A Hard Day's Night

First (?) yellow & black mono release - with labels identifiable by the non-italicised (upright) 'Leeds Music' royalty stamps; the track list is set lower down from the album title; and the side numbers are set wider from the centre (below the 'U' in LEEDS MUSIC, on the left...and below the '0' in -1230, on the right). Songwriter credits are spaced Lennon-McCartney, as opposed to later labels with Lennon - McCartney. But most tellingly, the hand-engraved matrix numbers in the runouts are simply: XAPAX49 XAPAX50 ...as opposed to: XAPAX 5(Scratched out) 49 3 XAPAX 50 3 ...which appear on other pressings. As with other versions, back cover states: Made and distributed in Australia by E.M.I. (Australia) Limited, Sydney, New South Wales Back cover contains both mono and stereo catalogue numbers in the top right corner (one above the other) : MONO PMCO 1230 STEREO PCSO 3058 Similarly, on the spine (side by side): PMCO 1230/PCSO 3058 Laminated flip-back cover with 'pinched' spine at top and bottom.