It’s special celebration time for The Beatles and their masterful album A Hard Day’s Night with its upcoming 60th-anniversary vinyl reissue. This special reissue is set to mark the 60th anniversary of the album’s original release, as well as celebrate the British National Album Day (October 19, 2024). The reissue is set to be in the form of a limited edition 180g white pressing of the 1964 LP.
Released as their third studio album, A Hard Day’s Night was penned solely by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, highlighting the development of their songwriting partnership. The LP also served as a partial soundtrack to the band’s first film of the same name and includes its titular track and “Can’t Buy Me Love” which both became transatlantic Number One singles for the group.
The official Beatles website had this to say about the album:
Recorded between January and June 1964 and released that July, if ever there was a pointer to what an album could achieve, it’s the 13 songs and 31 minutes of ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, the third long-player by the Beatles. It is the sound of a group with the wind in its hair, the confidence that their hard work was paying off.
In the 476 days since the release of their debut LP, ‘Please Please Me’ in March 1963, The Beatles had gone from local to national to international phenomenon. ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, both the beloved 1964 film directed by Richard Lester and the album, captured that rocket in a bottle. With songs about working men going home to their loved ones (the title track, When I Get Home); the exhilaration of early love (I Should Have Known Better, If I Fell, And I Love Her, I’m Happy Just To Dance With You); the ups and downs of relationships (I’ll Cry Instead, Tell Me Why, You Can’t Do That) and, already, a strong sense of time (Things We Said Today), on ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, Lennon & McCartney put words in the mouths of teenagers around the world.
Are you going to be in the market for The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night 60th-anniversary vinyl?
‘A Hard Day’s Night’ Tracklist:
Side One:
- A Hard Day’s Night
- I Should Have Known Better
- If I Fell
- I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
- And I Love Her
- Tell Me Why
- Can’t Buy Me Love
Side Two:
- Any Time At All
- I’ll Cry Instead
- Things We Said Today
- When I Get Home
- You Can’t Do That
- I’ll Be Back
