The Beatles A Hard Day's Night U.S Stereo Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac
All tracks credited to Lennon/McCartney.
Side one
No. Title Notes Length
1. "A Hard Day's Night" 2:33
2. "Tell Me Why" 2:10
3. "I'll Cry Instead" 2:06
4. "I Should Have Known Better" Instrumental, George Martin & His Orchestra 2:10
5. "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" 1:59
6. "And I Love Her" Instrumental, George Martin & His Orchestra 3:46
Side two
No. Title Notes Length
1. "I Should Have Known Better" 2:44
2. "If I Fell" 2:22
3. "And I Love Her" 2:29
4. "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)" Instrumental, George Martin & His Orchestra 3:10
5. "Can't Buy Me Love" 2:12
6. "A Hard Day's Night" Instrumental, George Martin & His Orchestra 2:06
While the stereo version of the album included the instrumental tracks in true stereo, the Beatles' own recordings appeared as electronically rechannelled stereo recordings made from the mono releases. The 1980 Capitol Records release used the same master tape as the original United Artists stereo release, despite the availability of several tracks with official stereo remixes by that time. True stereo versions of most of the songs appeared on the Capitol Records album Something New, released in July 1964. "Can't Buy Me Love" and "I Should Have Known Better" finally appeared in stereo versions on the Apple Records compilation Hey Jude in 1970. The song "A Hard Day's Night" did not appear in a stereo version in the US until the LP Reel Music in March 1982. The American version has yet to be released officially on CD.
Personnel
The Beatles
George Harrison – lead guitar (six- and 12-string), acoustic and Spanish guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You", claves on "And I Love Her"
John Lennon – lead, harmony and backing vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitars, tambourine, harmonica; lead guitar on "You Can't Do That", piano on "Things We Said Today"
Paul McCartney – lead, harmony, and backing vocals, bass guitar, piano, acoustic guitar on "I'll Be Back"
Ringo Starr – drums, cowbell, maracas, tambourine
Additional musicians
George Martin – piano
Cultural influence
According to music critic Richie Unterberger, "George Harrison's resonant 12-string electric guitar leads were hugely influential; the movie helped persuade The Byrds, then folksingers, to plunge all out into rock & roll, and the Beatles would be hugely influential on the folk-rock explosion of 1965. The Beatles' success, too, had begun to open the US market for fellow Brits like the Rolling Stones, the Animals, and the Kinks, and inspired young American groups like the Beau Brummels, Lovin' Spoonful, and others to mount a challenge of their own with self-penned material that owed a great debt to Lennon-McCartney."[12]