Neither can I. As a teenager I sometimes would listen to "I Should Have Known Better" over & over, but other times I'd do the same with "Things We Said Today."
You know, you should do a versus of HELP! US vs. UK. I got the US version the other day and realized how much better the UK version is. Half of the US version is instrumentals. They even had the nerve to remove Ringo's song! Thanks. Great video by the way! 👍
@@oldsensei8350 Ken Thorne composed the soundtrack music for Help!, and also for How I Won The War (Lennon's solo film debut), and The Magic Christian (Ringo's solo film debut), besides many other films, Head (the Monkees film), and Peter Sellers Inspector Clouseau. In Help! the Indian band that plays Beatles songs was a really special element in the film, but I don't think that scene's music made it onto the soundtrack album, unfortunately !! A Hard Day's Night also had the George Martin instrumental Beatles songs on it.
The UK A Hard Days Night I always say is the first masterpiece. After a powerful debut, and a solid second album, The Beatles showed they were here to stay. Such growth with the film songs and the second side as songwriters. Mono vs Stereo, I prefer stereo in this. The performances breathe in the stereo mix.
Brian Husar "1st masterpiece". Could NOT agree more. The UK version of 'A Hard Days Night' is the best Beatles album hands down. Every single song on it is a self-contained pop music gem. They wrote more assured, mature and nuanced songs after this, but the combination of youth, enthusiasm and exuberance caused them to write some of the best pop songs ever. Yeah, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road were great. They just weren't as much fun.
Another excellent episode. This is a great channel! Incidentally, as well as being the first Beatles album to feature all original tunes, it's also the only Beatles album which is 100% Lennon-McCartney songs.
This might be my favorite Beatles album and I love both versions. My uncle used to play his LP all the time with the instrumentals and it brings back fond memories. (I was born in 63). Great episode. Keep up the good work.
The US version has "If I Fell" & "And I Love Her" as they were in the film- both significantly different mixes without double-tracked vocals on the UK album and are better sounding to me with John singing "If I Fell" solo at the beginning. Reason enough to own both versions
The US version was my very first Beatles album I received. I was four years old. My opinion is it's a true soundtrack album because of the instrumental tracks from the movie.
Great work. Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something I didn't know before about these Beatles releases. Nice to see a younger generation appreciating these classics. Keep it up!
Throughout its US vinyl release (even after being released on the Capitol label when they purchased the UA catalogue), the stereo LP continued to use the fake stereo master. The UA album had unique mixes because the studio was given these early mixes for the film. Also, two of the Martin Instrumentals did turn up in the film - Ringo’s Theme and A Hard Day’s Night...during Ringo’s feature segment and the chase that gets the Beatles back to the television studio for the final show.
At least up until the mid `60's, if not later, they always printed cover slicks with mono on one end and stereo on the other so they wouldn't have to print two different slicks. In the UK they printed the artwork directly on the cover and would, sometimes, laminate the outer faces. American record companies were just too cheap to bother with such things.
I have a poster of all the Beatle's US release album covers. I noticed in the 18 pics on the poster, excluding the "White Album", the Beatles are never in the same position, except on the 1st album, "Meet The Beatles", and the 17th album, "Hey Jude", which is technically the last album because "Let It Be" was was actually done a year earlier. If you check it out you will see almost every combination, i.e. John-Paul-George-Ringo, P-J-G-R, G-R-J-P, etc., whether in a straight line, four-square, or three to one. I really don't think this was a coincidence.
The Beatles themselves didn't have much involvement with U.S. album art until U.S. albums aligned with British. "Meet the Beatles" was one that was theirs; "Help!" was also theirs, although Capitol re-arranged them compared to the UK cover. "Rubber Soul" was where they started matching regularly, although there was no UK "Yesterday and Today" or "Hey Jude". HJ itself does actually MOSTLY precede "Let It Be" - 7 tracks predate the LIB sessions (all of side 1 plus title track), one track is FROM them ("Don't Let Me Down") and 2 came after ("Ballad of John & Yoko", "Old Brown Shoe").
US version, great wall art,, Love It...lol Thankyou Eric, another brilliant Beatles versus episode. Your show just get's better and better, personally, I can't get enough. When I viewed your channel yesterday, I seen a beatles versus, and thought GREAT, Eric is doing a UK US Revolver episode. But as my eyes focused in, I realised, it was A Hard Day's Night,,, still, I was not disappointed with your review of a Album that is now a staggering 50 years old..PHEW Did you know that " a hard day's night" was one of Ringo's many clever throwaway remarks that John used as a song title,, "Tomorrow never Knows" being another example. Living in the UK myself,, all my Beatles Vinyl is UK versions,, how much of a mark up, percentage wise to the UK albums go for, compared to the same US title.?
Hey Rodger, Ah man, I'll get to Revolver, I promise. I did read that Ringo came up with the title as just one of the many things he said. Would've been cool to hang with those cats back in the day. As far as collectability and price, it all comes down to the demand and the supply. Since the UK versions are more rare in the States than US versions, I would say they good for more, but that really depends on the buyer. Someone who grew up with the US versions, would probably not want the UK versions, and not hold them with a high value. Someone like myself, see both as equal and probably would want to pay the same for both. The only mark up maybe the shipping costs if you are buying from another country. Also most price guides I have, only have US releases, so the only I can go by are completed ebay listings, which aren't always the most accurate prices. I think the common factors by which you could judge any release are condition and if it's an original pressing or not. Sometimes high quality reissues can fetch more but not usually.
I grew up on Capitol Beatles albums. Was I missing out! Recently, I bought the new Apple catalog remasters. Then the original Parlophones from the UK. All in mono. I just bought the butcher LP in 2nd state. Then Please Please Me (first pressing and first variation). My wife isn’t happy. The UK Beatles catalog is so much better than the US one.
This is definitely one of the more entertaining and better produced review sites out there. LOVE the Beatles and I'm luvin' yer style there too Geek boy! Where'd ya get them crazy threads!
By the way, the reason for the orchestral pieces on their first 3 soundtrack albums was BECAUSE they were soundtrack albums, so, George Martin's music was included on the albums because it was part of the movies. Even The Monkees soundtrack for "Head" had incidental recordings from the movie along with the 5 songs from the movie.
AHDN, for me, ranks in the Top 5 Beatles LPs. The songs have a freshness and brilliance that pop the listener right between the eyes. Never owned the U.S. version...The American version of Help! was similarly laden with music from the film.
U nited Artists was the first album I ever had of the Beatles and it stuck with me just like the movie,the instrumentals just bring you back in the movie like Ringo's theme.It is my fav! True it's not your typical Beatle album but it connects you back to the movie and the time when they was Fab!
The only proper way to listen to "And I Love Her" is off the US mono version. The mix off that album is highly unique to all the other UK/US versions. It's easy to spot once you play it.
I put the US cover in my last video because that was what I first owned. "BackitheDay", I played my Beatles albums tracks 1-12 in that order over & over & over ~ nowadays I listen to my Beatles playlist using shuffle for "Something New". I enjoyed this episode!
To save on printing costs, most US record companies (until the late 60s when mono was phased out) used the method of offsetting their front and back album covers to distinguish stereo (upper print) and mono (bottom print).
The UK version is far superior. In fact it's one of the best Beatles UK albums issued and perfectly captures that era of their music. The songs are classy and a further leap forward from "With The Beatles".
