ORIGINAL PRE-RELEASE UNITED ARTISTS RECORDS UA 750 7 45 RPM SINGLE PROMOTIONAL COPY
GEORGE MARTIN AND HIS ORCHESTRA FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK THE BEATLES A HARD DAY S NIGHT A HARD DAY S NIGHT / SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER 1964
INSANELY RARE ORIGINAL 1st PRINT UNITED ARTISTS AIRPORT BLUE PICTURE SLEEVE
THE RAREST UNITED ARTISTS PROMOTIONAL WHITE LABEL VARIATION WITH THE DISC JOCKEY NOT FOR SALE BANNER
COLUMBIA RECORDS, TERRE HAUTE, IN PLANT PRESSING
Up for auction is the 2nd out of two United Artists instrumental single records released in September, 1964 which was recorded by George Martin and His Orchestra for The Beatles A Hard Day s Night soundtrack. This issue s picture sleeve design shows a black and white photo of The Beatles at an airport and has a vivid blue background on the front. This incredibly rare picture sleeve is very often referred to as the Blue Airport Sleeve . The back side of the sleeve displays a black and white Robert Freeman s photo of the band members standing with George Martin which was previously used on Martin s 1st UA album Off The Beatles Track . The catalog number UA 750 is located on the front cover on the right above the photo. The layout, graphics and text of the blue upper portion of the sleeve is similar to the red upper sleeve of the 1st United Artists George Martin single. The 1st UA 745 instrumental single record that is also currently listed at our auction comes with a picture sleeve that repeats the LP cover design of the A Hard Day s Night album having the same photos of the boys and red background, and therefore, is commonly referred to as the red picture sleeve. This promotional copy contains the rarest United Artists white promo label variation showing two horizontal black lines, running across the label, and Disc Jockey Not For Sale banner. The majority of label variations of this promotional issue don t contain the Disc Jockey banner. This promotional vinyl was pressed at the Columbia Records, Terre Haute, IN plant as identified by the hand-etched T in the runout grooves on both sides. The full 1st pressing matrix numbers are as follows: Side 1 I Should Have Known Better ZTSP-92814-1G T1 Side 2 A Hard Day s Night ZTSP-92815-1H T1.
This extremely rare and hard to find picture sleeve is graded as Excellent Minus. It s very clean and doesn t have any splits, tears, soiling, writing or residue. The front and back side of the sleeve only have some light age shelf wear as well as a light impression from the record which is in Very Good Plus condition. The vinyl has a beautiful gloss only containing some very light non-feelable surface hairlines and marks as well as some very light scuffs from the picture sleeve that don t affect the playback in any way. The beautiful white labels are very clean and in Near Mint Practically Mint Minus condition without having any scuffs, wear or spindle marks. The record s audio is graded as Excellent. The vinyl plays amazing with warm vivid sound.
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