BEATLES LP - Yesterday and Today - 100% Authentic Mono 3rd State BUTCHER Cover
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After 20 years of collecting, the time has come for me to sell my Beatles collection and let other collectors appreciate some of the records and memorabilia I've accumilated over the years. Please check out my other listings and remember to save me as a favourite seller, as every week I'll be listing more and more increasingly rare, collectible and desirable Beatles records!
Please be aware that all records are VISUALLY graded only - all grades are given based on how they appear under my desk lamp - since I do not own a record player. I cannot guarantee that discs will be click and skip free, although any marks and scratches that might possibly cause such problems will be highlighted clearly in the description.
Yesterday... and TodayMega Rare 3rd State Mono Butcher Cover! Awesome Peel!
.,.. Catalogue Number Label Year of Release T 2553 Capitol 1966 Sleeve Format Tax Code on Disc 3 (Scranton, Penn.) Mono - Side 1 Side 2 Track Listing Track Listing 1. Drive My Car
2. I'm Only Sleeping
3. Nowhere Man
4. Dr. Robert
5. Yesterday
6. Act Naturally 1. And Your Bird Can Sing
2. If I Needed Someone
3. We Can Work It Out
4. What Goes On
5. Day Tripper Matrix Number Matrix Number T1-2553-F7 #2 T2-2553-F1 #3 Stamper Code Stamper Code - - About the Record
On offer here is one of the true Beatle holy grails that no Beatle collection should be without!
This is a 100% genuine mono 'Yesterday and Today' 3rd state Butcher Cover! This is one of the most desireable, most highly collectible Beatles albums (or in fact *any* album) out there, due to it's rarity and to it's incredible back story!
In 1966 Robert Whittaker was a photographer called to conduct a photo session for Capitol's next LP, 'Yesterday and Today'. Soon, the band were tiring of doing 'another Beatle thing', so Robert decided to do something more unique and pulled out some butcher smocks, baby dolls and slabs of meat. The photos taken during this part of the session were never meant to be taken seriously and were purely to break the mood and have some fun. Unfortunately, nobody told Capitol and they soon picked one of the images taken during that session for the front of their latest release. When the initial copies were sent out to record stores and radio stations the reaction was, as expected, extremely negative. The album was immediately recalled and many copies were destroyed (some copies were said to have been dumped in a landfill somewhere) until the decision was made to paste a new slick with an innocent band photo over the top.
The Butcher Cover comes in three states. 1st State is the original Butcher slick that has had nothing pasted over it. 2nd State is a copy with the 'trunk' cover still stuck to the original Butcher and 3rd State is where someone has attempted to peel the 'trunk' slick back off to reveal the Butcher cover underneath.
This copy up for auction is for a 3rd state.
Due to the nature to how the Trunk slick was pasted over the Butcher, it was incredibly difficult to peel it without damaging the Butcher slick underneath. In fact, the majority of 3rd states were completely trashed by over-eager fans trying to see what was lurking underneath. Decent peels of the Butcher cover are incredibly hard to find and, because of this and of it's reputation, are extremely collectible!!
This is an absolutely beautiful peel of this incredible rarity! Also included is it's original orange Capitol inner sleeve and a modern copy of the original Butcher Recall letter!
Would look awesome framed!!
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The cover, as a whole, is a little rough, but the Butcher slick itself is incredibly clean with just a little peel damage and some remaining residue. The majority of Butcher were trashed and, even today, over-eager fans are peeling their 2nd states and completely ruining the Butcher underneath. The front slick has a lovely, rich colour to it with no real dirt or staining or anything. Looking incredibly clean with just, as I mentioned before, a little peel damage and glue residue. I've taken a number of detailed photos to show as much as I can. The top seam is pretty worn but holding bar a small splitting that's starting just in from the mouth edge that's run about 2 or so inches in. The boittom seam is mostly holding and doesn't look as well worn, but has split in from the mouth edge about 4 or so inches in. The spine is heavily worn and has heavy paper damage to the bottom with a fair amount of wear overall. The back has yellowed a little and has some ringwear and wear. The name 'Ron has been written in tiny, blue piro pen at the top left above and below the EMI logo. Inner Sleeve: FAIR
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The original original Capitol inner sleeve is included! It's looking pretty goodd with just a little light creasing and some light wear around the opening. However, the side and bottom seams are pretty well split and worn which is what's bringing the condition down. Disc (Visually Graded Only!!) : VG-
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The playing surface has a nice shine to it and has a fair amount of light scuffing along with some slightly heavier scuffs and marks in places. Can't really see anything heavier, though.
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The labels are looking pretty good. They have a little writing on them where 'Ron' has personalised it (Thanks, Ron!) and the silver text is looking slightly tired. Just a little, light, very faint spindlewear and just a very light hint of whitening around the centrehole. Nice labels.
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All records have been visually graded under a strong, 125W natural light desk lamp.
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UK 2nd Class Recorded Delivery: £3.99
UK 1st Class Recorded Delivery : £4.99
EU Countries International Signed For : £11.99
Rest of World International Signed For : £15.99
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