Hey, hey, hey...Got this album for Christmas in a 1964. No, none of us ever understood the "instrumental" versions of those Beatle tracks, but we lived with it then (and did a lot of "tone arm lifting" to get past them). We had to respect them to some degree because, and we somehow knew at the time, that George Martin produced those instrumentals. He was already being labeled the 5th Beatle by then! And, hey we were used to being sold out with everything at that time in history...welcome to the sixties, next stop Vietnam.
"I'll Cry Instead" was originally going to be played during the scene where the Beatles escape and play in the field. Richard Lester overruled the person who wanted it in and replaced it with "Can't Buy Me Love." I guess years later the movie was re-released to select theaters and the guy slipped "I'll Cry Instead," back in there expecting to be vindicated. Apparently he was not as the audience was left shaking their heads about the switch. I grew up in the U.S. and we owned a copy of the United Artists release. Another commenter mentioned this already but the versions of "If I Fell," and "And I Love Her," are much cleaner on the UA version (no double track vocals or reverb). That alone makes it worth the price of admission, especially the "And I Love Her," track. I agree the instrumentals were a bit hokey but I did kinda liked "Ringo's Theme," an instrumental version of "This Boy," tastefully done. From what I understand, Richard Lester and George Martin did not get along at all so George was pretty much cut out of the decision process when it came to the musical score for this movie and Help. IMO A Hard Day's Night still stands up well as a movie almost 60 years later. It's witty and irreverent and captures the spirit of who the Beatles were when they still enjoyed being Fab. It is much better than Help and better than most of the movies that Elvis pumped out. It's too bad the Beatles signed onto make five movies for UA. If they had just done A Hard Days Night their movie career, short though it may have been, would not have been tarnished. I suppose the only other Beatle movie I have a soft spot for is Yellow Submarine, one where the band only makes a cameo appearance. By the time you get to Let it Be you can tell that was what they wished someone would do with their contractual commitment to UA. But if you want a bit of nostalgia, you can stream A Hard Days Night on Amazon and it's also part of the HBO-MAX catalog. If you or a friend have a subscription to either service, dial it up. I did just a few weeks ago and it was a kick, not only because it's a fun movie, but the Beatles are young, just like I was when I first saw it so many years ago. And that memory made it worth the trip.
Sweet, digging your reviews...very cool the way you retro it all, your hair, the room set, even suit your wearing..I very nice vibe...I feel like I'm watching Dick Cavett doing a review...thks and keep up the great work !!
I'll Cry Instead actually did make it into AHDN in an odd way. In the early eighties it was reissued to first run theatres during the summer. I went with a bunch of people one afternoon, among a bunch of diehards and when it started there was this scrapbook of B&W images with I'll Cry Instead playing in the background. You could hear the longtime fans going WTF? while the rest of us just thought it was part of the movie. Then it started proper with the running down the street bit...which is a better opening. I've never seen that opening since but I always remember it.
I have BOTH VERSIONS. Tell Me Why, If I Fell are much different than the versions on both albums. Paul's voice cracks on one of the parts of the song, where in production, they cleaned up Paul's cracked voice by editing and replacing it with the first time around. Tell Me Why, John's phrasing on the second verse doesn't appear on ANY OF THE SOUNDTRACK. When you watch the concert scene in A Hard Day's Night, check out the part, if you don't I really can't go on, it's different than the soundtrack version. Personally, I like the concert scene version.
Yes. John's delivery on Tell Me Why, the second verse, the line,"If you don't I really can't go on", the movie version is different than the record version. If I fell, it was edited in order to correct the mistake INSTEAD of punching in the vocal.
Me too!!! It's the same thing with the song "Help"!!. John's phrasing in the movie is much different than the record version. Listen when John sings the part, Now I'll find I've changed my mind, the phrasing is DIFFERENT than the record version.
@@WJCMTA The difference is the single version is a different vocal take than the album version. Paul's voice cracking on If I Fell was not "corrected"; it's a different take.
I like the version of And I love her from the United Artist album. Paul's vocals are not overdubbed. Also they did not speed it up to change the pitch like on the single. version.
Man, there's so many different versions of Beatles albums, Collectors must really have a field day with this one. So far there's US Mono Vs US Stereo Vs UK (mono vs stereo?) Vs 2014 Mono Vs 2014 Stereo. That's a lot of records.
The UK A Hard Day’s Night is a full studio album that is also a soundtrack of their songs in the movie. It’s also my favorite ever Beatles album. The US version is simply a soundtrack. Capitol saved all the other album tracks of the original UK album to release them on other US albums, all so they can get more money for the same songs. I love both covers so so much, though oddly, I slightly prefer the US cover for its minimalism.
The UK version of AHDN was a collection of songs, some of which appeared in the movie. The US version was a movie soundtrack, a collection of tunes and incidental music used in the movie. It is a souvenir of the movie. A sound...track. US Help is the same way, a souvenir of the movie and it opens with the little james bond lick that opened the movie. The UK version was a collection of songs some of which were used in the movie. If you want a souvenir of the films the US versions are preferable
It's true that U.S. AHDN didn't have stereo mixes, but they didn't make "fake stereo" in the usual sense. Rather, they played with the "placement" of the sound to create stereo "gimmicks": for instance, in "Can't Buy Me Love" they have the mono sound more toward one side (been so long I forget which) into the line "I don't care too...", then suddenly switch to the other side for "much for money", and back over for the rest ("money can't buy me love..."). Note about the George Martin tracks: two of them are actually used in the film - AHDN and 'Ringo's Theme' (This Boy); the other two are NOT used. Anyroad, a more meaningful comparison might be between UK AHDN and Capitol's "Something New", which, unlike U.S. AHDN, has several songs from side 2 of UK AHDN, and no George Martin. It is, however, lacking AHDN itself, "I Should Have Known Better" and CBML from the film (the last two of which Capitol would eventually include in the Apple-branded "Hey Jude" album), plus "You Can't Do That" (which Capitol had already put on "Beatles Second Album") and "I'll Be Back", which they saved for "Beatles '65" months later. It also includes three songs not related to UK AHDN: "Slow Down", "Matchbox" and "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand". In fact, both U.S. albums have EIGHT songs in common with UK AHDN, just different sets. SN does at least have stereo mixes for the stereo album. It should be noted here that mono SN also has the 'extended' "I'll Cry Instead", but NOT the stereo LP (although timing notes on the back of the LP give the time of the longer mono in both editions). The fact that, in the first place, there is the length difference between mono ICI in the U.S. and the UK points to a larger fact: the mono mixes of all the AHDN-based songs in the U.S. are different from the UK mono mixes, where the U.S. mixes of the FILM songs hew more closely to the mono mixes that were originally in the film itself (Paul NOT double-tracked in the verses of "And I Love Her", for example), and the 'side 2' songs are different as well (such as ICI). Obscure point: the U.S. mono mix of "Any Time at All" can be heard in the corresponding segment of the Beatles' Cartoon series!
When I first heard the soundtrack album as a kid, I LOVED the instrumental versions of "I Should Have Known Better" and "And I Love Her." The ones on side two not so much. Album wise, it's no contest, the U.K. version wins. However, "Something New" was a very good Capitol album and kind of makes up for the shortcomings of "AHDN."
No doubt you're getting better value for your money on the UK version. The only thing that the US version has in its favor (and it's a minor thing) is the inclusion of the "Ringo's Theme" ("This Boy") instrumental track, which was probably the best Beatles instrumental track ever adapted by George Martin.
