A Hard Day's Night
(US Format)

LP.6366.UA5.1 features yet again an updated label perimeter text that ends with "STRICTLY PROHIBITED", but is mostly recognizable by its new Capitol pressing ring reflective of Capitol's take over of pressing operations for A Hard Day's Night at their new Mississauga plant.

Availability

This Capitol pressing was available between 1977 when the new plant opened, and 1980 when the new label design was introduced.

General Information

EMI had not yet acquired United Artists, but pressing operations were moved to Capitol's new Mississauga pressing plant (was it foreshadowing?). This was the last incarnation of the album on the tan label, after which it would be found on the sunrise label and other Capitol labels (see next entries).

Pressing Information

United Artists changed pressing providers once again, moving this time to Capitol's brand new shiny pressing plant in Mississauga. It features a new master with new numbers:

Side 1: UAS-6366-A²
Side 2: UAS-6366-B

Cover

The jacket of this variation introduced a new construction type: the posterboard. The images were printed directly on the cardboard frame instead of a pasted slick. This variation had a long and left-aligned legal text at the bottom of the back cover. It also featured a mistake smudge above the word "Ontario" on the right side. This smudge in the printing master was carried until the mid 1980s.

Packaging

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