This is true. But Lee is experiencing it just like we in the US did. The album was released in June and we had to wait till August for the movie. By the time we could watch it, we knew all the songs by heart and loved them!
True, although all of that was filtered through screenwriter Alun Owen. So it was his interpretation of their personalities, like looking at something through colored glass.
@@davebrooks2385 I saw it in 1964 in So Ca age 9 and I walked out of the movie wishing so strongly that I was one among them, that I was one of these 5 fast friends.
@@yes_head Well , yeh it was a caricature, they admitted the couldn't act so he wrote it fopr them to be a version of themselves. No one could have written this as good, Alan was from Liverpool himself.
the first two songs on this album make my spirit soar, and have been doing that for 61 years, and have kept my inner child alive and happy through the ups and downs of my life... Beatles forever!!
Fabulous. Somebody (Ian McDonald maybe?) refers to their "searing harmonies." I always liked that. Simon & Garfunkel - another kind of harmonic perfection, a different animal.
The Beatles were so fresh, so creative, so catchy, and these songs capture that energy and excitement of Beatlemania and their first movie so well. They always had, along with George Martin's musical input, such amazing intros and outros, too. They were the first Perfect Storm of an amazing era, which I hope will never be forgotten.... 💖
When I was a kid, my parents let me go see the movie when it was first released and the theater was packed. I was a big Beatles fan, but I still saw them as a phenomenon and wasn't sure if they would last. However, the moment I heard the Lads play "If I Fell," along with "And I Love Her," I knew the Fab Four were here to stay. The songs were so beautiful and sophisticated that I became an even bigger fan and I have been one ever since.
They were still somewhat in their beginning stage at this time but the production started getting better Rubber soul was the great through song writing wise
I so badly want to make a comment here, but...there just aren't the words to describe everything these songs, these Beatles meant/mean to the world... The musicianship, the singing, those amazing harmonies, and the message.... No words.
Songwriting this good is why their music is still adored sixty years later. I'm not the Beatles biggest fan, but sometimes you just have to hold up your hands and admit this is in a class of its own.
One person's comment about this album: "If you had to explain the Beatles' impact to a stranger, you'd play them the soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night. The songs, conceived in a hotel room in a spare couple of weeks between up-ending the British class system and conquering America, were full of bite and speed. There was adventure, knowingness, love, and abundant charm."
I think both Paul’s bass and Ringo’s drums are more in the background on these early recordings due production decisions. The audience for these recordings were teens (or so went the thinking) listening over tinny radios or cheap phonograph players if they were lucky. Bass was not reproduced well on that type of equipment, plus cutting masters for reproduction was more difficult if the recording contained the sonic energy of deep bass and thudding drums. So, engineers focused on the guitars and vocals. Lee, you should play one of the compilations on YT that showcase the #1 records of 1964 to give a sense of the music of that era, and why the Beatles stood out. Cheers!
I've seen a couple people make this comment, but IMO -- for pop music circa 1964 -- the bass and drums are actually mixed relatively high. Back then it was usually the vocals that were pushed way to the front with everything else flattened out and relegated to the background. George Martin and the EMI team were pretty revolutionary in bringing the rhythm section up to the same level as the guitars, and not even that far behind the vocals. IMO it helped to contribute to their group identity and brand.
@ I agree that Martin and the engineers made tremendous strides in improving this, but I think that the fruit of their labors didn’t really show up until recording Rubber Souls and subsequent albums.
I remember buying the single of ‘Can’t buy me love’…happy youngster, growing up days 60 years ago! And the fact you’re discovering and appreciating this great music in 2025 is inspiring and a testament to the music.
Thanks, Lee. A fun fact about the movie A Hard Day's Night is that Phil Collins was in the crowd when they played at the TV studio. He was just a kid but was cut from the film because he was more interested in the music than yelling and screaming. Later on the The director gave him the cut film with him in it.
An overlooked U.S. release? Something New. I owned this album and it had many tracks from A Hard Days NIght along with gems like Things We Said Today, Anytime At All, and When I Get Home. Something New is an album by English rock band the Beatles, released in 1964 for the North American market only. The album is the third Capitol LP release and fifth American album release overall by the band, following the United Artists release of A Hard Day's Night.
Listening to this again was sublime….and I’m reflecting back on my 2 older sisters and how when this came out they tried to harmonize perfectly singing IF I FELL just like John and Paul did❤️
Let's just feels so home to me. It's so comforting and it's exciting. Even after all of the times I've heard it, because my perspective on it keeps changing, I keep enjoying it in different and new ways. There are enough things there to peel back and experience over time.
