Beatles A Hard Day's Night Y/B UK FIRST PRESS K.T.STAMP

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Beatles A Hard Day's Night Y/B UK FIRST PRESS K.T.STAMP

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U.K. Parlophone Y/B Label
PMC 1230 (MONO) EARLY STAMPERS!
Excellent Condition
FIRST PRESS
K.T. Stamp on Label 2!
EX- CONDITION

The Beatles
» A Hard Day's Night «

Information on "A Hard Day's Night"     The first album to consist of all original Lennon/McCartney tracks, A Hard Day's Night was - in a way - the soundtrack to the #1 movie of the same name. John provided the most songs; 10 of the 13. The film was about 'Beatlemania', how the group reacted to screaming girls and the such. Screenwriter Alun Owen said, "They were at the time 22 or 23 years old. They had never acted before. If you go through the script, you'll see that no sentence is longer than six words, because they couldn't have handled any more." The American version, rather than featuring 13 Lennon/McCartney tunes like the British LP, had 8 Lennon/McCartney songs and 4 Lennon/McCartney songs as played by George Martin's Orchestra. The album was nominated for the 1964 Grammy for Best Original Score Written For a Motion Picture or TV Show.     In the U.K., this record was sold 250,000 times prior to its release. American composer Leonard Bernstein's comment on A Hard Day's Night: "Those guys are the best composers since Schubert..." important releases Odeon, O 83 739 (mono) / STO 83 739 (stereo), Germany; July 06, 1964 1st press   Parlophone, PMC 1230 (mono) / PCS 1230 (stereo), U.K.; July 10, 1964 1st press   ««««« Odeon, STO 73 739 (stereo), Germany; 1966 2nd press   Odeon, 1C 062-04 145 (stereo), Germany; 1969 3rd press   Odeon, 1C 072-04 145 (stereo), Germany; 1976 4th press   Apple, 1C 072-04 145 (stereo), Germany; 1977 5th press   Odeon, 1C 072-04 145 (stereo), Germany; 1981 6th press       So much about history - for the record in question, please see my comments below... Wanna know all the dates and numbers and covers and labels? 1st BEATLES WORLDWIDE Anthology Volume 1 - Albums
Volume 2 - Singles & EPs [GOTO LISTING] listing QUICK access    What you're bidding on Record Data in Detail Photos & Pictures Tracklist Shipping & Handling & Payment COLLECTIBLES PREVIEW Details on Beatles Releases/Numbers & Stampers/Dates upon request at MAIL@BEATLES-COMPLETE.COM And here is what you'll get...

    This is a copy of Beatles'  "A Hard Day's Night" album, issued  by  Parlophone in 1964.  This record comes in an allover excellent condition.

    This copy is not "only" a first pressing, but a special one. It shows all characteristics of those very early presses (see bulleted list below). Vinyl is thicker than usual. K.T. stamp on Label B.

• Label has a chubby printing type (later mono presses as well as stereo-release did NOT)
• Label: name "THE PARLOPHONE CO. LTD..." on the outer rim
• Label: "SOLD IN U.K. ...." remark
• Label: Stamp base number, XEX.481, in brackets, and right below: "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1964" statement
• Label: This early press label was printed in the "Sans Serif" type. Later pressings type were printed in the "Roman" type.
• Label: K.T. stamp on Side 2.
• Cover remark: Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patents Pending.
• Cover remark: Photo Robert Freeman, Notes by Tony Barrow

 

    Record plays smoothtly; no skips, no pops, or repeats. There's two "blind" marks on the vinyl, but it doesn't affect the sound in any way. Taking everything into consideration, vinyl grades somewhere between VG++ and EX-. Moreover, the disc is made of thick vinyl, and it comes in the original sleeve

"Cracking" the Parlophone Stamper Code

• Mono and Stereo: Prefix of Stamper Number
  Mono (PMC) label using: XEX (you can see each label and inner groove both side 1 and 2). Stereo (PCS, P-PCS) label using: YEX (you can see each label and inner groove both side 1 and 2).
• Lacquer, Mother and Stamper Number
  
  • At the "6 O'clock" position on the inner groove area is the matrix number with a -1 or -2 etc. For instance, Beatles For Sale in stereo is YEX 142-1 (etc.). The "1" means the FIRST LACQUER cut from the master. -2 the second etc.
  • At the "9 O'clock" is a number which tell you what "mother" was used to generate the stamper actually used the press the record. A number of "mothers" are generated from the lacquer. Obviously a "1" means first mother generated from the lacquer. A "5" means it was much later--the fifth mother generated from the lacquer.
  • At the "3 O'clock" position there will be one to three letters, which are codes associated with numbers as follows, which tell you what stamper was used to press the actual record:
    G R A M O P H L T D (Gramophone Ltd.
    
    G=1 R=2 A=3 M=4 O=5 P=6 H=7 L=8 T=9 D=0
    
    Therefore, if the letters say "GR" that is stamper 12. "O" is stamper 5 etc.
  • Example 1:
    YEX 142-1, mother 1, stamper G
    is the very first pressing of Beatles For Sale in stereo: first lacquer, first mother, first stamper.
  • Example 2:
    YEX 142-1, mother 4, stamper RLT.
    That would be first lacquer, 4th mother and 289th stamper generated from that mother.

 

    If you're serious about "scanning for" Beatles collectibles, this nice item is kind of "must-have" (unless you already own that record).

    As usual at my auctions, please refer to photos below. I always spend plenty of time on visual documentation to give you guys a real chance to "take justice". I MUST NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TYPE OF (SO-CALLED) "MISUNDERSTANDINGS" - SO PLEASE STUDY BOTH DESCRITPION   A N D   ALL PHOTOS CAREFULLY, B E F O R E   YOU DECIDE TO BID!!!

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back to TOP   Record Data in Detail Title The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night TITLE « Label / Catalog # (Y/B) Parlophone / PMC 1230 Specialty (if applicable) 1st Pressing, VERY EARLY stampers, K.T. stamp on Label 2, original inner sleeve Edition   Origin / Release Date U.K./ July 10, 1964 stamper (matrix) Side A (6 o'cl) XEX.481-3N
(3 o'cl) ARM
(9 o'cl) 2 stamper (matrix) Side B (6 o'cl) XEX.482-3N
(3 o'cl) AAR
(9 o'cl) 7 Grading disc VG++/EX- (see remarks above) Grading Labels (A/B) EX- / EX- Grading Cover/Sleeve VG++/EX, Sleeve EX (original anti-static sleeve with NO seam split!!!) back to TOP   Tracklist  Side 1   1. A Hard Day's Night
2. I Should Have Known Better
3. If I Fell
4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
5. And I Love Her
6. Tell Me Why
7. Can't Buy Me Love  Side 2   1. Any Time At All
2. I'll Cry Instead
3. Things We Said Today
4. When I Get Home
5. You Can't Do That
6. I'll Be Back         back to TOP   Preview Please check my Auction-WebSite for a complete list of currently available collectibles. TO COME AT AUCTION IN OCTOBER Albums » Rubber Soul «  
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