Dude, you deserve so much more views. I'm 14 and love the videos, you seem like a nice guy and love how you respond to comments. Massive Beatles fan here, have always listened to the UK albums so they're my fave. Would love to go through the US stuff once or twice though just to see the differences. I so want to get some vinyls since I've never heard anything on a record player before.
+TheJayson8899 First off, thank you very much! As far as the US versions, you're luck, because they are relatively cheap, especially when compared to the proper UK albums. The only one that will set you back a bit is a butch cover copy of Yesterday & Today
Vinyl Rewind Thanks for responding! Good to hear they're cheap. Just found out they're on iTunes so I may actually just get it there since it's somewhat simpler. :)
+TheJayson8899 As far as I understand it the iTunes versions are the new remastered tracks, you could make a playlist to reflect the US playing order, etc but otherwise they are in the UK (official) order. You can't for example, buy the album Yesterday & Today
Vinyl Rewind That's interesting, here in Australia we've got the 2009 Beatles UK remasters like usual, but we've also got a digital collection called 'The U.S Albums' that has just that, all of the U.S albums mixed in both mono and stereo, other than the Hey Jude album which is only mixed in stereo. Maybe that's not there on U.S iTunes? If not I wonder why.
+TheJayson8899 Nope, my mistake. I wasn't looking for collections but the individual albums. The strange part is that I would not consider The Beatles' Story a US album, as it's more of a fan supplemental but I guess because it was only released in select markets, primarily in the US and Canada, it's included
On the USA stereo version the fake stereo was so bad, on the song "Tell me Why" they actually pan the counterpointing near the end, left and right. The American And I Love Her mono version is single tracked vocal. The UK stereo an mono are the double tracked version. By the way, the German Something New, has a longer version of And I Lve Her. The ending coda is 6 run verses the standard version of 4.When Capitol reissued the U/A version for CD, it's in full stereo, and also has the mono mixes on it. But I'll Cry Instead is the short version in stereo.
Well done video... but before I even watched your video I'd figured you'd prefer the UK version. I love the US soundtrack, and the reason it has instrumentals on it is because it is "a movie soundtrack". In particular, "Ringo's Theme" is a very important sequence in the film.
Thank you! But I didn't think the instrumentals on the US release were in the film, is that wrong? I haven't watched the film in a couple of years, so I can't say for certain. Let me know
Funny, because when I was a kid adults asked me questions about Watergate, lol. Great vid. Very informative. I had never really considered the difference between the two records. I LOVE the texture of the covers from the UK.
Those instrumentals (perhaps not all, I can’t remember off the top of my head) were featured in the film, so it totally makes sense that they are on the soundtrack album. A question you did not answer is why was the soundtrack for Help! on Capitol and not on United Artists.
Awesome video, my friend, as always... I love to learn about the different editions of The Beatles albums, even the Mexican editions have some differences and labels here even made compilations that are not found in any other country. I now came to appreciate the USA albums but I still prefer the UK editions, once I've collected all of them, I'll start with the American ones... great video man, I hope you make more vs videos. Take care! - IQ
Thank you! I'd be curious to check out to find out about the differences around the world but I have feeling my channel would be hundreds of videos just on that subject lol! I plan on making more VS episodes, I would even like to branch out to the Rolling Stones and other bands. Let me know if you have any ideas.
Vinyl Rewind Sure man. It would be nice if you made a VS video of the different editions of Help, it's the same case in which they put instrumental versions of songs on side B. Revolver would be another great one, they omitted 3 songs making it shorter than it already was. I don't know very much about the Rolling Stones editions but I believe it was the same case, and I do have "Out of Our Heads" both UK and USA editions, there are lots of differences between them, including the cover artwork which is completely different, I like the UK edition better. Pink Floyd's "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" would be another great one. I don't know why they omitted my favourite song "Astronomy Domine" from the USA edition, I've been trying to get the UK edition but it's very difficult to find. Well, man I hope I was of any help. Take care and keep up the great work... - IQ
Israel Quezada Dude, those suggestions are great, thanks so much. I have a feeling that these types of changes are more common than we thought, especially with lesser known bands and/or albums.
I have always been a fan of the UK versions of the Beatles albums. I have always preferred the flow and cohesiveness of the UK albums. That, however, is not to say that I will not pick up a few of the US versions when they come out, but the UK are generally my choice.
Since doing these VS. episodes, I'm really starting to appreciate the UK versions. I just wish Apple educated people back when they first started releasing Beatles music on CD. It was really confusing for me as a kid
I have both the U.K. and U.S. versions on Album and CD. Unfortunately though I'll have to go with U.K. version because it gives a lot of information. The U.S. version gives little or no information about the movie or the music. The other reason why I would go with the U.K. version because all the songs are in true stereo mix and it doesn't have those silly four instrumental tracks which I don't think were played in the movie.. The U.S. version is in re-channeled stereo. I also think the graphics on the U.K. version look better than the U.S. version. Therefore I would prefer the U.K. version of the album.
The US isn’t even really re channeled stereo. They used the mono track and played with the balance control to “simulate” stereo. It’s unlistenable on headphones.
Well, the American version was a "Soundtrack Album", after all. Soundtrack versions did carry instrumental music as used in the film...it's apples and oranges.
When is the next Beatles versus episode? And, I also noticed- a few songs you featured on the Please Please Me video; they were fading out and in. ???Whatishappening?
A similar thing happens with the Help! LP which also has some film tracks on the US version. However the Indian track is actually really good, I really like it - well before George does any Indian stuff on Rubber Soul. Maybe he got inspired by this...
No contest. Sound track, shmound track. UK version best vinyl. In fact, all UK versions are better because that was the original intention. 10 EMI LPs.13 Capitol LPs. Capitol milked it all the way until Sgt Pepper's.
I have a soft spot for some of the Capitol albums, and I don't think they should be dismissed since they're just as much a part of music history as the UK versions.
I agree with you Man Jay except that Capitol did make some better records than UK or EMI. Fer instance; Capitol adding reverb to I Feel Fine and She's A Woman were way better than EMI versions. The reverb made those songs much better....IMO.
@@ktcarl The reverb on those two tracks were not needed, it washes them out too much. You can barely even hear the songs at all because of the overabundance of reverb. The UK mixes sound tighter and rock way more, but that's just my humble opinion.
When's the next Beatles review? When's the Yesterday And Today and Beatles VI review? And also the next versus? Revolver VS? With The Beatles vs Meet The Beatles? YEAH SO EXCITED!!!!
I like the U.S. version if only for the instrumental version of the theme song done in 5/4 time, similar to Dave Brubeck's Take Five, but, as a die hard Beatlemaniac, I like both versions, equally.
Bingo/Ringo, HA! You know, I don't know if I have ever seen the UA rear cover - I don't have a copy, and people always freak when you handle the Beatles records in the bins... You nailed why I never got the US version and exactly why I got rid of my US copy of Help - the instrumental tracks are too jarring. Also nailed it - the UK is really the only way to go.
Wait, they put instrumentals on Help! too? I didn't know that...I think I already know how that episode is gonna go lol. thanks for appreciating my dumb bingo joke
If you like the George Martin instrumentals, he released an album it was also called a hard day's night, on UA records. This is the best stereo version it's not been butcherd. Quite hard to find. Think there are more mono versions for sale. UK parlophone better LP In my opinion, But I like something new track listing.