A Hard Days Night, Tell Me Why, Can’t Buy Me Love, are three of my faves hard driving songs! I remember when these movies came out and sitting outside waiting to see them, In 64. Thanks Lee
The first 7 tracks were in the movie and the last 7 (side two) had been in consideration. One of my favorite moments on the album is near the end of "I Should Have Known Better" when John's double track vocal is reduced to single track for the line "That when I tell you that I love you..." The second side of the album ends with maybe my favorite Lennon song, "I'll Be Back", about his dysfunctional relationship with his father. A+
From what I read, the name "A Hard Days Night" for the movie title came at the last minute after hearing one of Ringo's sayings, "It's been a hard day's night.". John wrote the song over night, and it was recorded the next day after fine tuning with Paul.
They were asked to write a song A.S.A.P. for the movie bc the songs that were written didn't have a catchy title for the movie plus it was about their lives, they needed the song soon and you told the rest correctly as I also have read it!
I have two younger daughters who know the Beatles. I ask them “do you see the big difference between them and all or most of the current artists? The Beatles played their own instruments in all their live concerts. No lip syncing, no recorded backup music. And NO AUTO-TUNE!”
"I Should Have Known Better" was played one day when I was barely 11. That was the 1st day of my rebirth! The first day I noticed hearing John's voice!
I think you’re finding out for yourself that the hype is TRUE. And this is them in their early days !! I was 9 in ‘63 and lived and loved it all. I cannot describe the global impact they had,let alone their homeland.
How can two songwriters come up with so many songs that are so different. Genius, to live forever in infamy. Thanks guys ,you made the world a better place.
This is the best album of their early period - and that's probably due to the fact that it's all-original material. That was the reason some people felt "Beatles for Sale" wasn't quite up to par - but considering the time-constraints they were working under, "Beatles for Sale" is a damn fine album.
L33, there's about 40 good 'lost' tracks in the Beatles catalogue that never made it on an official Beatles album. Many were singles or scrapped or sold to other artists. However, you'll have fun on YT searching for them. As a Beatlemaniac, it's worth the discovery. Like finding gold.
I saw "A Hard Day's Night" when it first came out -- yes, I'm that old. I've seen it since many times. I've listened to all the songs so often over the past 60 years they've become part of my DNA. Yet I can still get new admiration for what the Beatles did and that's what current listen-to has done. Paying close attention to all aspects of each track, I'm still able to be amazed at the drive and energy they put out. Even in a slower song like "And I Love Her", you can't help be be impressed by how... smart and professional they are in terms of songwriting, instrumentation, and production. It's even more notable considering what was populating top 40 radio just 6-7 months previously.
Given that the emphasis at the time was to put the vocals more on top, and they were featuring the finest vocal performances going on, actually think it's a great mix and I was marveling at Paul's bass guitar lines in every one of these songs. Go back and listen again and pay particular attention, he's a busy man behind the scenes and he's so keyed in with George and Ringo it's unbelievable.
Back in time and place when we did not know English we were screaming at the top of our lungs "O, Babilo, o, everybody gariro". Same with Venus " She's Gara" was our anthem. Oh, memories. Thank you so much for how you visibly enjoy and appreciate the music of my generation!
If I remember correctly, Ringo came in for rehearsal all strung out from the weekend. He responded to the guffaws and wonderment with “It’s been a hard days night.” John fielded it immediately and a song was born. Beatles…
The term "Hard Day's Night" is a Ringoism, in which Ringo used the term during a conversation with Paul (I believe), while complaining about how tired he was from working all day. The Beatles often did that. The title "Eight Days A Week" came from a conversation with a cab driver.
Earlier music was mixed for AM car radios and small record players back then. Not stereo. Vocals made to stand out more than the musicality of a song. That changes on Rubber Soul even on Help to some extent.
When the recorded this, they had already been playing together everyday for years; they were tight for sure. They were ready to take the world by storm-and they did!
The movie came first. They didn't have a title. John suggested A Hard Day's Night as an example of the things Ringo says. The director gave the title to the producers. They liked it, but needed a title song. The next morning, John and Paul showed up and played them this song. Yeah, that's how you can end up with 11 studio albums and two full CDs of non-album material, two theatrical films, a TV special, and, until 1966, hardcore touring, all in 7 years.
