| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/capitol | | UPC: 00077774643726 | | Release Date: 8/23/1988 | | Buy.com Sku: 60135696 | | Item#: MGFRJ7 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26446 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Hard Day's Night, A ~ The Beatles |  | | 2. I Should Have Known Better ~ The Beatles | | | 3. If I Fell ~ The Beatles | | | 4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You ~ The Beatles | | | 5. And I Love Her ~ The Beatles | | | 6. Tell Me Why ~ The Beatles | | | 7. Can't Buy Me Love ~ The Beatles | | | 8. Any Time At All ~ The Beatles | | | 9. I'll Cry Instead ~ The Beatles | | | 10. Things We Said Today ~ The Beatles | | | 11. When I Get Home ~ The Beatles | | | 12. You Can't Do That ~ The Beatles | | | 13. I'll Be Back ~ The Beatles | |
| Tracks: 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
8. Any Time at All
9. I'll Cry Instead
10. Things We Said Today
11. When I Get Home
12. You Can't Do That
13. I'll Be Back
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | A Hard Day's Night was the first Beatles album of all-original material, and the first to feature George Harrison playing his Rickenbacker electric 12-string guitar (on the opening chord of "A Hard Day's Night," for instance). The distinctive sound of the 12-string inspired countless guitarists including Roger McGuinn and David Crosby of the Byrds. The film from which these songs hail remains a classic combination of happy '60s na?vet? and nascent hipster wit. Many of the most important rock bands to emerge in the latter half of the '60s came into being because of A Hard Day's Night's irresistible vibrancy. The tunes flow like the finest red wine, as the title track leads to the glorious harmonica of "I Should Have Known Better" and the powerfully poignant "If I Fell." | | A Hard Day's Night not only was the de facto soundtrack for their movie, not only was it filled with nothing but Lennon-McCartney originals, but it found the Beatles truly coming into their own as a band. All of the disparate influences on their first two albums had coalesced into a bright, joyous, original sound, filled with ringing guitars and irresistible melodies. A Hard Day's Night is where the Beatles became mythical, but this is the sound of Beatlemania in all of its giddy glory. Decades after its original release, its punchy blend of propulsive rhythms, jangly guitars, and infectious, singalong melodies is remarkably fresh. There's something intrinsically exciting in the sound of the album itself, something to keep the record vital years after it was recorded. Even more impressive are the songs themselves. Not only are the melodies forceful and memorable, but Lennon and McCartney have found a number of variations to their basic Merseybeat style, from the brash "Can't Buy Me Love" and "Any Time at All" through the gentle "If I Fell" to the tough folk-rock of "I'll Cry Instead." It's possible to hear both songwriters develop their own distinctive voices on the album, but, overall, A Hard Day's Night stands as a testament to their collaborative powers -- never again did they write together so well or so easily, choosing to pursue their own routes. John and Paul must have known how strong the material is -- they threw the pleasant trifle "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" to George and didn't give anything to Ringo to sing. That may have been a little selfish, but it hardly hurts the album, since everything on the record is performed with genuine glee and excitement. It's the pinnacle of their early years. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: George Martin |
| | Awards | |
Grammy Awards (1964) |  | A Hard Day's NIght/The Beatles, Winner, Best Performance By A Vocal Group | | |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | 101 Strings | | 101 Strings Orchestra | | 101 Strings Orchestra | | 12 Cellists Of Berlin Philharmo | | 12 Cellists Of Berlin... | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | The Blues "White Album" ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Take It Easy: The Fab Four Go Loungecore ~ Artists, Various | | Beach Boys (The) | | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | | Here Comes The Sun: An Instrumental Tribute... ~ Calo, Peter | | Charles River Valley Boys | | Charles River Valley Boys | | Ebony Steelband | | Ebony Steelband | | Evingson, Connie | | Fab Four (Beatles Tribute) (The | | Fab Four (The) | | Lost Songs: Songs The Beatles Wrote But Never Reco ~ Fazzari, Vinny | | Firefall | | Four, London Jazz | | Gratz, Wayne | | Gratz, Wayne | | Harmon, Sally | | Harmon, Sally | | Harnoy, Ofra | | Harnoy, Ofra | | Harnoy, Ofra | | Karaoke | | Karaoke | | Let It Be ~ Laibach | | Live From The Pound | | Live From The Pound | | London String Orchestra | | London Symphony Orchestra | | Looney Tunes (Kids) | | Looney Tunes (Kids) | | On, Pickin' | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Let It Be ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Let It Be: Naked ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Help! [Digipak] ~ Original Soundtrack | | Let It Be [Digipak] ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Help! ~ Original Soundtrack | | Pickin' On | | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Beatles Bop: Hamburg Days ~ Sheridan, Tony | | Beatles Bop: Hamburg Days (With Book) ~ Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Beatles Bop: Hamburg Days [Limited] ~ Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Sheridan, Tony | | Ticket to Ride -- A Beatles Tribute ~ Swingle Singers (The) | | The Charles River Valley Boys | | The Charles River Valley Boys | | The London Jazz Four | | The London String Orchestra | | Various | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Lost Songs: Songs the Beatles Wrote But Never Reco ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The Blues White Album ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Take It Easy: The Fab Four Go Loungecore [Castle] ~ Various Artists | | Guitar Tribute to 40 Years of the Beatles ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Guitar Tribute to the Beatles: Abbey Road ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Fried Glass Onions: Memphis Meets The Beatles ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Evocando a the Beatles ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Buddha Lounge Tribute to the Beatles ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Beatles Blues [Indigo] [Remaster] ~ Various Artists | | Hello, Goodbye: Songs The Beatles Gave Away ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Stax Does the Beatles [PA] ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The Love Songs Of The Beatles Instrumentals ~ Yoyo International Orchestra |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/09/1988 | | Original Release Date : 1964 | | Catalog ID : 46437 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 30m : 30s | | Mono/Stereo : Mono | | SPAR Code : AAD | | UPC : 00077774643726 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (Magazine)
(9/99, p.136)
- Included in Q Magazine's Best Happy Albums of All Time - "...the sound of young men almost astonished by their fecundity and melodic gifts....they never sounded happier."Q (Magazine)
- Ranked #5 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" Q Online 8 of 10
...One or two tracks sound routine, for the cheerful beat and chiming harmony, chopped with acoustic chords, were assembling themselves into a formula by now. But it was a delicious formula; the years have robbed nothing of its freshness, nor its infectious delight. - Paul Du Noyer
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| | Bio | | At 7:00 a.m. on October 9, 1940, John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool England. It was a time when England was involved in the Second World War, a time of blackouts and air raids, a time of great darkness for all the world. At the time of John's birth, his father, Fred Lennon, was at sea. Julia, John's mother, felt unable to care for a newborn, and so she asked John's Aunt Mimi and Uncle George to care for the child. In essence, John was orphaned by his own parents, and was displaced from the moment of his birth to the care of surrogate parents. John's childhood was troubled by his own sense of displacement from his parents and a streak of rebelliousness that he had developed under the strict rules of his Aunt Mimi. He became an unwilling student at Dovedale Primary School, preferring drawing cartoons and sketches over his studies. This pattern continued until Mimi was able to persuade the principal at Quarry Bank Grammar School to writer a letter of recommendation for John to attend the Liverpool Art College. John recalled, "My whole school life was a case of 'I couldn't care less.' It was a joke as far as I was concerned. Art was the only thing I could do, and my headmaster told me that if I didn't go to art school, I might as well give up life." By 1955, a new musical interest was sweeping across Britain. "Skiffle groups" would play on the street with only few instruments, often simply a guitar or two, a washboard, and a simple snare drum. In the U.K., these groups were the forerunners of the rock 'n' roll band. For John, skiffle music became an obsession. He asked his Aunt Mimi for a guitar, but she refused to waste her money on what she saw was just a "craze." Undaunted, John remembered that his mother played the banjo, and so went to Julia for a guitar. She bought him one, and she even taught him banjo chords. The first song John learned was "That'll Be The Day." Aunt Mimi was not pleased with John's new passion. She wouldn't allow him to play or practice the guitar in her house. He had to stand in the glass porch at the front, playing and singing to himself. She would tell him: "A guitar's all right, John, but you'll never earn your living by it." It wasn't long before John started his own skiffle band with his best friend, Pete Shotton and some other friends from the Liverpool Institute. They called themselves "The Quarrymen," and they played for free or "a few bob" at local parties. The band was going nowhere, often because John would be the cause of arguments among the members. The Quarrymen's first major "gig" was on July 6, 1957 at an outdoor party at the Woolton Parish Church. Ivan Vaughan, one of John's friends, introduced John to another young musician after the band had finished for the day. That was the day that John Lennon met Paul McCartney. If John Lennon was the soul of The Beatles, Paul McCartney was the group's heart. Forever a romantic, Paul's first passion was the ballad and the love song. He created a wide range of songs that dealt with love found and love lost. James Paul McCartney was born on June 18, 1942 at Walton Road Hospital in Rice Lane, Liverpool. He was the first son of Mary and James McCartney. His brother, Peter Michael McCartney, was born eighteen months later. Paul's mother was a midwife, whose death from breast cancer in 1955 when Paul was just 14, troubled Paul deeply. Paul's father was a cotton salesman during the day for A. Hannay Co., and a jazz musician with Jim Mac's Jazz Band at night. The antithesis of John, Paul did very well in school. He passed his 11-Plus examination in 1957 and entered the Liverpool Institute, a very popular high school. There, he met a younger student by the name of George Harrison whom Paul later