North American release A Hard Day's Night (album)

1 north american release

1.1 track listing
1.2 charts , certifications

1.2.1 chart performance
1.2.2 certifications

north american release

the american version of album released on 26 june 1964 united artists records in both mono , stereo, fourth beatles album in united states. album went number 1 on billboard album chart, spending 14 weeks there, longest run of album year.

all 7 songs film, first side of uk album, featured along ll cry instead , which, although written film, cut @ last minute. american version included 4 easy listening-styled instrumental versions of lennon , mccartney songs arranged george martin conducting orchestra of studio musicians: should have known better , , love , ringo s theme , , hard day s night . after emi acquired united artists records, album reissued in august 1980 on capitol label, catalogue sw-11921.

while stereo version of album included instrumental tracks in true stereo, beatles own recordings appeared electronically rechannelled stereo recordings made mono releases. 1980 capitol records release used same master tape original united artists stereo release, despite availability of several tracks official stereo remixes time. true stereo versions of of songs appeared on capitol album new, released in july 1964. can t buy me love , should have known better appeared in stereo on apple records compilation hey jude in 1970. song hard day s night did not appear in stereo in until compilation lp reel music in march 1982. in 2014, american version of hard day s night released on cd individually , in boxed set of other beatles albums celebrate fiftieth anniversary of beatles first visit. cd reissue features of songs in both true stereo , mono mixes.

track listing


charts , certifications