Their I963 compositions CAUSED Beatlemania and yet are routinely spoken of as mere prelude, or even dismissed, which is absurd. The '64 album A Hard Day's Night! (just for example) is as amazing as any other amazing album by The Beatles. Considering just their love songs, before The Beatles wrote about universal love, romance was their main subject matter that Beatlemania was built upon, the first four years ('62-'66) of Beatles' love songs/lyrics/stories provided inspiration, encouragement and advice, dominating the air waves & ruling the charts, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There, And I Love Her, Love Me Do, Just To Dance With You, I Should've Known Better, Do You Want To Know A Secret, This Boy, Run For Your Life, I'll Get You, Wait, Yes It Is, If I Fell, We Can Work It Out, Girl, Michelle, You're Gonna Lose That Girl, It's Only Love, I'm A Loser, Misery, For No One, I'll Cry Instead, The Night Before, Can't Buy Me Love, I Need You, If I Needed Someone, Please Please Me, PS I Love You, No Reply, Eight Days A Week, Drive My Car, Ticket To Ride, Think For Yourself, I Call Your Name, Slow Down, I'm Looking Through You, She's A Woman, Babies In Black, Tell Me Why, You Can't Do That, I'll Get You, A Hard Day's Night, You Really Got A Hold On Me, That Means A Lot, I Feel Fine, No Reply, Good Day Sunshine, Got To Get You Into My Life, I Want To Tell You, Bad To Me, Woman (Paul's song for Peter & Gordon), I've Just Seen A Face, Yesterday, All My Lovin', Not A Second Time, I'll Be Back, I'll Follow The Sun, All I've Got To Do, Here There And Everywhere, Don't Bother Me, Every Little Thing She Does, It Won't Be Long, Anna, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Devil In Her Heart, Hold Me Tight, Little Child, Any Time At All, Bad To Me, When I Get Home, Babies In Black, Things We Said Today, What You're Doin', You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, We Can Work It Out, You Like Me Too Much, It's Only Love, Tell Me What You See, You Won't See Me, What Goes On, and covers by other artists, like Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Twist And Shout, Words of Love, Til There Was You, Baby It's You, To Know Her Is To Love Her, all were about romantic love experiences at various stages (from anticipation or loneliness, longing, to lovestruck, heartache, heartbreak, possessive jealousy, regret, reconciliation, etc.), delivered with unsurpassed vocals, novel guitar riffs and sounds, a beat that compelled you to dance (from the twist & many new steps, to even traditional waltzes and ballroom), and as much as their growth was lauded it was at the same time ('67-'70) lamented because people missed the earlier style of Beatle music which could've continued for years without anyone desiring change.
According to various sources, George Martin thought that "And I Love Her" needed a defining musical phrase, and George Harrison (though he wasn't given a writing credit) took a guitar into the corner and came up with the four notes on the spot (and wrote the solo).
John attributed learning the harmonica riff on Love Me Do from Delbert McClinton. Delbert is a great and underrated blues / rock performer. So many good songs! Give him a listen.
A Hard Day's Night, the single, the album & the film are Beatlemania incarnate. My favourite early Beatles album. My only gripe is Ringo doesn't get a track to sing on this album.
When you consider that basically while filming they finally decided on the name for the film and the producer says now we need a title song. The boys go back to the hotel that night, and the next morning the come in with the title song A Hard Days Night. Amazing!
On the way from England to a gig in Hamburg, they stopped at a store (now a tourist attraction) in Netherlands where John stole a harmonica. That was before Dylan. His inspiration was Delbert McClinton.
This is one of my favorites from the "early" period. Thank God for the cleaning up of these recordings....on Happy Just to Dance With You, you could never pick up that additional heavier drum beat by listening to this on the radio and old vinyl and now it pops! "Is this a Greatest Hits album? No, just another Beatle album!" - normal people would ask.
Their I963 compositions CAUSED Beatlemania and yet are routinely spoken of as mere prelude, or even dismissed, which is absurd. The '64 album A Hard Day's Night! (just for example) is as amazing as any other amazing album by The Beatles. Considering just their love songs, before The Beatles wrote about universal love, romance was their main subject matter that Beatlemania was built upon, the first four years ('62-'66) of Beatles' love songs/lyrics/stories provided inspiration, encouragement and advice, dominating the air waves & ruling the charts, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There, And I Love Her, Love Me Do, Just To Dance With You, I Should've Known Better, Do You Want To Know A Secret, This Boy, Run For Your Life, I'll Get You, Wait, Yes It Is, If I Fell, We Can Work It Out, Girl, Michelle, You're Gonna Lose That Girl, It's Only Love, I'm A Loser, Misery, For No One, I'll Cry Instead, The Night Before, Can't Buy Me Love, I Need You, If I Needed Someone, Please Please Me, PS I Love You, No Reply, Eight Days A Week, Drive My Car, Ticket To Ride, Think For Yourself, I Call Your Name, Slow Down, I'm Looking Through You, She's A Woman, Babies In Black, Tell Me Why, You Can't Do That, I'll Get You, A Hard Day's Night, You Really Got A Hold On Me, That Means A Lot, I Feel Fine, No Reply, Good Day Sunshine, Got To Get You Into My Life, I Want To Tell You, Bad To Me, Woman & A World Without Love (Paul's songs for Peter & Gordon), I've Just Seen A Face, Yesterday, All My Lovin', Not A Second Time, I'll Be Back, I'll Follow The Sun, All I've Got To Do, Here There And Everywhere, Don't Bother Me, Every Little Thing She Does, It Won't Be Long, Anna, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Devil In Her Heart, Hold Me Tight, Little Child, Any Time At All, Bad To Me, When I Get Home, Babies In Black, Things We Said Today, What You're Doin', You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, We Can Work It Out, You Like Me Too Much, It's Only Love, Tell Me What You See, You Won't See Me, What Goes On, and covers by other artists, like Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Twist And Shout, Words of Love, Til There Was You, Baby It's You, To Know Her Is To Love Her, all were about romantic love experiences at various stages (from anticipation or loneliness, longing, to lovestruck, heartache, heartbreak, possessive jealousy, regret, reconciliation, etc.), delivered with unsurpassed vocals, clever & funny & poignant & profound lyrics, novel guitar riffs and sounds, a beat that compelled you to dance (from the twist & many new steps, to even traditional waltzes and ballroom), and as much as their growth was lauded it was at the same time ('67-'70) lamented because people missed the earlier style of Beatle music which could've continued for years without anyone desiring change.
