A
Hard Day’s Night
United Artists UAL 3366 Mono,
Released 6/26/64
ULTRA-RARE
PROMOTIONAL "NOT FOR SALE"
SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
WITH RARE "D.J. PROMO STICKER"
ITEM #
: PR998
CONDITION :
COVER NEAR MINT / RECORD "AS NEW" UNPLAYED /
STICKER NEAR MINT
PRICE
: $9,000
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
THE "BEST CONDITIONED . . . WORLD CLASS EXAMPLE"
EVER OFFERED OF THIS RARITY.
THIS PRESSING OFFERED HERE (UA3366.DJ1B, SPIZER) IS
THE MEGA-RARE
H.V. WADDELL
VARIATION, PRESSED IN BURBANK, CALIFORNIA
(AS OPPOSED TO THE COLUMBIA PRESSING).
( ACTUAL SCANS & PHOTOS )
THIS RECORD IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR FOUR 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, THIS WADDELL PRESSING IS RARELY
FOUND, FOR IT IS APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 1 SCARCER THAN THE COLUMBIA
PRESSING. THIRD 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 BEAUTIFUL NEAR MINT.
YET, THERE IS A FIFTH REASON WHY THIS STUPENDOUS
SET IS SO VERY SPECIAL.
THIS ORIGINAL, ACCOMPANYING COVER HAS THE EXTREMELY RARE
"D. J. SAMPLES, PROMOTIONAL COPIES" WHITE STICKER
STILL ADHERED TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE FRONT COVER !!
NO SPLITS, NO RINGWEAR,
AND THE
GRAPHICS ARE STUNNING ON BOTH SIDES.
THE ORIGINAL UNITED ARTISTS INNER SLEEVE IS ALSO THERE !!
ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY FROM PERRY
COX,
RESPECTED BEATLES EXPERT AND AUTHOR, WHO CLEARLY
STATES HOW MAGNIFICENT THIS COLLECTIBLE IS :
