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An-other thing I noticed while listening to A Hard Day's Night last week is that "Any Time at All" begins in the same sort of way as "A Hard Day's Night." "A Hard Day's Night" is well-known for its dissonant beginning, and while "Any Time at All" begins with just drums, it has the same immediacy. Interestingly, on the original vinyl, "A Hard Day's Night" started side one, and "Any Time at All" started side two. I don't know how much influence (if any) the Beatles had on the sequencing of the album, but those two songs' beginning each of the sides helps make a more consistent album - each side starts with that suddenness.