My sister brought this album home when it first came out. Even as a little kid...everything changed for me. It forced me to learn to operate her "record player".
Such a great album, one of my favorites. But then again, which Beatles album isn't my favorite? The good thing about such short songs, especially on the radio, is people want to hear it again. They would call the radio station and continually ask for the song to be played. Like many others, I used to do that when I fell in love with a song and wanted to hear it over and over.
You must the movie to fully appreciate the experience completely. I went to its premier in my city. It was crazy. Police controlling the crowds who spilled into the streets blocking traffic. Media coverage and lots of screaming ! This all without Social Media . This is the very best of the early stuff.
As David Gilmour has said, the Beatles are not a band; they are a miracle.
Someone (a music critic) said once that: "The Beatles are heroes for all of us and much more than we deserve!"
You need to watch the movie!!!! You see their personalities, wit, and charm and great songs of course
This is true. But Lee is experiencing it just like we in the US did. The album was released in June and we had to wait till August for the movie. By the time we could watch it, we knew all the songs by heart and loved them!
@@glenndespres5317Amen brother. Saw the movie in 1964 at age 12 in So Cal and knew all the words by heart then…hallmark moment in my life!!
True, although all of that was filtered through screenwriter Alun Owen. So it was his interpretation of their personalities, like looking at something through colored glass.
@@davebrooks2385 I saw it in 1964 in So Ca age 9 and I walked out of the movie wishing so strongly that I was one among them, that I was one of these 5 fast friends.
@@yes_head Well , yeh it was a caricature, they admitted the couldn't act so he wrote it fopr them to be a version of themselves. No one could have written this as good, Alan was from Liverpool himself.
Reporter: How did you find America? John: Turn left at Greenland.
Hahahaha 😅😂
I had forgotten about that. Made me laugh 😂👍
the first two songs on this album make my spirit soar, and have been doing that for 61 years, and have kept my inner child alive and happy through the ups and downs of my life... Beatles forever!!
DEFINITELY!!!!!!
opening chord to a hard days night has been a mystery to musicians trying to repeat it
John's and Paul's voices together sound like a separate person; a most beautiful harmony. Legendary album; great reaction, Lee.
Fabulous. Somebody (Ian McDonald maybe?) refers to their "searing harmonies." I always liked that. Simon & Garfunkel - another kind of harmonic perfection, a different animal.
Still sounds new - been enamoured with them since I was a kid.
Too easy to see how they conquered the world.
A Hard Days Night should be considered a masterpiece that's right up there with Rubber Soul, Revolver, and Sgt Peppers
Agree!! It’s so Beatle-y
The Beatles were so fresh, so creative, so catchy, and these songs capture that energy and excitement of Beatlemania and their first movie so well. They always had, along with George Martin's musical input, such amazing intros and outros, too. They were the first Perfect Storm of an amazing era, which I hope will never be forgotten.... 💖
When I was a kid, my parents let me go see the movie when it was first released and the theater was packed. I was a big Beatles fan, but I still saw them as a phenomenon and wasn't sure if they would last. However, the moment I heard the Lads play "If I Fell," along with "And I Love Her," I knew the Fab Four were here to stay. The songs were so beautiful and sophisticated that I became an even bigger fan and I have been one ever since.
Many people look at Rubber Soul as their songwriting breakthrough album, but for me it was this one.
Mine too. 😊 👍
They were still somewhat in their beginning stage at this time but the production started getting better
Rubber soul was the great through song writing wise
That intro chord to "Hard Days Night" The best intro in rock history.
