Sierpień 1964
August 1964
LP: A Hard Day's Night
Parlophone PMCJ 1230 [Mono] Republika Południowej Afryki
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX 481 & SIDE 2 XEX 482
The Beatles
Materiał taki sam jak wydanie angielskie z 10.VII.1964.
The rim print at the bottom is "Pressed in S.A. under directions of the Parlophone Co. Ltd."
'ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDED WORK RESERVED. UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED'.
LABEL Black and silver Parlophone old style label Type-1
MIX MONO
VINYL COLOR BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME RECORD MANUFACTURED BY E.M.I. (SOUTH AFRICA) (PTY.) LTD. (REGD. USER)
RECORDING PUBLISHED CREDIT Recording First Published 1964
COVER FORM Single type. Wrap-around cover / Round-cut corner
PRINTER CREDIT SWAN PRESS
COVER DESIGN/PHOTO/NOTES Photo: Robert Freeman / Notes: Tony Barrow
INNER SLEEVE Original Polythene Inner Sleeve (maybe)
PRODUCER George Martin
COMMENTS South African mono LP has the black and silver Parlophone label (similar design to the UK gold Parlophone label) and front laminated flipback picture sleeve.
First pressings were released in mono only.
The earliest copies have a visible pressing ring near the edge of the label and another near the spindle hole (Side-1). On later copies, there is a single pressing ring about 1" in diameter (Side-2).
Sierpień 1964
August 1964
LP: A Hard Day's Night
Parlophone PMCJ 1230 [Mono] Republika Południowej Afryki
MATRIX No. SIDE 1 XEX 481 & SIDE 2 XEX 482
The Beatles
Materiał taki sam jak wydanie angielskie z 10.VII.1964.
Blue and silver Parlophone old style label
The rim print at the bottom is "Pressed in S.A. under directions of the Parlophone Co. Ltd."
'ALL RIGHTS OF THE MANUFACTURER AND OF THE OWNER OF THE RECORDED WORK RESERVED. UNAUTHORIZED PUBLIC PERFORMANCE, BROADCASTING AND COPYING OF THIS RECORD PROHIBITED'.
1965
LP: A Hard Day's Night
Parlophone PMCJ 1230 [Mono] Republika Południowej Afryki
The Beatles
Materiał taki sam jak wydanie angielskie z 10.VII.1964.
Nota: wznowienie - zmieniony label (ciemno – niebieski) "Pressed for or by a registered user".
Reissue.Dark blue label.
labels added. ALthough hard to see in the photos, the labels have a dark purple background not black. Purple labels with silver text are earlier pressings than those with balck labels.