Despite the low fidelity, I'm still really excited to hear the mono mix. Actually, I heard that in theaters, the audio track was very over-modulated so screaming fans could hear still. I bet that the first VHS just tried to normalize this over-modulated version and got low fidelity. This article (by me :) lol) is pretty informative in terms of the history of A Hard Day's Night's audio track. However, what my article does not mention is that there was a second restoration after the MPI one by AMC that was vastly superior. It showed in AMC festivals at times and contained a restored original mono sound track that apparently sounded magnificent and better than the original theatrical release. In fact, I believe Reverend Beastly's trading site Brual DVD has a copy for trade though I haven't been able to acquire it. This probably would be the best choice if you wanted the best sounding mono track. Anways, when this is complete, please PM me. I'm really looking forward to this.

Oh and to Skyjedi, thanks for the information, but has there been any release with all the Criterion's special features. If there is does anyone have a copy?