A
Hard Day’s Night
United Artists UAL 3366 Mono,
Released 6/26/64
ULTRA-RARE
PROMOTIONAL "NOT FOR SALE"
SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
ITEM #
: PR026
CONDITION :
COVER NEAR MINT MINUS / RECORD "AS NEW" UNPLAYED
PRICE
: $6,500
FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FIRST
BEATLES MOVIE AND
THE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM,
UNITED ARTISTS PRESSED A LIMITED
NUMBER OF MONO PROMOTIONAL SOUNDTRACK
ALBUMS.
IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE RELEASED VERSION OF THE BLACK LABEL
BACKDROPS
WHICH FEATURED WHITE PRINT AND THE UNITED ARTISTS
LOGO CONTAINING A SERIES OF
OVERLAPPING CIRCLES IN VARIOUS COLORS,
THE PROMOTIONAL PRESSINGS UTILIZED
BLACK PRINT ON STARK WHITE LABELS.
THE PHRASE "NOT FOR SALE" APPEARS BELOW THE RECORD NUMBER
TO THE RIGHT OF THE
CENTER HOLE.
FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES IS VERY
PROUD TO PRESENT
THIS PROMO LP RARITY IN GLIMMERING UNPLAYED CONDITION !
THIS PRESSING OFFERED HERE (UA3366.DJ1A, SPIZER) IS
THE
COLUMBIA RECORDS
VARIATION, PRESSED AT ITS FACTORY IN
PITMAN, NEW JERSEY - AND/OR POSSIBLY IN BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.
( ACTUAL SCANS & PHOTOS )
THIS RECORD IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR THREE REASONS.
FIRST, ACCORDING TO RENOWNED BEATLES AUTHOR BRUCE SPIZER,
IT IS BELIEVED THAT
LESS THAN 500 COPIES OF THE PROMOTIONAL
SOUNDTRACK ALBUM WERE PRESSED AND
DISTRIBUTED ONLY
TO SELECTED RADIO STATIONS. SECOND REASON IS BECAUSE THE RECORDS
WERE
SOLELY
INTENDED TO PROMOTE THE MOTION PICTURE,
MOST DISC JOCKEYS DID NOT
SAVE THESE RECORDS AFTER THE FILM
HAD RUN ITS COURSE.
LASTLY, THIS IS THE ONLY ORIGINALLY RELEASED BEATLES
ALBUM THAT
WAS
PRODUCED AS A PROMOTIONAL "NOT FOR SALE" LABEL,
FOR
VEE-JAY OR CAPITOL RECORDS NEVER DID !
FINDING THIS PROMOTIONAL PRESSING IN THIS
CONDITION IS QUITE
AN ACHIEVEMENT, FOR USUALLY THE WHITE LABELS WOULD DISPLAY
VERY ROUGH AGING AND WRITING, NOT TO MENTION THE VINYL WEAR.
AS EVIDENT IN THE ABOVE SCANS, THE LABELS ARE SO STUNNING
AND THE WHITE TONE "POPS" OUT IN BRILLIANT CLARITY.
THE VINYL GRADES A STELLAR AND TRUE
AS NEW,
UNPLAYED !
THE GROOVES AND ORIGINAL SHEEN
ARE STILL RETAINED IN ALL IT'S BEAUTY.
THE ORIGINAL ACCOMPANYING MONO COVER IS THE
CORRECT VARIATION,
WHICH IS THE FIRST ISSUE BACK COVER CONTAINING THE
"3 LINE PUBLISHING CREDITS"- AND IS GRADED AT A SOLID
NEAR MINT MINUS, WITH THE ONLY WEAR EVIDENT IS CORNER
BALDING ON ALL FOUR TIPS. NO RINGWEAR, SPLITS, OR ANY
OTHER DISTRACTIONS. GREAT BOLD COLOR & GRAPHICS !
THE ORIGINAL UNITED ARTISTS INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO THERE !!
THE COMPANION PIECE, THE
RARER WADDELL PRESSING
FROM BURBANK, CALIFORNIA - HAS SOLD :
