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A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles, album cover

First-year pressing

A Hard Day's Night 1964 UK Pressing (PMC 1230)

A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles

Mono
Artist
The Beatles
Title
A Hard Day's Night
Label
  • Parlophone PMC 1230
Country
UK
Released
July 10, 1964
Format
LP, Album, Mono
Format notes
Garrod & Lofthouse Sleeve

Runout and matrix codes

Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.

  • XEX.481A-side label, in brackets
  • XEX.482B-side label, in brackets
  • XEX 481 - 3NA-side runout, stamped
  • XEX 482 - 3NB-side runout, stamped
  • XEX 481-3N R DGA-side runout, stamped, version 2
  • XEX 482-3N G OHB-side runout, stamped, version 2
  • XEX 481-3N R RTA-side runout, stamped, version 3
  • XEX 482-3N R ALB-side runout, stamped, version 3
  • XEX 481-3N R RAA-side runout, stamped, version 4
  • XEX 482-3N R DRB-side runout, stamped, version 4
  • XEX 481-3N G OMA-side runout, stamped, version 5
  • XEX 482-3N R RO 3B-side runout, stamped, version 5
  • XEX 481-3N R LMA-side runout, stamped, version 6
  • XEX 482-3N R OO 5B-side runout, stamped, version 6
All 590 pressings of A Hard Day's Night