Beatles Yesterday And Today 2nd State Butcher Pasteover

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THE BEATLES Yesterday and Today Capitol Records T 2553 High Fidelity Recordings.  RIAA number is 6, indicating that this is a monaural copy pressed in Los Angeles.  Please closely inspect the photos for an indication of the condition of the album cover.  I will describe to the best of my ability but I am not an expert in grading.  If you have any questions please ask before bidding.

This is a "second state" pasteover of the Butcher cover.  If you look at the enlargement from the front cover scan, you can clearly see Ringo's black v neck showing through from the original cover underneath.    In fact you can see Ringo's head.  The seams and spine are really tight and in good condition.  There is some discoloration on the cover from age but not much.  It would be in really exceptional condition except that someone apparently was curious about whether or not it really was a butcher cover.  You can see in the scan that someone has picked at it a little near George Harrison's head and in the lower right corner.  Other than that there is a brown mark near the lower left .  The back cover has a light circle visible where the record goes.  It shows some minor aging but overall looks good.  The yellow orange colored inner sleeve is in  nice condition with a small split in each side seam.  It is intact.

The record itself is only in fair shape.  It has some scratches.   Please see the photo of the label.  The numbers are T-2553 and below that it says (T-X-I-2553).  Etched into the vinyl on side one it says TI-2553-F21.  On side two it says T-2-2553-G-22.

I will include a copy of the recall letter dated June 14, 1966 from Ron Tepper of Capitol Records, to Reviewers, announcing the recall.

The following information on the butcher album has been excerpted from Wikipedia:

The album is remembered primarily for the controversy surrounding its original cover image, the "butcher cover" featuring the band dressed in white smocks and covered with decapitated baby dolls and pieces of meat. The album's title is loosely based on the song "Yesterday."  Released in June 1966, this album's controversial cover marked the first time that the Beatles' judgment was severely criticized by the media and the public.  Nevertheless, the album reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard charts by July 30, 1966 and was certified gold soon after. Apart from the butcher cover, this album is of interest to collectors for the appearance of unique mixes of Revolver-era tracks unavailable elsewhere

In early 1966, photographer Robert Whitaker had The Beatles in the studio for a conceptual art piece entitled "A Somnambulant Adventure." For the shoot, Whitaker took a series of pictures of the group dressed in butcher smocks and draped with pieces of meat and body parts from plastic baby dolls. The group played along as they were tired of the usual photo shoots and the concept was compatible with their own "black humor".  Although not originally intended as an album cover, The Beatles submitted photographs from the session for their promotional materials. In particular, John Lennon pushed to use it as an album cover. A photograph of the band smiling amid the mock carnage was used as promotional advertisements for the British release of the "Paperback Writer" single. Also, a similar photograph from this shoot was used for the cover of the 11 June 1966 edition of the British music magazine Disc.

In the United States, Capitol Records printed approximately 750,000 copies of Yesterday and Today with the same photograph as "Paperback Writer". They were assembled in Capitol's four U.S. plants situated in different cities: Los Angeles; Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Jacksonville, Illinois. Copies from the various plants may be easily differentiated by examining the number printed near the RIAA symbol on the back; for example, stereo copies from the Los Angeles plant are designated "5" and mono Los Angeles copies are marked "6".

A small fraction of the original covers were shipped to disc jockeys and store managers as advance copies. Reaction was immediate. The record was immediately recalled. All copies were ordered shipped back to the record label, leading to its collectability. It has been substantiated that the record was indeed for sale in some stores in limited areas, probably for only one day

Capitol initially ordered plant managers to destroy the covers, and the Jacksonville plant delivered most of its copies to an area landfill. However, faced with so many jackets already printed, Capitol quickly changed course and decided instead to paste a new cover over the old one, cropping the open end of the album jacket by about 1/8 inch to address problems where the new sheet was not placed exactly "square" on top of the original cover. Tens of thousands of these were sent out. As word of this manoeuvre made the rounds, people attempted, sometimes successfully, to peel off the pasted-over cover of their copy of the album, hoping to reveal the original image hidden below. Covers that have had the white cover steamed or peeled off to reveal the underlying butcher image are known as "third state" covers.  Copies with the pasted-on cover intact above the butcher image are known as "second state" or "pasteovers"; today, pasteover covers that have not been altered in an attempt to remove the white cover are also becoming increasingly rare and valuable.

Please see my other auctions.  I am selling other Beatle collectibles including a peeled Butcher album  (3rd state) and a set of Car Mascot Beatle bobbers.  I will combine shipping.

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Please ask all questions before bidding.  It breaks my heart to sell these things but the economy is forcing me.  My loss is your gain.  Thanks for looking.