Exact same band did Tomorrow Never Knows… TWO years later.
Blows my mind every time I think about it.
That is so crazy when you think about it. That’s why they are the greatest
The harmony on these songs is beautiful ❤
I so badly want to make a comment here, but...there just aren't the words to describe everything these songs, these Beatles meant/mean to the world...
The musicianship, the singing, those amazing harmonies, and the message....
No words.
Love this album. I used to play it in my car all the time and by the time my son was four years old he could sing the entire thing.
Songwriting this good is why their music is still adored sixty years later. I'm not the Beatles biggest fan, but sometimes you just have to hold up your hands and admit this is in a class of its own.
Early Beatles music is uplifting and impeccably recorded. Love them always 🤩❤️
My favorites on this side are both ballads: " If I Fell", and "And I Love Her"!
THEIR OWN GENRE!!😎😎😎NO TWO SONGS SOUND THE SAME, BUT YOU KNOW ITS THE BEATLES!!!💋💋💋💋
As you can tell from listening, that the reason I love this group so much is because they are so diverse and imaginative just for starters
One person's comment about this album: "If you had to explain the Beatles' impact to a stranger, you'd play them the soundtrack to A Hard Day's Night. The songs, conceived in a hotel room in a spare couple of weeks between up-ending the British class system and conquering America, were full of bite and speed. There was adventure, knowingness, love, and abundant charm."
So excellent by every measure!
My wedding ceremony was all Beatles music, with “And I Love Her” as the song playing when my wife walked down the aisle. Beautiful track.
I think both Paul’s bass and Ringo’s drums are more in the background on these early recordings due production
decisions. The audience for these recordings were teens (or so went the thinking) listening over tinny radios or cheap phonograph players if they were lucky. Bass was not reproduced well on that type of equipment, plus cutting masters for reproduction was more difficult if the recording contained the sonic energy of deep bass and thudding drums. So, engineers focused on the guitars and vocals. Lee, you should play one of the compilations on YT that showcase the #1 records of 1964 to give a sense of the music of that era, and why the Beatles stood out. Cheers!
I've seen a couple people make this comment, but IMO -- for pop music circa 1964 -- the bass and drums are actually mixed relatively high. Back then it was usually the vocals that were pushed way to the front with everything else flattened out and relegated to the background. George Martin and the EMI team were pretty revolutionary in bringing the rhythm section up to the same level as the guitars, and not even that far behind the vocals. IMO it helped to contribute to their group identity and brand.
@ I agree that Martin and the engineers made tremendous strides in improving this, but I think that the fruit of their labors didn’t really show up until recording Rubber Souls and subsequent albums.
Paul's bass also improved dramatically, he completely changed his style of playing at some point.
@@gsparkman Geoff Emerick and Paperback Writer was the big turning point
I remember buying the single of ‘Can’t buy me love’…happy youngster, growing up days 60 years ago! And the fact you’re discovering and appreciating this great music in 2025 is inspiring and a testament to the music.
Thanks, Lee. A fun fact about the movie A Hard Day's Night is that Phil Collins was in the crowd when they played at the TV studio.
He was just a kid but was cut from the film because he was more interested in the music than yelling and screaming. Later on the
The director gave him the cut film with him in it.
I keep saying--you must listen to the masterpiece--"Things we said today."
Spectacular song. Filled with longing, sadness, an understanding of the fleeting quality of life. Love this song.
An overlooked U.S. release? Something New. I owned this album and it had many tracks from A Hard Days NIght along with gems like Things We Said Today, Anytime At All, and When I Get Home.
Something New is an album by English rock band the Beatles, released in 1964 for the North American market only. The album is the third Capitol LP release and fifth American album release overall by the band, following the United Artists release of A Hard Day's Night.
@@glenndespres5317 It was on one of their earlier albums, possibly Beatles 65. It's so good.
LOVE every song, but And I Love Her melts me right into the floor! Brilliant and iconic.❤
Same here! Great flamenco groove, just beautiful 😍!
Listening to this again was sublime….and I’m reflecting back on my 2 older sisters and how when this came out they tried to harmonize perfectly singing IF I FELL just like John and Paul did❤️
I forgot how good this album is❤️
Great album! The Beatles forever!!
Let's just feels so home to me. It's so comforting and it's exciting. Even after all of the times I've heard it, because my perspective on it keeps changing, I keep enjoying it in different and new ways. There are enough things there to peel back and experience over time.
A Hard Days Night, Tell Me Why, Can’t Buy Me Love, are three of my faves hard driving songs! I remember when these movies came out and sitting outside waiting to see them, In 64. Thanks Lee
The first 7 tracks were in the movie and the last 7 (side two) had been in consideration. One of my favorite moments on the album is near the end of "I Should Have Known Better" when John's double track vocal is reduced to single track for the line "That when I tell you that I love you..." The second side of the album ends with maybe my favorite Lennon song, "I'll Be Back", about his dysfunctional relationship with his father. A+
Great moment!
