A Hard Day's Night
(US Format)

LP.6366.UA4.1 features the updated label perimeter text that ends with "UNDER AUTHORIZATION", but unlike variation LP.6366.UA4.1, it features the now much more common Dunaflex pressing ring.

Availability

This Dynaflex pressing might be the most common of thew TAN label variations, having been available between late 1973 and 1977.

General Information

The tan label variations were found in many forms between 1971 and 1978, all having subtle but distinctive differences. They can be considered similar to the orange Capitol labels in both era and type of evolution. The perimeter text is what defines most variation differences. Seven variations have been documented on the tan label; early variations with the "ONLY" perimeter text show different matrix etchings than earlier pressings, indicating that pressing operations probably moved to RCA at this time, coinciding with the introduction of their new Dynaflex technology. The label then shortly changed to a "REG'D" perimeter print in 1972 before quickly changing again to the "AUTHORIZATION" version that lasted until 1978. Finally, the tan label was last seen on Capitol pressing made at their new Mississauga plant, after which labels design changed to its final incarnation on a UA label: the sunrise label.

Pressing Information

This variation carried the same matrix etchings from the previous few variations, with small numbers on both sides

Side 1: UAS-6366-A R2 (small)
Side 2: UAS-6366-B- R2 (small)

Cover

The jacket of this variation was still built with the traditional back slick construction, but the manufacturing information on the back has the "non-Willowdale" text.

This new cover also features a printer's logo on the spine (Ever Reddy)

There were five different jacket construction types (differentiated by the shape of the cardboard inner seam - where the parts of the cardboard frame are joined inside the jacket). This first tan label variation (LP.3366.UA3.1) is found with the older version 2, with the angled and curved inner seam.

Version 1 – Straight-cut with rounded outer edges

Version 2 – Angled and curved inner seams

Version 3 – Narrow straight-cut inner seams

Version 4 – Seamless construction

Version 5 – Wide straight-cut inner seams

Packaging

These tan label pressings were wrapped in a tight shrink wrap, and the discs were housed in a rounded paper inner sleeve.