Vinyl Rewind I was watching the George Harrison Documentary by Scorcese which gave me an urge to listen to some Ringo Starr. If you think the Beatles' Hey Hey Hey is similar, listen to Blurred Lines and Ringo's Goodnight Vienna back-to-back. I think Ringo would have more of an issue than Marvin Gaye's family.
I've got a very rare version where, after the last track on side one, two girls can be heard arguing about who is the best looking Beatle. Eventually the argument devolves into a fist fight fade out. :0)
These are very different albums, with their own individual merits. The United Artists 🇺🇸release was based on the soundtrack of A Hard Day’s Night, which includes instrumentals by Sir George Martin. The UK 🇬🇧 release was a Beatles album which included songs from the film. My only choice at the time was the UA 🇺🇸 album, which had to be complemented with Capitol’s Something New. IMO, Ringo’s Theme (This Boy) is an essential track, not available in the UK version.
I agree that the UK version is superior. It IS a Beatjles album. But, UA came up with two albums: "A Hard Day's Night" which is the soundtrack album, and "Something New" (with the Sullivan show performance still on its cover), which seem to have the balance of the other songs missing. Even UA got two albums out of what would be just one.
On the (fake ) stereo version of the U.A. HDN they crudely panned vocals just like someone moving the balance knob on your stereo from left to right. The UK mono HDN has the stereo And I Love Her folded into mono
If you listen to the Mono Version of And I Love Her in the UK version and compare it to the USA version, the two are different mono mixes. The UK one is the single-tracked one, being a little slower and a lower key. The USA one is the more common one we here. About the UK version, it can be heard here in RUclips in a video where they performed the song in a studio. Just for info :)
In the sixties in the US a lot of the young kids were into orchestra music since the Beatles didn't arrive till 1964 and it was still very popular among teens at that time. I know a lady who said she never listened to Rock and Roll till she heard the Beatles. She was into orchestra music, partly from being in the school orchestra. Orchestra music wasn't just YOUR PARENTS MUSIC at that time. It was still a very current style at that time, so putting the orchestra versions on the album is not so unusual. Once again the US and British opinions of what belongs on the albums is very different. In America it was standard to put recordings of any songs used in a film on the soundtrack album. In England they didn't think it was a good idea to put orchestra songs on a Beatles album especially since there were so many extra songs written for the album by the Beatles and because the Beatles didn't actually play on the songs. So why would the kids want to hear them anyway. I kinda like the US version because it reminds me of the movie. And in the sixties there was no way you could own the movie. The next best thing was the soundtrack album. It served it's purpose at the time.
Wait...you never heard the USA instrumental tracks?? I was 10 when this came out. Back then, we pretty much had no choice but to listen. After all, they were on the film..and not bad at all. Back then, my record player was not stereo. While I do agree tbe UK version is better, my heart stays with the USA version. Of course now, I have the CD with all songs in mono, then all again in srereo. Plus, I've both album versions on CD, (I tend to go a bit nuts with Beatle CDs). Enough for now, thank you for these videos...I'll be watching!
For album sleeve I prefer the US one but or content the UK one. Now... gotta say this whole thing about I"ll Cry Instead being edited down for the UK version is not accurate. The UK version is the official version. This song was recorded in two parts. After 6 takes, it was decided the song was too short for the sequence it was going to be used for. 2 more takes were recorded later. The reason the "US version" is longer (only in mono) is because it was edited from two recordings spliced together, and not very well actually. However, this is how it ended up with a 3rd verse which was used from a different take. If you listen to that part very carefully you can hear the edits on the US version, and it sounds rushed. It also should've been mentioned that the US mono mix is the only true mono mix. The UK mono version is a fold-down of the stereo one. There are so far only 3 ways to have the true mono mix, the US' A Hard Days Night, US' Something New (in mono) or the Capitol single.
UK album because that is what The Beatles wanted the tracks placed and the mix they want. The MONO UK version because The Beatles mixed it in mono 1st and sometimes it would be weeks or even months before a stereo mix was even done. So the mono UK version is what The Beatles wanted. The UK album is the ONLY Beatles albums with all the tracks by Lennon/McCartney
The UK version. I can't imagine listening to A Hard Days Night with out hearing Things We Said Today.
Neither can I. As a teenager I sometimes would listen to "I Should Have Known Better" over & over, but other times I'd do the same with "Things We Said Today."
For me, When I Get Home, is a personal fave of mine from A Hard Day's Night.
Things We Said Today was on "Something New' in the US
Well both.....in 1964 the US one was all I had and it's still fun to listen to
@@tuckertastictk Who Cares was on "all U.S. Beatles albums from 1964-1966"
You know, you should do a versus of HELP! US vs. UK. I got the US version the other day and realized how much better the UK version is. Half of the US version is instrumentals. They even had the nerve to remove Ringo's song! Thanks. Great video by the way! 👍
Yes, but it was also cool to get the instrumentals of George Martin, similar to the Help! album's soundtrack.
Actually, Vinyl Rewind did do a comparison of HELP U.S. vs. UK
@@gordonmorris6359 I do like those movie parts put in the United States version of help also
@@oldsensei8350 Ken Thorne composed the soundtrack music for Help!, and also for How I Won The War (Lennon's solo film debut), and The Magic Christian (Ringo's solo film debut), besides many other films, Head (the Monkees film), and Peter Sellers Inspector Clouseau. In Help! the Indian band that plays Beatles songs was a really special element in the film, but I don't think that scene's music made it onto the soundtrack album, unfortunately !! A Hard Day's Night also had the George Martin instrumental Beatles songs on it.
@@gordonmorris6359 yes sir great stuff an interesting guy that did some interesting work...ill google acouple of things..thanks
The UK A Hard Days Night I always say is the first masterpiece. After a powerful debut, and a solid second album, The Beatles showed they were here to stay. Such growth with the film songs and the second side as songwriters. Mono vs Stereo, I prefer stereo in this. The performances breathe in the stereo mix.
I think only two of the Beatles albums sound better in mono : Please please me, and Sgt Pepper's.
I prefer Rubber Soul in mono too
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"1st masterpiece". Could NOT agree more. The UK version of 'A Hard Days Night' is the best Beatles album hands down. Every single song on it is a self-contained pop music gem. They wrote more assured, mature and nuanced songs after this, but the combination of youth, enthusiasm and exuberance caused them to write some of the best pop songs ever. Yeah, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road were great. They just weren't as much fun.
I agree. Some classics on there. "Things We Said Today," etc.
I agree, UK A Hard Days Night is one of the best albums of all time in my opinion.
Another excellent episode. This is a great channel!
Incidentally, as well as being the first Beatles album to feature all original tunes, it's also the only Beatles album which is 100% Lennon-McCartney songs.
GerryMATW “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You” is a George Harrison song.
@@attentiondeficitsquirrel7660 "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" was sung by George Harrison, but it was written by Lennon & McCartney.
mclarke825 Wow. I’m ashamed. You’re right. Cheers.
This might be my favorite Beatles album and I love both versions. My uncle used to play his LP all the time with the instrumentals and it brings back fond memories. (I was born in 63). Great episode. Keep up the good work.
Hey thanks for sharing your story! That's really cool
The US version has "If I Fell" & "And I Love Her" as they were in the film- both significantly different mixes without double-tracked vocals on the UK album and are better sounding to me with John singing "If I Fell" solo at the beginning. Reason enough to own both versions
Does US stereo got without doubletrack?or only mono version doesn’t have double tracked?