First album I heard around 1970. Addicted ever since. I was 8 and my mother had it. Wonderful
From what I read, the name "A Hard Days Night" for the movie title came at the last minute after hearing one of Ringo's sayings, "It's been a hard day's night.". John wrote the song over night, and it was recorded the next day after fine tuning with Paul.
They were asked to write a song A.S.A.P. for the movie bc the songs that were written didn't have a catchy title for the movie plus it was about their lives, they needed the song soon and you told the rest correctly as I also have read it!
I have two younger daughters who know the Beatles. I ask them “do you see the big difference between them and all or most of the current artists? The Beatles played their own instruments in all their live concerts. No lip syncing, no recorded backup music. And NO AUTO-TUNE!”
Landmark album and a ton of fun
"I Should Have Known Better" was played one day when I was barely 11. That was the 1st day of my rebirth! The first day I noticed hearing John's voice!
The harmony on "If I Fell" is simply sublime.
It is. However, since I noticed Paul’s voice crack towards the end, I can’t unhear it.
its weird but as a metal fan this is my favorite beatles album
John sang intro to if I fell
It's a good album and I still have it 60 years later...
I think you’re finding out for yourself that the hype is TRUE.
And this is them in their early days !!
I was 9 in ‘63 and lived and loved it all.
I cannot describe the global impact they had,let alone their homeland.
How can two songwriters come up with so many songs that are so different. Genius, to live forever in infamy. Thanks guys ,you made the world a better place.
Always amazed that Tell Me Why wasn't a single, could have been #1.
This is the best album of their early period - and that's probably due to the fact that it's all-original material. That was the reason some people felt "Beatles for Sale" wasn't quite up to par - but considering the time-constraints they were working under, "Beatles for Sale" is a damn fine album.
Such a good album .. lots of memories there
Fantastic ❤ The Hard Day's Night album spent 14 weeks in the #1 Spot in 1964. ❤ l was only 8 years old then when l bought it
The Beatles are the best way to start a day. Well there is another way but sadly that ain't happening for me. Thanks for the music.
Whenever the topic of the Beatles comes up, this album is the first thing that comes to mind. 👌
L33, there's about 40 good 'lost' tracks in the Beatles catalogue that never made it on an official Beatles album. Many were singles or scrapped or sold to other artists. However, you'll have fun on YT searching for them. As a Beatlemaniac, it's worth the discovery. Like finding gold.
I saw "A Hard Day's Night" when it first came out -- yes, I'm that old. I've seen it since many times. I've listened to all the songs so often over the past 60 years they've become part of my DNA. Yet I can still get new admiration for what the Beatles did and that's what current listen-to has done. Paying close attention to all aspects of each track, I'm still able to be amazed at the drive and energy they put out. Even in a slower song like "And I Love Her", you can't help be be impressed by how... smart and professional they are in terms of songwriting, instrumentation, and production. It's even more notable considering what was populating top 40 radio just 6-7 months previously.
I'm with you bro, absolutely Lennon's rock vocals
Given that the emphasis at the time was to put the vocals more on top, and they were featuring the finest vocal performances going on, actually think it's a great mix and I was marveling at Paul's bass guitar lines in every one of these songs. Go back and listen again and pay particular attention, he's a busy man behind the scenes and he's so keyed in with George and Ringo it's unbelievable.
Liked it when I was a kid, hear it in so much more depth now
So happy to join you on your Beatles journey. Your joy brings me joy.
John DOMINATES the songwriting on this LP.
Just what I needed today, thanks!
George gets to sing on I'm Happy Just To Dance With You. Yea George!
Back in time and place when we did not know English we were screaming at the top of our lungs "O, Babilo, o, everybody gariro". Same with Venus " She's Gara" was our anthem. Oh, memories. Thank you so much for how you visibly enjoy and appreciate the music of my generation!
And every song was good! These were the songs of Beatlemania. We know them all!
Great way to wake up!!
If I remember correctly, Ringo came in for rehearsal all strung out from the weekend. He responded to the guffaws and wonderment with “It’s been a hard days night.” John fielded it immediately and a song was born. Beatles…
The term "Hard Day's Night" is a Ringoism, in which Ringo used the term during a conversation with Paul (I believe), while complaining about how tired he was from working all day. The Beatles often did that.
The title "Eight Days A Week" came from a conversation with a cab driver.
Clarity of definition in all the variation is truly impressive, thank you 💥
Never an early Beatles fan ( too deep, dark & real') becoming one!
