A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night is a single on Parlophone (catalogue R 5160), released 10 July 1964. Released the same day as the LP and film.

Recorded during the band's Beatlemania (1962–1964) period, produced by George Martin with Norman Smith engineering. The tracks were committed to tape at EMI Studios, Abbey Road on Twin-track BTR-2 (1962); Studer J37 four-track from late-1963 via the REDD.37 / REDD.51 valve consoles.

A Hard Day's Night is a Beatles single issued in the United Kingdom on 10 July 1964 by Parlophone under catalogue number R 5160. It sits in the band's Beatlemania (1962–1964) period. It was issued the same day as the parent LP A Hard Day's Night.

Sessions were produced by George Martin with Norman Smith engineering, working at EMI Studios, Abbey Road. The signal chain ran through the Twin-track BTR-2 (1962); Studer J37 four-track from late-1963 • REDD.37 / REDD.51 valve consoles, with vocals captured on Neumann U47, U48. This combination of room, tape format and outboard chain is the same one heard across the band's other releases from the era — meaning the release shares its sonic identity with its parent LP rather than departing from it.

The release features A Hard Day's Night.

Documented alternate masters and remaster passes can be found via the linked entries above; the editorial position throughout Beatles Answers is that the original UK mono master is the canonical point of reference for any single from this era, with the 2009 and 50th-anniversary stereo remasters treated as documented variations rather than replacements. Catalogue numbers, label copy and matrix data are taken from EMI/Parlophone primary documentation and cross-checked against Mark Lewisohn's The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions (1988).

Each track on this single carries its own session history on the dedicated entry. The summary below pulls the most distinctive editorial detail from each:

• A Hard Day's Night — The master emerged from take nine after four complete attempts. The session required orchestral overdubs: George Martin's orchestral arrangement featuring strings and horns per film specifications, overlaid after basic rhythm section recording.

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