The US version was my very first Beatles album I received. I was four years old. My opinion is it's a true soundtrack album because of the instrumental tracks from the movie.
Great work. Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something I didn't know before about these Beatles releases. Nice to see a younger generation appreciating these classics. Keep it up!
Throughout its US vinyl release (even after being released on the Capitol label when they purchased the UA catalogue), the stereo LP continued to use the fake stereo master. The UA album had unique mixes because the studio was given these early mixes for the film.
Also, two of the Martin Instrumentals did turn up in the film - Ringo’s Theme and A Hard Day’s Night...during Ringo’s feature segment and the chase that gets the Beatles back to the television studio for the final show.
At least up until the mid `60's, if not later, they always printed cover slicks with mono on one end and stereo on the other so they wouldn't have to print two different slicks. In the UK they printed the artwork directly on the cover and would, sometimes, laminate the outer faces. American record companies were just too cheap to bother with such things.
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I have a poster of all the Beatle's US release album covers. I noticed in the 18 pics on the poster, excluding the "White Album", the Beatles are never in the same position, except on the 1st album, "Meet The Beatles", and the 17th album, "Hey Jude", which is technically the last album because "Let It Be" was was actually done a year earlier. If you check it out you will see almost every combination, i.e. John-Paul-George-Ringo, P-J-G-R, G-R-J-P, etc., whether in a straight line, four-square, or three to one. I really don't think this was a coincidence.
Damn dude, that just blew my mind
The Beatles themselves didn't have much involvement with U.S. album art until U.S. albums aligned with British. "Meet the Beatles" was one that was theirs; "Help!" was also theirs, although Capitol re-arranged them compared to the UK cover. "Rubber Soul" was where they started matching regularly, although there was no UK "Yesterday and Today" or "Hey Jude". HJ itself does actually MOSTLY precede "Let It Be" - 7 tracks predate the LIB sessions (all of side 1 plus title track), one track is FROM them ("Don't Let Me Down") and 2 came after ("Ballad of John & Yoko", "Old Brown Shoe").
"And I LOVED Her"? Geek man, please.
+TeleNikon haha, yup, my bad
LOL. Cool - Your video album reviews are hugely entertaining. Love 'em.
+TeleNikon thank you!
+Vinyl Rewind were US/UK of them 1964 original pressings
the US pressing yes, but not the UK pressing in this video
Dang I love this guy's hairstyle. So posh and vintage.
Actually,the edit was the other way around: The one on the UK album is how it was originally recorded,while the US version was edited FOR the movie.
The instrumentals on the UA Soundtrack gave parents pause. You know, our little darling just might be onto something good (in spite of her hysterics).
Fascinating video. I loved it. Now I need to get to the record store and find a UK copy. Thanks again!
Thank you and you're welcome
Great show, VR!! I really wish there was an equivalent for Miles Davis discography and in-depth history on RUclips.
That'd be cool. I really don't much about him. That movie coming out looks good though
Just found your channel! Love these Vs vids!
US version, great wall art,, Love It...lol
Thankyou Eric, another brilliant Beatles versus episode.
Your show just get's better and better, personally, I can't get enough.
When I viewed your channel yesterday, I seen a beatles versus, and thought GREAT, Eric is doing a UK US Revolver episode.
But as my eyes focused in, I realised, it was A Hard Day's Night,,, still, I was not disappointed with your review of a Album that is now a staggering 50 years old..PHEW
Did you know that " a hard day's night" was one of Ringo's many clever throwaway remarks that John used as a song title,, "Tomorrow never Knows" being another example.
Living in the UK myself,, all my Beatles Vinyl is UK versions,, how much of a mark up, percentage wise to the UK albums go for, compared to the same US title.?
Hey Rodger,
Ah man, I'll get to Revolver, I promise. I did read that Ringo came up with the title as just one of the many things he said. Would've been cool to hang with those cats back in the day. As far as collectability and price, it all comes down to the demand and the supply. Since the UK versions are more rare in the States than US versions, I would say they good for more, but that really depends on the buyer. Someone who grew up with the US versions, would probably not want the UK versions, and not hold them with a high value. Someone like myself, see both as equal and probably would want to pay the same for both. The only mark up maybe the shipping costs if you are buying from another country.
Also most price guides I have, only have US releases, so the only I can go by are completed ebay listings, which aren't always the most accurate prices. I think the common factors by which you could judge any release are condition and if it's an original pressing or not. Sometimes high quality reissues can fetch more but not usually.
I grew up on Capitol Beatles albums. Was I missing out! Recently, I bought the new Apple catalog remasters. Then the original Parlophones from the UK. All in mono. I just bought the butcher LP in 2nd state. Then Please Please Me (first pressing and first variation). My wife isn’t happy. The UK Beatles catalog is so much better than the US one.
I really like what you are doing, thank you from Montréal
This is definitely one of the more entertaining and better produced review sites out there. LOVE the Beatles and I'm luvin' yer style there too Geek boy! Where'd ya get them crazy threads!
thrift stores mostly
Killer duds. They don't look thrift store at all. Way to shop boyo! Oh, and happy St. Paddy's Day!
By the way, the reason for the orchestral pieces on their first 3 soundtrack albums was BECAUSE they were soundtrack albums, so, George Martin's music was included on the albums because it was part of the movies. Even The Monkees soundtrack for "Head" had incidental recordings from the movie along with the 5 songs from the movie.
Good review. Never knew that they're were that many differences between the USA version and the UK version of this Album.
Crazy, right? Thanks for stopping by
When's the next Beatles versus? Really excited 😂💁
AHDN, for me, ranks in the Top 5 Beatles LPs. The songs have a freshness and brilliance that pop the listener right between the eyes. Never owned the U.S. version...The American version of Help! was similarly laden with music from the film.
The best version of "And I Love Her" is on the U.S. mono mix, and only the U.S. mono mix.
@MiamiBeach xxx the verses are single tracked, the chorus doubled (and mid section). For my ear, it makes the song that much more personable.
U nited Artists was the first album I ever had of the Beatles and it stuck with me just like the movie,the instrumentals just bring you back in the movie like Ringo's theme.It is my fav! True it's not your typical Beatle album but it connects you back to the movie and the time when they was Fab!
The only proper way to listen to "And I Love Her" is off the US mono version. The mix off that album is highly unique to all the other UK/US versions. It's easy to spot once you play it.
I put the US cover in my last video because that was what I first owned. "BackitheDay", I played my Beatles albums tracks 1-12 in that order over & over & over ~ nowadays I listen to my Beatles playlist using shuffle for "Something New". I enjoyed this episode!
Wasn't Something New Capitol's answer to not having the soundtrack rights?
To save on printing costs, most US record companies (until the late 60s when mono was phased out) used the method of offsetting their front and back album covers to distinguish stereo (upper print) and mono (bottom print).
The UK version is far superior. In fact it's one of the best Beatles UK albums issued and perfectly captures that era of their music. The songs are classy and a further leap forward from "With The Beatles".
Hey, hey, hey...Got this album for Christmas in a 1964. No, none of us ever understood the "instrumental" versions of those Beatle tracks, but we lived with it then (and did a lot of "tone arm lifting" to get past them). We had to respect them to some degree because, and we somehow knew at the time, that George Martin produced those instrumentals. He was already being labeled the 5th Beatle by then! And, hey we were used to being sold out with everything at that time in history...welcome to the sixties, next stop Vietnam.