I saw them live in 64…..just the best..so creative and John’s voice is the best
I'm 70. Was 10 and had "MEET THE BEATLES" 🙏🙏❤❤❤❤
Me too!
Thanks for doing the UK release rather than the US version.
Earlier music was mixed for AM car radios and small record players back then. Not stereo. Vocals made to stand out more than the musicality of a song. That changes on Rubber Soul even on Help to some extent.
A fantastic album ❤ I hope side 2 comes soon 😊
When the recorded this, they had already been playing together everyday for years; they were tight for sure. They were ready to take the world by storm-and they did!
My favorite all time album.
George Harrison added that little guitar intro to And I love her.
"Can't buy me love" was the answer to the Kingsmen's version of "Money! which out sold the Beatles version,Berry Gordy sold the song to both bands!
What a bunch of amazing songs!! Love the Jethro Tull hat....
The movie came first. They didn't have a title. John suggested A Hard Day's Night as an example of the things Ringo says. The director gave the title to the producers. They liked it, but needed a title song. The next morning, John and Paul showed up and played them this song. Yeah, that's how you can end up with 11 studio albums and two full CDs of non-album material, two theatrical films, a TV special, and, until 1966, hardcore touring, all in 7 years.
I think one of the original title suggestions was 'Eight arms to hold you'
@MrDiddyDee I believe you are correct.
Their I963 compositions CAUSED Beatlemania and yet are routinely spoken of as mere prelude, or even dismissed, which is absurd. The '64 album A Hard Day's Night! (just for example) is as amazing as any other amazing album by The Beatles.
Considering just their love songs, before The Beatles wrote about universal love, romance was their main subject matter that Beatlemania was built upon, the first four years ('62-'66) of Beatles' love songs/lyrics/stories provided inspiration, encouragement and advice, dominating the air waves & ruling the charts, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There, And I Love Her, Love Me Do, Just To Dance With You, I Should've Known Better, Do You Want To Know A Secret, This Boy, Run For Your Life, I'll Get You, Wait, Yes It Is, If I Fell, We Can Work It Out, Girl, Michelle, You're Gonna Lose That Girl, It's Only Love, I'm A Loser, Misery, For No One, I'll Cry Instead, The Night Before, Can't Buy Me Love, I Need You, If I Needed Someone, Please Please Me, PS I Love You, No Reply, Eight Days A Week, Drive My Car, Ticket To Ride, Think For Yourself, I Call Your Name, Slow Down, I'm Looking Through You, She's A Woman, Babies In Black, Tell Me Why, You Can't Do That, I'll Get You, A Hard Day's Night, You Really Got A Hold On Me, That Means A Lot, I Feel Fine, No Reply, Good Day Sunshine, Got To Get You Into My Life, I Want To Tell You, Bad To Me, Woman (Paul's song for Peter & Gordon), I've Just Seen A Face, Yesterday, All My Lovin', Not A Second Time, I'll Be Back, I'll Follow The Sun, All I've Got To Do, Here There And Everywhere, Don't Bother Me, Every Little Thing She Does, It Won't Be Long, Anna, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Devil In Her Heart, Hold Me Tight, Little Child, Any Time At All, Bad To Me, When I Get Home, Babies In Black, Things We Said Today, What You're Doin', You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, We Can Work It Out, You Like Me Too Much, It's Only Love, Tell Me What You See, You Won't See Me, What Goes On, and covers by other artists, like Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Twist And Shout, Words of Love, Til There Was You, Baby It's You, To Know Her Is To Love Her, all were about romantic love experiences at various stages (from anticipation or loneliness, longing, to lovestruck, heartache, heartbreak, possessive jealousy, regret, reconciliation, etc.), delivered with unsurpassed vocals, novel guitar riffs and sounds, a beat that compelled you to dance (from the twist & many new steps, to even traditional waltzes and ballroom), and as much as their growth was lauded it was at the same time ('67-'70) lamented because people missed the earlier style of Beatle music which could've continued for years without anyone desiring change.
@@MrDiddyDee Eight Arms to Hold You was the working title for Help!
@@MrDiddyDeeThat's Help!
According to various sources, George Martin thought that "And I Love Her" needed a defining musical phrase, and George Harrison (though he wasn't given a writing credit) took a guitar into the corner and came up with the four notes on the spot (and wrote the solo).
John attributed learning the harmonica riff on Love Me Do from Delbert McClinton. Delbert is a great and underrated blues / rock performer. So many good songs! Give him a listen.
A Hard Day's Night, the single, the album & the film are Beatlemania incarnate. My favourite early Beatles album. My only gripe is Ringo doesn't get a track to sing on this album.
When you consider that basically while filming they finally decided on the name for the film and the producer says now we need a title song. The boys go back to the hotel that night, and the next morning the come in with the title song A Hard Days Night. Amazing!
