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THE BEATLES Yesterday And Today (Very Rare 1966 US first issue 11-track mono vinyl LP, 'second state' unpeeled pasteover 'Butcher' picture sleeve with pasted over 'Trunk' slick and the 'Butcher' cover clearly visible through it, as indicated in the scan.
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TRACKLISTING AND EXTRA INFORMATION
The Beatles' Yesterday & Today album was released in the US by Capitol Records on June 15th 1966. The cover featured a highly controversial picture of the group dressed in white butcher smocks showing raw cuts of meat and parts of toy dolls strewn about their apparel.

The album was issued to radio stations and stores in advance of release and caused such an uproar that it was quickly recalled, although not before some copies hit the racks and were sold.

For the first time, three Beatle tracks - Dr. Robert, And Your Bird Can Sing & I'm Only Sleeping - appeared in the States before they were issued in the UK on Revolver. This led to earlier mixes of the tracks being used than those that appear on Revolver & they sound very different in places.

As so many copies of the offensive cover had already been manufactured at great cost it was decided that rather than scrap these covers and reprint, a different picture slick showing the group around a luggage trunk would be printed and pasted over the offensive sleeve.

As news spread of the picture underneath, people tried to peel off the new slick to reveal the picture underneath with varying success.

A 'Butcher' cover as issued by Capitol in its natural state is known as a first state copy. Mono copies in good condition fetch many thousands of dollars, regardless of condition. Stereo copies fetch even more as there were twenty times more mono than stereo copies produced.

A 'Butcher' cover with the 'trunk' cover slick pasted over the top is known as a second state. If you look carefully at the white area on the right hand side of the sleeve, Ringo's black V-neck sweater can be seen showing through the thin replacement slick.

Finding these second state covers is now actually becoming much more difficult as advances in the quality of professional peeling methods has led to more and more of the 'trunk'cover slicks being removed thus creating third state sleeves, as below.

A 'Butcher' sleeve with the trunk cover slick peeled off is known as a third state. It was very rare that a 'trunk' cover slick could be removed without damaging the 'Butcher' picture underneath, although advances in technology have led to more and successful peels hitting the market.

Very few copies were reportedly sold in stores with this cover in its first state, and a first state stereo copy in resonable condition will now cost the collector in excess of $10,000!

Condition

The Sleeve:

Ringo's black sweater is clearly visible in the white area of the pasted over trunk cover, so this is therefore quite obviously a genuine second state 'Butcher' sleeve.
This particular sleeve shows just minor discolouration/shelfwear to the front and light age yellowing/ringwear to the back, but less than you would expect. The important front of the sleeve is still nice and white. There is obvious
fracturing to the edges with age, (the spine is split completely) with half the bottom edge and the beginnings of the top edge come away.

It is complete with a correct period Capitol advert inner, showing splits to edge.

With second state sleeves becoming ever harder to find, this is sure to be a positive investment as well as filling a valuable slot in your personal collection.

The Vinyl:

The labels are rainbow rim in design with the perimeter text inside the colourband.
The vinyl [G] shows obvious surface scuffs and surface hairlines (mainly to I'm Only Sleeping/Nowhere Man and Act Naturally, although none deep enough to really interfere with play. Luckily, none of the musical content is exclusive to this pressing & it is identical musically to the mono reissues on both CD and vinyl. Many collectors find a nice sleeve like this one and upgrade the vinyl from a regular trunk sleeve issue anyway. That's not to say that the vinyl is in bad shape - the vinyl retains the unfailing playability often only found in original sixties pressings and the sound quality remains top notch, although the occasional click & background noise in some quiet passages may be experienced.

Although not mint this item still remains a distinct rarity and should not be passed over lightly.

A fantastic opportunity to purchase a highly sought after collectable in decent condition.

Tracklisting:
01. Drive My Car
02. I'm Only Sleeping
03. Nowhere Man
04. Dr Robert
05. Yesterday
06. Act Naturally
07. And Your Bird Can Sing
08. If I Needed Someone
09. We Can Work It Out
10. What Goes On?
11. Day Tripper

Artist - The Beatles (click link for complete listing)
Title - Yesterday And Today (click link for more of the same title)
Year of Release - 1966
Format - vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label - Capitol
Catalogue No - T2553 (click link for more)
Country of Origin - United States (USA)
Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info - Deleted, Picture Sleeve
Global Trade Item Number (GTIN) - 5053201646596
Condition - This item is in Excellent condition or better (unless it says otherwise in the above description). We buy items as close to Mint condition as possible and many will be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Irrespective of the source, all of our collectables meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Click here for more info.
RareVinyl.com Ref No - BTLLPYE875237
Alternative Names - Les Beatles,Los Beatles,Die Beatles,Fab Four.
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GENRES
60s Beat, 60s Pop, 60s Rock, Apple label, POP.

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