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"I'll Cry Instead" was originally going to be played during the scene where the Beatles escape and play in the field. Richard Lester overruled the person who wanted it in and replaced it with "Can't Buy Me Love." I guess years later the movie was re-released to select theaters and the guy slipped "I'll Cry Instead," back in there expecting to be vindicated. Apparently he was not as the audience was left shaking their heads about the switch.
I grew up in the U.S. and we owned a copy of the United Artists release. Another commenter mentioned this already but the versions of "If I Fell," and "And I Love Her," are much cleaner on the UA version (no double track vocals or reverb). That alone makes it worth the price of admission, especially the "And I Love Her," track. I agree the instrumentals were a bit hokey but I did kinda liked "Ringo's Theme," an instrumental version of "This Boy," tastefully done. From what I understand, Richard Lester and George Martin did not get along at all so George was pretty much cut out of the decision process when it came to the musical score for this movie and Help.
IMO A Hard Day's Night still stands up well as a movie almost 60 years later. It's witty and irreverent and captures the spirit of who the Beatles were when they still enjoyed being Fab. It is much better than Help and better than most of the movies that Elvis pumped out. It's too bad the Beatles signed onto make five movies for UA. If they had just done A Hard Days Night their movie career, short though it may have been, would not have been tarnished. I suppose the only other Beatle movie I have a soft spot for is Yellow Submarine, one where the band only makes a cameo appearance. By the time you get to Let it Be you can tell that was what they wished someone would do with their contractual commitment to UA. But if you want a bit of nostalgia, you can stream A Hard Days Night on Amazon and it's also part of the HBO-MAX catalog. If you or a friend have a subscription to either service, dial it up. I did just a few weeks ago and it was a kick, not only because it's a fun movie, but the Beatles are young, just like I was when I first saw it so many years ago. And that memory made it worth the trip.
My all time favorite Beatles album 🤩
The UK cover are representing photo booth strips, which tie in with the opening railway segment of the film.
Sweet, digging your reviews...very cool the way you retro it all, your hair, the room set, even suit your wearing..I very nice vibe...I feel like I'm watching Dick Cavett doing a review...thks and keep up the great work !!
thank you. Yes, Dick Cavett is a big influence on the show, very cool that you picked up on that
I'll Cry Instead actually did make it into AHDN in an odd way. In the early eighties it was reissued to first run theatres during the summer. I went with a bunch of people one afternoon, among a bunch of diehards and when it started there was this scrapbook of B&W images with I'll Cry Instead playing in the background. You could hear the longtime fans going WTF? while the rest of us just thought it was part of the movie. Then it started proper with the running down the street bit...which is a better opening. I've never seen that opening since but I always remember it.
It's included on the DVD as well.
I have BOTH VERSIONS. Tell Me Why, If I Fell are much different than the versions on both albums. Paul's voice cracks on one of the parts of the song, where in production, they cleaned up Paul's cracked voice by editing and replacing it with the first time around. Tell Me Why, John's phrasing on the second verse doesn't appear on ANY OF THE SOUNDTRACK. When you watch the concert scene in A Hard Day's Night, check out the part, if you don't I really can't go on, it's different than the soundtrack version. Personally, I like the concert scene version.
+Billy Jon Coogan Are you referring to the differences between the music heard in the film and the recordings on the albums?
Yes. John's delivery on Tell Me Why, the second verse, the line,"If you don't I really can't go on", the movie version is different than the record version. If I fell, it was edited in order to correct the mistake INSTEAD of punching in the vocal.
+Billy Jon Coogan interesting, I love all the small differences that exist for Beatles recordings, it seems endless
Me too!!! It's the same thing with the song "Help"!!. John's phrasing in the movie is much different than the record version. Listen when John sings the part, Now I'll find I've changed my mind, the phrasing is DIFFERENT than the record version.
@@WJCMTA The difference is the single version is a different vocal take than the album version. Paul's voice cracking on If I Fell was not "corrected"; it's a different take.
I definitely prefer the UK version, but I thought the US version was an interesting experience to hear.
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I like the version of And I love her from the United Artist album. Paul's vocals are not overdubbed. Also they did not speed it up to change the pitch like on the single. version.
where can i listen the speed version? it's only in Usa?
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Man, there's so many different versions of Beatles albums, Collectors must really have a field day with this one. So far there's US Mono Vs US Stereo Vs UK (mono vs stereo?) Vs 2014 Mono Vs 2014 Stereo. That's a lot of records.
indeed
The UK A Hard Day’s Night is a full studio album that is also a soundtrack of their songs in the movie. It’s also my favorite ever Beatles album. The US version is simply a soundtrack. Capitol saved all the other album tracks of the original UK album to release them on other US albums, all so they can get more money for the same songs. I love both covers so so much, though oddly, I slightly prefer the US cover for its minimalism.
The UK version of AHDN was a collection of songs, some of which appeared in the movie. The US version was a movie soundtrack, a collection of tunes and incidental music used in the movie. It is a souvenir of the movie. A sound...track.
US Help is the same way, a souvenir of the movie and it opens with the little james bond lick that opened the movie. The UK version was a collection of songs some of which were used in the movie.
If you want a souvenir of the films the US versions are preferable
It's true that U.S. AHDN didn't have stereo mixes, but they didn't make "fake stereo" in the usual sense. Rather, they played with the "placement" of the sound to create stereo "gimmicks": for instance, in "Can't Buy Me Love" they have the mono sound more toward one side (been so long I forget which) into the line "I don't care too...", then suddenly switch to the other side for "much for money", and back over for the rest ("money can't buy me love..."). Note about the George Martin tracks: two of them are actually used in the film - AHDN and 'Ringo's Theme' (This Boy); the other two are NOT used. Anyroad, a more meaningful comparison might be between UK AHDN and Capitol's "Something New", which, unlike U.S. AHDN, has several songs from side 2 of UK AHDN, and no George Martin. It is, however, lacking AHDN itself, "I Should Have Known Better" and CBML from the film (the last two of which Capitol would eventually include in the Apple-branded "Hey Jude" album), plus "You Can't Do That" (which Capitol had already put on "Beatles Second Album") and "I'll Be Back", which they saved for "Beatles '65" months later. It also includes three songs not related to UK AHDN: "Slow Down", "Matchbox" and "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand". In fact, both U.S. albums have EIGHT songs in common with UK AHDN, just different sets. SN does at least have stereo mixes for the stereo album. It should be noted here that mono SN also has the 'extended' "I'll Cry Instead", but NOT the stereo LP (although timing notes on the back of the LP give the time of the longer mono in both editions). The fact that, in the first place, there is the length difference between mono ICI in the U.S. and the UK points to a larger fact: the mono mixes of all the AHDN-based songs in the U.S. are different from the UK mono mixes, where the U.S. mixes of the FILM songs hew more closely to the mono mixes that were originally in the film itself (Paul NOT double-tracked in the verses of "And I Love Her", for example), and the 'side 2' songs are different as well (such as ICI). Obscure point: the U.S. mono mix of "Any Time at All" can be heard in the corresponding segment of the Beatles' Cartoon series!
When I first heard the soundtrack album as a kid, I LOVED the instrumental versions of "I Should Have Known Better" and "And I Love Her." The ones on side two not so much. Album wise, it's no contest, the U.K. version wins. However, "Something New" was a very good Capitol album and kind of makes up for the shortcomings of "AHDN."
