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Editorial Review:
Tracklist
---A Hard Day's Night---
01. A Hard Day's Night
02. I Should Have Known Better
03. If I Fell
04. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
05. And I Love Her
06. Tell Me Why
07. Can't Buy Me Love
08. Any Time At All
09. I'll Cry Instead
10. Things We Said Today
11. When I Get Home
12. You Can't Do That
13. I'll Be Back
---A Hard Day's Night (USA)---
01. A Hard Day's Night
02. Tell Me Why
03. I'll Cry Instead
04. I Should Have Known Better
05. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
06. And I Love Her
07. I Should Have Known Better
08. If I Fell
09. And I Love Her
10. Ringo's Theme (This Boy)
11. Can't Buy Me Love
12. A Hard Day's Night
13. Leave My Kitten Alone
14. If You Got Troubles
15. That Means A Lot
16. Christmas Time (Is Here Again)
17. A Hard Day's Night
18. Can't Buy Me Love
19. I Saw Her Standing There
A Hard Day's Night / A Hard Day's Night (US) + 7 Bonus Tracks Reviews:
Buy It For The Instrumentals! 
2009-11-02 - Of course "A Hard Day's Night" was and is an INSTANT CLASSIC, but you need to dig (this goes for the soundtrack to their other movie "HELP" as well) the cheesy instrumental cuts! Why do they leave these of the re-releases of BOTH films? Can I get an A-men somebody? So, only get the one with the red cover . This rare CD has both versions.
Good to have, but beware... 
2009-08-20 - I'm happy with this cd because I've always wanted the George Martin instrumentals on cd.
However, I did compare one track (I'll Cry Instead) that I know had different run times on the original UK and US versions of the soundtrack album. On the UK version of the Hard Day's Night album, I'll Cry Instead had a run time of 1:44. On the US version of the album, the run time was 2:06. (This is per the book The Beatles: The Ultimate Recording Guide published by Facts On File).
Now, on this particular CD, the track I'll Cry Instead has the same run time (1:44) on both the UK and US versions of the album.
I haven't checked other tracks but the fact that the run times of I'll Cry Instead is the same for both the UK and US versions on this cd seems to indicate that the US version of the album on this cd was cobbled together by taking tracks from the UK cd version and splicing in the George Martin instrumentals (probably from some vinyl source. I notice that the sound quality of the instrumentals is different--i.e., not as good--as the vocal tracks), rather than taking an actual US vinyl LP and remastering that to cd.
I will note however that the instrumentals appear to be in stereo. (Note that the Facts on File book states that on the US version of the album, the vocals were in mono on both the mono and stereo versions of the LP).
The Beatles as they were...
2009-06-06 - The Beatles "A Hard Day's Night" (Red Cover) was the album (LP) which was released here in the USA and it was true to the film of the same name, I owned this album and played it constantly along with many of their other albums but when CD erupted on the scene I decided that it would be a good move to have this collection on CD along with CD sound (minus pops and hisses)only to find that most of the Beatles CD's were not the same music that was released here in the USA and so I set out on a quest to find CD's that were the same, Here they are both the original cuts and the later release versions and they come along with 7 bonus tracks, well worth their price.
Scott
Great music never released are you crazy!
2009-04-17 - What's wrong with these Beatles are they on drugs? 45 years after the release of united artist's A Hard days night this historical release is still not available on CD! What a mess, in the 60's till the 90's you had to pay extra to get the imported version most of us just put up with the US version even though it had several George Martin classical versions of Beatles songs on it. Now in the new century you can get the imported version easy but if you want the US version too bad? It seems that even though the Beatles one of the greatest bands ever, still don't understand business. If you don't release it, you can't sell it! With well over a million Beatles fans who only want everything. There is only one choice, this Russian bootleg. With this set you get the U.S. version and the U.K. version. Kind of a strange CD because you get 4 copies of a hard days night, 3 copies of and I love her Ect. But best of all you get a bonus.
A rundown on the extras included here!
1. Leave me kitten alone - Great audio quality and a great Beatles original probably kept off by the sensors (keep your hands off my pussy way too strong for a 60's record). A total GEM in my opinion.
2. If you got troubles - a good Beatles original
3. That means a lot - An ok Beatles original
4. Christmas time (is here again) - An ok Beatles original released as a B side of OB LA DAY OB LA DA
5. A hard days night - a goofed up studio track
6. Can't buy me love - a goofed up studio track
7. I saw her standing there - a goofed up studio track
I feel bad buying bootlegs but what can I do? The sound quality of these CD's are extremely good for a 60's recording but the manufacturing of the product is very poor, the plastic tends to crack. allot of skipping, about 1 out of 10 CD's that I got from this company skips!
A Great Package
2008-11-23 - I have waited years for the US soundtrack for a Hard Day's Night to come out on CD. I thought the quality of the disc was outstanding considering the age of the source material. I can think of some much newer recordings that sound poorer. Bear in mind that I was grew up with the Beatles. A Hard Day's Night occupies a special place in my memory. Just having it on CD was enough for me. Bottom line: If you really want this recording, I think you will be satisfied. Again, it was recorded in 1964.
