The Beatles Vinyl A Hard Day's Night 1964 Parlophone PMC 1230 Mono XEX.481 2
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TheBeatles Vinyl A Hard Day's Night 1964 Parlophone PMC 1230 Mono XEX.481/2.
I have not played to test the album.
Parlophone – PMC 1230
Vinyl,LP, Album, Mono, Garrod & Lofthouse Sleeve
10 Jul 1964
The main differentiator of this early pressing, compared to later versions, is the blackand yellow Parlophone labelwith the perimeter rim copyright text, 'THE PARLOPHONE CO LTD • ALL RIGHTS OFTHE MANUFACTURER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDING WORK RESERVED • UNAUTHORISEDPUBLIC PERFORMANCE BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED'. Abovethe spindle hole the centre text, 'SOLD IN THE U.K. SUBJECT TO RESALE PRICECONDITIONS, SEE PRICE LISTS'.
There are a number of other differentiators present on both the labels and thecover.
Label:
1 - Has a 'chubby' font with the right-hand side indicator numerals appearingunder 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. Thereexists a very similar version with this text placed differently - A Hard Day'sNight.
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 thespindle hole. A similar variant has the code MT.
Cover:
1 - Front laminated, tri-flipback and printed by Garrod &Lofthouse Ltd., with a medium 'MONO' indicator on the front, top, righthand corner.
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