brought with him into John's group, The Quarrymen. As a child, Paul showed no particular interest in music. Both he and his brother were sent to piano lessons, but these didn't last long. Then he was given a trumpet by an uncle, and he began to teach himself . His musical talent probably came from his father. Of all The Beatles, Paul's family was the only one with any musical background or interest. On the afternoon of his first meeting with John Lennon, Paul borrowed a guitar and impressed everyone with all the chords he knew. About a week later, John asked Paul to join The Quarrymen, and Paul accepted. Paul's first public performance with The Quarrymen was at a dance at the Conservative Club in Broadway. Paul was supposed to play a solo that night, but for some reason, he never did. What he did do after the dance was play John some songs that he had written himself. John was impressed and later tried to write songs of his own. Neither wrote anything of much value, but the two began collaborating, each egging the other on to better works. From that day until the end of The Beatles, they never stopped, and together they became "Lennon & McCartney," one of the most renowned song writing duos of the twentieth century. George Harrison has always been an enigma to Beatle fans. Unlike John or Paul, he did not push himself forward into the public spotlight, preferring to remain in the background. At times he was more like a sessions player than like a full-fledged member of the group. In reality, however, George was the backbone of the group. It was his guitar work that maintained an orderly arrangement to the flighty musical eccentricities of John and Paul. George and Paul took the same bus to the Liverpool Institute, and they soon discovered that they had music and guitars in common. At the time, Paul was already a member of John's group, The Quarrymen, and he invited the 14 year old George to see the band. Eventually, with George always "hanging around," John asked George to join the band. In 1960, the Quarrymen had a new name: The Beatles. The group set off for Hamburg in August to work at the Indra Club. When The Beatles worked at a rival club called the Top Ten Club, the owner of the Indra Club became furious and revealed to authorities that George was only 17, too young to have a work permit. George was forced to return to England. George was always an integral part of what was happening to the group. At the time of their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show polls showed Harrison to be the most popular Beatle with American audiences. Today, he continues to be one of the most popular Beatles among young and old alike. Of all the Beatles, Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) was the least involved in the personality clashes, the jealousies, the doubting egos of the other three. He, alone, seemed to know that "nothing is real" in the world of rock 'n' roll. He maintained an eager commitment to the band, but he was always detached in some peculiar way, almost as if he were watching a show from a seat in the balcony. At the end of it all, he remained friends with all the other members of the band simply because unlike the others, he had never defined his whole being and his identity in terms of being a Beatle. Unlike the others, he did not "grow up" being a Beatle. He grew up being Ringo Starr. He was born on July 7, 1940 in the front room of his house in Liverpool's Dingle Area, possibly the roughest area of the city. His parents were Elsie and Richard Starkey Sr. He was an only child. He was called Ritchie. When Ritchie was only three years old, his parents parted, and except for about three occasions, Ringo has not seen his father since. However, there was nothing like the drama of the Lennon breakup. The couple seemed to have separated peacefully, and they were eventually divorced. Leaving school at 15, he secured a job as a messenger boy for British Railways. Ritchie worked at the Railways for only six weeks. He left because all he wanted was a railway uniform to wear, but they only gave him a simple railway cap. Later, he worked as a barman, and applied to be a joiner apprentice. Ritchie showed no musical interest and did not play an instrument as a boy. When the skiffle craze came to Britain, he helped form a group called Eddie Clayton Skiffle, playing on his first set of drums bought by his father. He later joined Rory Storm's group, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He quit his job to work as a full-time drummer. Rory Storm was a showman who convinced Ritchie that he needed to change his name. Because of Ritchie's fondness for rings, Rory suggested he change his name to Rings which Ritchie later changed to Ringo while condensing his last name to Starr. Rory Storm and the Hurricanes were Liverpool's top band at the time. They were doing so well, in fact, that when they were offered a chance to go to Hamburg, they could not arrange it. But they did go later, joining The Beatles at the Kaiserkeller, which was where Ringo met The Beatles for the first time. Ringo did a few stand-in engagements with The Beatles, and he generally sat around with them between sets. He returned to Liverpool with Rory, but later came back to Hamburg with Tony Sheridan. During this visit, he considered remaining in Hamburg for good, but he decided to return to Liverpool to work with Rory Storm again. It was then that he received a call from John asking him to join The Beatles. Ringo's decision to accept was based solely on finances. He had received an offer from a band called King Size Taylor and the Dominoes to play for 20 pounds a week. The Beatles offered him 25. He decided on The Beatles.
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