Thank you for sharing some great Info. There are some hard core Beatles fans out there. Im sure you are going to get some varied reactions.---Colin
I know right, no matter how much I research, there's still something I'll miss that will get pointed out to me. Nice to hear from you Colin
No doubt you're getting better value for your money on the UK version. The only thing that the US version has in its favor (and it's a minor thing) is the inclusion of the "Ringo's Theme" ("This Boy") instrumental track, which was probably the best Beatles instrumental track ever adapted by George Martin.
Good idea on the bingo thing. I am gonna have to try that out sometime
This is a great review and I loved the bloopers! But MAN, now I have to buy a US copy just to listen to a longer I’ll Cry Instead....
Hi Eric. Jimmy Page played guitar on A Hard Day's Night Instrumental George Martin Score for the film.
One of my top 5 favorite Beatles albums. Hopefully you can do another Versus video on the Help! Album since it'll be the 50th anniversary this year.
Todd Costa Rica I plan to, I just gotta pony up and buy the UK version
didnt know that fact about "I'll cry instead"
I wish they would have added George Martin's instrumental music from Hard Day's Night and Help! To the CD's as a bonus.
Dude, you deserve so much more views. I'm 14 and love the videos, you seem like a nice guy and love how you respond to comments. Massive Beatles fan here, have always listened to the UK albums so they're my fave. Would love to go through the US stuff once or twice though just to see the differences. I so want to get some vinyls since I've never heard anything on a record player before.
+TheJayson8899 First off, thank you very much! As far as the US versions, you're luck, because they are relatively cheap, especially when compared to the proper UK albums. The only one that will set you back a bit is a butch cover copy of Yesterday & Today
Vinyl Rewind Thanks for responding! Good to hear they're cheap. Just found out they're on iTunes so I may actually just get it there since it's somewhat simpler. :)
+TheJayson8899 As far as I understand it the iTunes versions are the new remastered tracks, you could make a playlist to reflect the US playing order, etc but otherwise they are in the UK (official) order. You can't for example, buy the album Yesterday & Today
Vinyl Rewind That's interesting, here in Australia we've got the 2009 Beatles UK remasters like usual, but we've also got a digital collection called 'The U.S Albums' that has just that, all of the U.S albums mixed in both mono and stereo, other than the Hey Jude album which is only mixed in stereo. Maybe that's not there on U.S iTunes? If not I wonder why.
+TheJayson8899 Nope, my mistake. I wasn't looking for collections but the individual albums. The strange part is that I would not consider The Beatles' Story a US album, as it's more of a fan supplemental but I guess because it was only released in select markets, primarily in the US and Canada, it's included
On the USA stereo version the fake stereo was so bad, on the song "Tell me Why" they actually pan the counterpointing near the end, left and right. The American And I Love Her mono version is single tracked vocal. The UK stereo an mono are the double tracked version. By the way, the German Something New, has a longer version of And I Lve Her. The ending coda is 6 run verses the standard version of 4.When Capitol reissued the U/A version for CD, it's in full stereo, and also has the mono mixes on it. But I'll Cry Instead is the short version in stereo.
Well done video... but before I even watched your video I'd figured you'd prefer the UK version. I love the US soundtrack, and the reason it has instrumentals on it is because it is "a movie soundtrack". In particular, "Ringo's Theme" is a very important sequence in the film.
Thank you! But I didn't think the instrumentals on the US release were in the film, is that wrong? I haven't watched the film in a couple of years, so I can't say for certain. Let me know
"Ringo's Theme" and "A Hard Day's Night" instrumentals are, but that's it.
I have always loved the film of a hard days night because it was literally filmed where I live
Funny, because when I was a kid adults asked me questions about Watergate, lol. Great vid. Very informative. I had never really considered the difference between the two records. I LOVE the texture of the covers from the UK.
Man, did you squeal on the Pres? lol. Thanks for stopping by
@@VinylRewind someone had to........lol
Those instrumentals (perhaps not all, I can’t remember off the top of my head) were featured in the film, so it totally makes sense that they are on the soundtrack album. A question you did not answer is why was the soundtrack for Help! on Capitol and not on United Artists.
Capitol glommed onto UA's loophole and rewrote the contract with EMI to include film music rights.
Awesome video, my friend, as always... I love to learn about the different editions of The Beatles albums, even the Mexican editions have some differences and labels here even made compilations that are not found in any other country. I now came to appreciate the USA albums but I still prefer the UK editions, once I've collected all of them, I'll start with the American ones... great video man, I hope you make more vs videos. Take care! - IQ
Thank you! I'd be curious to check out to find out about the differences around the world but I have feeling my channel would be hundreds of videos just on that subject lol! I plan on making more VS episodes, I would even like to branch out to the Rolling Stones and other bands. Let me know if you have any ideas.
Vinyl Rewind Sure man. It would be nice if you made a VS video of the different editions of Help, it's the same case in which they put instrumental versions of songs on side B. Revolver would be another great one, they omitted 3 songs making it shorter than it already was. I don't know very much about the Rolling Stones editions but I believe it was the same case, and I do have "Out of Our Heads" both UK and USA editions, there are lots of differences between them, including the cover artwork which is completely different, I like the UK edition better.
Pink Floyd's "The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn" would be another great one. I don't know why they omitted my favourite song "Astronomy Domine" from the USA edition, I've been trying to get the UK edition but it's very difficult to find.
Well, man I hope I was of any help. Take care and keep up the great work... - IQ
Israel Quezada Dude, those suggestions are great, thanks so much. I have a feeling that these types of changes are more common than we thought, especially with lesser known bands and/or albums.
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I have always been a fan of the UK versions of the Beatles albums. I have always preferred the flow and cohesiveness of the UK albums. That, however, is not to say that I will not pick up a few of the US versions when they come out, but the UK are generally my choice.
Since doing these VS. episodes, I'm really starting to appreciate the UK versions. I just wish Apple educated people back when they first started releasing Beatles music on CD. It was really confusing for me as a kid
This is my favorite album from them
Ha, love this classic Vinyl Geek
I have both the U.K. and U.S. versions on Album and CD.
Unfortunately though I'll have to go with U.K. version because it gives a lot of information.
The U.S. version gives little or no information about the movie or the music.
The other reason why I would go with the U.K. version because all the songs are in true stereo mix and it doesn't have those silly four instrumental tracks which I don't think were played in the movie.. The U.S. version is in re-channeled stereo. I also think the graphics on the U.K. version look better than the U.S. version. Therefore I would prefer the U.K. version of the album.
all great points and I like the fact you own both
Thanks. I thought It was worth adding to my Beatles album collection.
The US isn’t even really re channeled stereo. They used the mono track and played with the balance control to “simulate” stereo. It’s unlistenable on headphones.
@@tuckertastictk Still I would go with the U.K. version.
I like both versions. I wish you do Rubber Soul US Vs. UK 🇬🇧
Well, the American version was a "Soundtrack Album", after all. Soundtrack versions did carry instrumental music as used in the film...it's apples and oranges.
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Actually Aphex Twin has a lot of art changes and altered track listings in the states, so stuff like this still does happen sometimes.
I like the Ringo bingo idea
When is the next Beatles versus episode? And, I also noticed- a few songs you featured on the Please Please Me video; they were fading out and in. ???Whatishappening?