WATCH "A HARD DAYS NIGHT". GREAT FLICK, GREAT SOUNDTRACK👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
A perfect pop album side. Loved your reaction.
Great. And I think Side 2 may be even better!
That's George playing an acoustic guitar on "And I love her"
His flamenco playing made that song special! George came up with the composition, I believe!!
As I understand it, it was George who came up with that four-note phrase that opens the song, and it's such an important part of the song.
I can see the little 12 year old girls swooning and fainting listening to "And I Love her!"
On the way from England to a gig in Hamburg, they stopped at a store (now a tourist attraction) in Netherlands where John stole a harmonica. That was before Dylan.
His inspiration was Delbert McClinton.
You need to see the movie. It's fantastic!
The chord at the beginning of HDsN smashed open the doors to the swinging 60s that we know n love!
This is one of my favorites from the "early" period. Thank God for the cleaning up of these recordings....on Happy Just to Dance With You, you could never pick up that additional heavier drum beat by listening to this on the radio and old vinyl and now it pops! "Is this a Greatest Hits album? No, just another Beatle album!" - normal people would ask.
Their I963 compositions CAUSED Beatlemania and yet are routinely spoken of as mere prelude, or even dismissed, which is absurd. The '64 album A Hard Day's Night! (just for example) is as amazing as any other amazing album by The Beatles.
Considering just their love songs, before The Beatles wrote about universal love, romance was their main subject matter that Beatlemania was built upon, the first four years ('62-'66) of Beatles' love songs/lyrics/stories provided inspiration, encouragement and advice, dominating the air waves & ruling the charts, She Loves You, I Saw Her Standing There, And I Love Her, Love Me Do, Just To Dance With You, I Should've Known Better, Do You Want To Know A Secret, This Boy, Run For Your Life, I'll Get You, Wait, Yes It Is, If I Fell, We Can Work It Out, Girl, Michelle, You're Gonna Lose That Girl, It's Only Love, I'm A Loser, Misery, For No One, I'll Cry Instead, The Night Before, Can't Buy Me Love, I Need You, If I Needed Someone, Please Please Me, PS I Love You, No Reply, Eight Days A Week, Drive My Car, Ticket To Ride, Think For Yourself, I Call Your Name, Slow Down, I'm Looking Through You, She's A Woman, Babies In Black, Tell Me Why, You Can't Do That, I'll Get You, A Hard Day's Night, You Really Got A Hold On Me, That Means A Lot, I Feel Fine, No Reply, Good Day Sunshine, Got To Get You Into My Life, I Want To Tell You, Bad To Me, Woman & A World Without Love (Paul's songs for Peter & Gordon), I've Just Seen A Face, Yesterday, All My Lovin', Not A Second Time, I'll Be Back, I'll Follow The Sun, All I've Got To Do, Here There And Everywhere, Don't Bother Me, Every Little Thing She Does, It Won't Be Long, Anna, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Devil In Her Heart, Hold Me Tight, Little Child, Any Time At All, Bad To Me, When I Get Home, Babies In Black, Things We Said Today, What You're Doin', You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, We Can Work It Out, You Like Me Too Much, It's Only Love, Tell Me What You See, You Won't See Me, What Goes On, and covers by other artists, like Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Twist And Shout, Words of Love, Til There Was You, Baby It's You, To Know Her Is To Love Her, all were about romantic love experiences at various stages (from anticipation or loneliness, longing, to lovestruck, heartache, heartbreak, possessive jealousy, regret, reconciliation, etc.), delivered with unsurpassed vocals, clever & funny & poignant & profound lyrics, novel guitar riffs and sounds, a beat that compelled you to dance (from the twist & many new steps, to even traditional waltzes and ballroom), and as much as their growth was lauded it was at the same time ('67-'70) lamented because people missed the earlier style of Beatle music which could've continued for years without anyone desiring change.
This album in particular shows off Ringo’s musicality!!!!
my first vinyl ever, got it when I was 6, got instantly hooked
Nearly 60 years later and we are still enjoying their music, thats quality.
My sister brought this album home when it first came out. Even as a little kid...everything changed for me. It forced me to learn to operate her "record player".
Such a great album, one of my favorites. But then again, which Beatles album isn't my favorite?
The good thing about such short songs, especially on the radio, is people want to hear it again. They would call the radio station and continually ask for the song to be played. Like many others, I used to do that when I fell in love with a song and wanted to hear it over and over.
You must the movie to fully appreciate the experience completely. I went to its premier in my city. It was crazy. Police controlling the crowds who spilled into the streets blocking traffic. Media coverage and lots of screaming ! This all without Social Media . This is the very best of the early stuff.
All songs are iconic bro!!!
Love this album. It swings!