The Beatles – “A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track)”
Label: United Artists Records – UAS 6366
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: USA
Released: 1964
Genre: Rock, Stage & Screen
Style: Soundtrack, Pop Rock, Beat
DESCRIPTION
Original first stereo issue (1964) of The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track) on United Artists Records, featuring the iconic red front cover with black-and-white portraits. This soundtrack album accompanied the Beatles’ debut motion picture and includes both vocal tracks and George Martin’s orchestral themes.
This particular example remains factory sealed in its original 1964 shrink wrap, never opened or resealed. The crisp corners, tight wrap, and intact factory folds identify it as a genuine early issue. The spine carries the printed catalog number UAS 6366, confirming an authentic first-run United Artists stereo copy.
CONDITION
Vinyl: SEALED (presumed MINT)
Cover: Factory-sealed, never opened (tight original shrink, only the slightest corners trace visible through wrap)
NOTES
- Authentic first stereo pressing (UAS 6366) with red border cover and black “stereo” banner at upper left.
- 2nd cover variation — identified by the four-line Maclen/Unart publishing block at bottom right of the back cover (reads “All songs published by Maclen Music, Inc. and Unart Music Corp. except ‘This Boy’…”).
- This variation follows the earliest “three-line” text configuration and precedes later 1965 represses.
- Printer code “3” on lower right back cover indicates printing by Modern Album Finishing Co., Terre Haute, Indiana, one of the official United Artists cover manufacturers.
- Back cover lists George Martin as Musical Director; front and rear photo layout identical to original 1964 design.
- Spine text: “THE BEATLES • A HARD DAY’S NIGHT • UNITED ARTISTS • UAS 6366”.
- Shrink is consistent with mid-1960s factory wrap (no barcode, no EMI credit).
- Sealed stereo copies with this 2nd cover variant and printer code “3” are highly collectible and seldom encountered in this pristine condition.
MATRIX / LABELS
(Sealed copy – runouts not visible; standard early matrices expected)
Side 1: UAS-6366-A
Side 2: UAS-6366-B
Pressed by United Artists Records, New York, NY
Mastered by George Martin Productions / Maclen Music Inc. (BMI)
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