Beatles - Yesterday & Today 3rd State 1st Press original Butcher Cover Peeled NM

$

3,175

THE BEATLES - YESTERDAY & TODAY ''THIRD STATE STEREO'' PROFESSIONALLY PEELED BUTCHER COVER WITH CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY (COA). COMES WITH THE CORRECT RECORD, TRUNK COVER SLICK, PLUS COMPANY SLEEVE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION.
First State stereo issues of the Butcher cover are much rarer than their mono counterparts, and outnumber them by a ratio of roughly 10:1.
The only vinyl matrix released along with this first pressing Butcher cover was the:
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): ST1 2553 - A1 I AM Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): ST2 2553 - A5 I AM
All the other ones were released after the recall, therefore, this is the only authentic vinyl released with the first pressing of this album, or THE BUTCHER COVER album. Always look at the runout to check its authenticity. 

First State stereo issues of the Butcher cover are much rarer than their mono counterparts, and outnumber them by a ratio of roughly 10:1.

''It's interesting to note that '3rd State Butcher Covers are just about as hard to find as 1st State Butcher Covers! The reason is that most collectors didn't peel great condition paste covers. Far more often they did peel examples in less condition. So the result is that great condition peeled examples are actually very very rare indeed having great condition on the front slick AND the rest of the cover too! So the value of a 3rd state peeled Butcher cover is directly connected to how great the peeling process was.''
Labels have a black rainbow color-band without "subsidiary" rim text.
This version was pressed by Capitol's plant in Scranton, PA (identified by stamped letters I over AM inside a triangle). (see pics)
Labels have the title as "YESTERDAY" . . . AND TODAY and this appears below the band name on the labels: (Recorded in England)
Scranton pressings are denoted by "IAM" in a triangle in each runout #2 appears at lower right hand corner of the rear sleeve, indicating cover fabricated by Imperial Paper Box Corp., Inc. of Brooklyn, NY Released on a black Capitol label with rainbow rim.

-The Butcher slick itself is in great condition, all textured in all its glory, colors look great and vivid, the four corners of the Butcher slick look new, with no creases, marks, tears, nothing (see pics)
-The album Cover itself has all four corners in great shape, with the top right corner with a small crease and the bottom left corner with some discoloration and tiny fracture on 2 corners. 
-The back cover is in outstanding condition with a little crease on the bottom and top right corner.
-The peeling was professionally done and it comes with a COA to prove its authenticity.
-It comes with the original Trunk slick which is in very good shape.
-The spine still looks very good and you can clearly read all the writings.
-Comes with replica of Capitol Records recall letter.
-Comes with the only authentic company sleeve for this release, the orange sleeve with the black bar in the bottom.
-The Record is the original one that comes with the original 1966 first pressing album and it is in excellent to near MINT condition with no spindle marks (see pics), it plays DEAD FLAT on the turntable, I posted a video for all of you to see.

-As Beatles albums had continued to sell well since their arrival in America in early 1964, Capitol had high hopes for sales of Yesterday and Today. In anticipation of this, the company printed some 750,000 covers at their three pressing plants – Los Angeles, California, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Jacksonville, Illinois.
-At the time of the release of Yesterday and Today, record companies in America were still pressing records in both stereo and mono, as stereo records were playable only on stereo equipment and most buyers only had mono record players. Because of this, approximately 80%-90% of the finished covers were in mono, with the remainder in stereo.

Rights Society: BMI Matrix / Runout (Label A): ST-X-1-2553 Matrix / Runout (Label B): ST-X-2-2553 Pressing Plant ID (Appears in runouts): "I AM" (in triangle) Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): ST1 2553 - A1 I AM Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): ST2 2553 - A5 I AM

RECORD WILL BE SHIPPED IN A DOUBLE BOXED PACKAGE, WITH TRACKING AND SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION.
ALBUM IS CURRENTLY STORED AND WILL BE SHIPPED INSIDE AN ARCHIVAL ARMOR MYLAR SLEEVE (CERTIFIED BY INDEPENDENT LABELS FOR INDEFINITE STORAGE).

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