I left a reply on that video's page
A similar thing happens with the Help! LP which also has some film tracks on the US version. However the Indian track is actually really good, I really like it - well before George does any Indian stuff on Rubber Soul. Maybe he got inspired by this...
No contest. Sound track, shmound track. UK version best vinyl. In fact, all UK versions are better because that was the original intention. 10 EMI LPs.13 Capitol
LPs. Capitol milked it all the way until Sgt Pepper's.
True. But I hate to give Capitol any credit at all for their "management" of Beatles output.
The US Rubber Soul can also be seen as superior to its U.K. counterpart.
I have a soft spot for some of the Capitol albums, and I don't think they should be dismissed since they're just as much a part of music history as the UK versions.
I agree with you Man Jay except that Capitol did make some better records than UK or EMI. Fer instance; Capitol adding reverb to I Feel Fine and She's A Woman were way better than EMI versions. The reverb made those songs much better....IMO.
@@ktcarl The reverb on those two tracks were not needed, it washes them out too much. You can barely even hear the songs at all because of the overabundance of reverb.
The UK mixes sound tighter and rock way more, but that's just my humble opinion.
I Love Them Both .......
When's the next Beatles review? When's the Yesterday And Today and Beatles VI review? And also the next versus? Revolver VS? With The Beatles vs Meet The Beatles? YEAH SO EXCITED!!!!
I'm doing my best, I'm super busy with my job job, so I haven't had a lot of time to devote to the show
I like the U.S. version if only for the instrumental version of the theme song done in 5/4 time, similar to Dave Brubeck's Take Five, but, as a die hard Beatlemaniac, I like both versions, equally.
Bingo/Ringo, HA! You know, I don't know if I have ever seen the UA rear cover - I don't have a copy, and people always freak when you handle the Beatles records in the bins... You nailed why I never got the US version and exactly why I got rid of my US copy of Help - the instrumental tracks are too jarring. Also nailed it - the UK is really the only way to go.
Wait, they put instrumentals on Help! too? I didn't know that...I think I already know how that episode is gonna go lol. thanks for appreciating my dumb bingo joke
If you like the George Martin instrumentals, he released an album it was also called a hard day's night, on UA records. This is the best stereo version it's not been butcherd.
Quite hard to find.
Think there are more mono versions for sale.
UK parlophone better LP
In my opinion,
But I like something new track listing.
A long time ago I joked to my wife that Hey Hey Hey sounded the same in both songs. Kudos, Geek
Nice, I'm not the only one
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I was watching the George Harrison Documentary by Scorcese which gave me an urge to listen to some Ringo Starr. If you think the Beatles' Hey Hey Hey is similar, listen to Blurred Lines and Ringo's Goodnight Vienna back-to-back. I think Ringo would have more of an issue than Marvin Gaye's family.
James Griffin crazy, thanks for the tip
I've got a very rare version where, after the last track on side one, two girls can be heard arguing about who is the best looking Beatle. Eventually the argument devolves into a fist fight fade out. :0)
These are very different albums, with their own individual merits. The United Artists 🇺🇸release was based on the soundtrack of A Hard Day’s Night, which includes instrumentals by Sir George Martin. The UK 🇬🇧 release was a Beatles album which included songs from the film. My only choice at the time was the UA 🇺🇸 album, which had to be complemented with Capitol’s Something New. IMO, Ringo’s Theme (This Boy) is an essential track, not available in the UK version.
The Brazilian version is just like the UK version but in red and they translated the title, it looks pretty good
I agree that the UK version is superior. It IS a Beatjles album. But, UA came up with two albums: "A Hard Day's Night" which is the soundtrack album, and "Something New" (with the Sullivan show performance still on its cover), which seem to have the balance of the other songs missing. Even UA got two albums out of what would be just one.
On the (fake ) stereo version of the U.A. HDN they crudely panned vocals just like someone moving the balance knob on your stereo from left to right. The UK mono HDN has the stereo And I Love Her folded into mono
And I LOVE her !!
The UK hands down. It’s more of a complete album.
Cover - UK
Songs - Depends. US is a good soundtrack, but I choose the UK
Overall: UK definitely
If you listen to the Mono Version of And I Love Her in the UK version and compare it to the USA version, the two are different mono mixes. The UK one is the single-tracked one, being a little slower and a lower key. The USA one is the more common one we here. About the UK version, it can be heard here in RUclips in a video where they performed the song in a studio. Just for info :)
Wow, I never knew that. Thanks for the info!
Oops, correction. The slower one is the USA, the common is UK. Sorry.
***** no worries, easy to mix em up
Question: If 'I Cry Instead' was replaced by 'Can't Buy Me Love' in post-production, how is 'Can't Buy Me Love' on the soundtrack?
Probably just an error when they rereleased it
"And I love Her" is what made my mom stop and listen, for once and she said, in a surprised sorta way, "that's kinda pretty".
In the sixties in the US a lot of the young kids were into orchestra music since the Beatles didn't arrive till 1964 and it was still very popular among teens at that time. I know a lady who said she never listened to Rock and Roll till she heard the Beatles. She was into orchestra music, partly from being in the school orchestra. Orchestra music wasn't just YOUR PARENTS MUSIC at that time. It was still a very current style at that time, so putting the orchestra versions on the album is not so unusual. Once again the US and British opinions of what belongs on the albums is very different. In America it was standard to put recordings of any songs used in a film on the soundtrack album. In England they didn't think it was a good idea to put orchestra songs on a Beatles album especially since there were so many extra songs written for the album by the Beatles and because the Beatles didn't actually play on the songs. So why would the kids want to hear them anyway. I kinda like the US version because it reminds me of the movie. And in the sixties there was no way you could own the movie. The next best thing was the soundtrack album. It served it's purpose at the time.
You hair is fresh in this
Wait...you never heard the USA instrumental tracks?? I was 10 when this came out. Back then, we pretty much had no choice but to listen. After all, they were on the film..and not bad at all. Back then, my record player was not stereo. While I do agree tbe UK version is better, my heart stays with the USA version. Of course now, I have the CD with all songs in mono, then all again in srereo. Plus, I've both album versions on CD, (I tend to go a bit nuts with Beatle CDs). Enough for now, thank you for these videos...I'll be watching!
Absolutely agree on that Similarities Lol I Should’ve known better
For album sleeve I prefer the US one but or content the UK one. Now... gotta say this whole thing about I"ll Cry Instead being edited down for the UK version is not accurate. The UK version is the official version. This song was recorded in two parts. After 6 takes, it was decided the song was too short for the sequence it was going to be used for. 2 more takes were recorded later. The reason the "US version" is longer (only in mono) is because it was edited from two recordings spliced together, and not very well actually. However, this is how it ended up with a 3rd verse which was used from a different take. If you listen to that part very carefully you can hear the edits on the US version, and it sounds rushed. It also should've been mentioned that the US mono mix is the only true mono mix. The UK mono version is a fold-down of the stereo one. There are so far only 3 ways to have the true mono mix, the US' A Hard Days Night, US' Something New (in mono) or the Capitol single.
UK album because that is what The Beatles wanted the tracks placed and
the mix they want. The MONO UK version because The Beatles mixed it in
mono 1st and sometimes it would be weeks or even months before a stereo
mix was even done. So the mono UK version is what The Beatles wanted. The UK album is the ONLY Beatles albums with all the tracks by Lennon/McCartney
Actually I'll Cry Instead is 1:46 on the UK version