A Hard Day's Night: Limited White Vinyl LP [NAD24]

The Beatles have announced a special 60th anniversary reissue of their third studio album A Hard Day’s Night, in celebration of National Album Day. The limited edition reissue on 180g White Vinyl will be released on October 19th.

At a time when popstars either spoke BBC English or tried to emulate the American rockers they so idolised, there was no hiding where The Beatles – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr – came from: they sang, as they spoke, in a Liverpool accent. Although the demands of the music business meant they soon had to relocate to London, in many ways they never left their city – in song and in story, the group are inextricably, indelibly linked to Merseyside.

Recorded between January and June 1964 and released that July, if ever there was a pointer to what an album could achieve, it's the 13 songs and 31 minutes of A Hard Day's Night, the third long-player by the Beatles. It is the sound of a group with the wind in its hair, the confidence that their hard work was paying off. The (partial) soundtrack to their first film, at a time when an LP was a collection of recent singles and cover versions, A Hard Day’s Night was penned solely by Lennon & McCartney. Can’t Buy Me Love, the first track from the forthcoming album to be released, topped the US and UK charts in April 1964.

In the 476 days since the release of their debut LP, Please Please Me in March 1963, The Beatles had gone from local to national to international phenomenon. Their third album A Hard Day’s Night extended their extraordinary success. The first album with every song written by the band! This collection of songs about life and love provided the soundtrack to their first feature film of the same name.  It remained at the top of the charts in the UK for 21 weeks. 

A1. A Hard Day’s Night
A2. I Should Have Known Better
A3. If I Fell
A4. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
A5. And I Love Her
A6. Tell Me Why
A7. Can’t Buy Me Love

B8. Any Time At All
B9. I’ll Cry Instead
B10. Things We Said Today
B11. When I Get Home
B12. You Can’t Do That
B13. I’ll Be Back