A Hard Day’s Night - The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (U.S., 1964)

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Arguably the most recognizable chord in the history of rock and roll, the opening G7add9sus4 lets you know INSTANTLY that it’s been a hard day’s night, and George Martin’s been working like a dog.

This week, T.J. and Tony dish deep on the United Artists LP of the Original Motion Picture Sound Track to The Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night.” Our dynamic duo gets duophonic, breaking things down track-by-track, including all the classic George Martin instrumentals.

Between tracks, we make time for the important stuff, like:

🐈 A preview of the first known copy of the long-rumored Asia / Alf collab

🍗 Which was more commercially viable: Kenny Rogers’s records for United Artists, or his roasted chicken?

🕵🏻‍♂️ T.J.’s audition for Beatle Forensics, his spinoff podcast inspecting every version of I’ll Cry Instead ever recorded

🏴‍☠️ And Tony’s audition for Is Joe English Dead, his spinoff podcast about dubious Google results and internet polls

 

This one’s not streamable, kids, so you’ll have to hit the record store crates for your copy, or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to:

T.J. Shanoff
Somewhere in Chicago.

And by Chicago, he probably means Deerfield.

 

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