals appearing under the '2' in the catalogue number 'PMC 1230' above them.
2 - The publishing copyright date is given as 'RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964', and is nearly left-aligned compared to the matrix number above it.
3 - The group's name 'THE BEATLES' is closer to the 'Northern Songs Music Ltd.' publishing credit below it than the '(Lennon-McCartney)' credit above it. There exists a very similar version with this text placed differently - .
4 - A2 'I Should Have Known Better' has its title split over 2 lines.
5 - All of the song titles on side 2 appear on separate lines.
6 - The KT purchase tax code embossing on the label on either side of the spindle hole. A  has the code MT.

Cover:
1 - Front laminated, tri-flipback and printed by , with a medium 'MONO' indicator on the front, top, right hand corner.

Cover details:

E . M . I . RECORDS LIMITED
(Controlled By Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.)
HAYES • MIDDLESEX • ENGLAND
Made and Printed in Great Britain

Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents pending PMC 1230 PCS 3058
Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (A-side label, in brackets): XEX.481 Matrix / Runout (B-side label, in brackets): XEX.482 Other (Tax code embossed on B-side label variant 1)): K T Matrix / Runout (A-side runout, stamped variant 2): XEX 481 - 3N Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, stamped variant 2): XEX 482 - 3N




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