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Yesterday And Today - 2nd State

THE BEATLES Yesterday And Today (Rare 1966 US first issue 11-track mono vinyl LP, superb 'second state' unpeeled pasteover 'Butcher' picture sleeve with pasted over 'Trunk' slick and the 'Butcher' cover clearly visible through it, as indicatedin the scan. This copy also includes copies of the letters from Capitol Records sent to reviewers about the withdrawal of the original sleeve T2553)
See 'More Info' for further details on this stunning rarity....

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Product Availability Currently Unavailable - You can request the next copy of this item
Release Year 1966 - 58 years ago
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Capitol
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Product Catalogue No T2553
Music Genre POP, Apple label, 60s Beat, 60s Pop, 60s Rock
Country Comes from USA Comes from 'USA'
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Tracklisting & More 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 in places and light age yellowing to the back, but far less than you would expect. The important front of the sleeve is still nice and white. There is some natural fracturing to the paper along the spine with age, with all text clearly legible.
The corners reveal some past attempts at peeling, which is mild.
It is complete with a correct period Capitol advert inner.
We have enclosed copies of the two letters that Capitol issued at the time to cover the announcement that they were withdrawing the original cover art.

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 [VG] shows several surface scuffs and surface hairlines 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 - far from it. The vinyl retains the unfailing playablity 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 the vinyl is not mint this item remains one of the best that we've found in thirty years of dealing with collectables and should not be passed over lightly.

A fantastic opportunity to purchase a highly sought after collectable in very respectable 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

LP RECORD  
Recording Artist The Beatles
Product Title Yesterday And Today - 2nd State
Product Information The Beatles Yesterday And Today - 2nd State USA vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
Additional info Deleted - A deleted or out-of-print item is one that is no longer manufactured. However, we stock thousands of out-of-print formats and we specialise in tracking down out-of-print, deleted and hard-to-find releases.
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