BEATLES (NOT)SEALED LP YESTERDAY 1966 1stPRESS 2nd STATE BUTCHER COVER

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EXTREMELY RARE VINTAGE ORIGINAL MONO LP "YESTERDAY"...AND TODAY" BY THE BEATLES ON CAPITOL RECORDS (T 2553)USA FIRST PRESSING FROM 1966,RIAA #6 - W/2nd STATE PASTE-OVER COVER OF THE BUTCHER ALBUM UNDERNEATH-COVERS(RATE VG/VG+ WITH LIGHT WEAR-SLIGHT 2" SPLIT UPPER LEFT EDGE VERY LITELY TAPED IN PLACE-NAME WRITTEN ON REAR)THE FRONTAL PASTE-OVER COVER SLICK IS COMPLETE & NOT TORN, LABELS (VG+ NAME WRITTEN ON SIDE 2-OTHERWISE EXCELLENT) SPINDLES(EXC) ORIGINAL GOLDEN SLEEVE(EX) WITH NICE GLOSSY VINYL THAT RATES VG TO VG+ WITH NUMEROUS FINE LINES BUT ACTUALLY PLAYS VG+ -EXCELLENT PLAYING COPY CONSIDERING THIS IS MAINLY SOLD AS A COLLECTIBLE...-SLIGHT NOISE BETWEEN SOME TRACKS AND FEW QUIETER AREAS-CREASE UPPER RIGHT CORNER AREA-ONLY LIGHT WEAR OVERALL-

ALBUM STILL IN NICE CONDITION CONSIDERING ITS AGE AND RARITY-A TOP COLLECTIBLE! (MOST OF THESE ARE ROUGH & TORN-UP-THIS ONE IS NOT AND HAS NOT BEEN TAMPERED WITH AS TO PEELING OF THE COVER) SHIPPING OVERSEAS-$26.50 FLAT FEE, $21.50 TO CANADA--WILL BE CAREFULLY SHIPPED IN A CUSTOM BOX WITH STIFFENERS -COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNTS GIVEN....

The original Yesterday and Today album cover, released in June 1966 only in the United States, was printed with a cover depicting the Beatles dressed in butcher smocks, surrounded by pieces of raw meat and plastic doll parts. Due to the negative reception Capitol Records received from reviewers who received advance copies of the record, the original album was quickly replaced... 

Underneath the regular cover in the picture shown is the so-called ''butcher'' cover of this release which induced such an outrage that the album was recalled and new artwork was created from an earlier Beatles photoshoot. A small number of copies escaped and appeared on the market nonetheless. These are known as ''first state'' butcher covers. Not wanting to lose time with waiting until the new covers were ready, Capitol decided to first use the new front slicks and glue them over the original artwork, to hide its offensive picture from the public eye. The (not too many) copies of this that came unto the market are known as ''second state'' butcher covers. These are descernible by checking the cover in the middle on the right hand side. If the ''butcher'' artwork is underneath, a dark triangle (of Ringo's turtleneck) shines through. If the pasted slick is removed and the original artwork thus restored the release is known as a ''third state'' butcher cover. All three states are known in stereo too. 

An effective way to identify a Second or a Third State butcher is not only Ringo's V but also the size of the cover. These 2nd and 3rd State covers will be about 1/8” taller than First State covers or the later normal Trunk covers as they have been trimmed to address alignment issues at the right side prior to being shrink wrapped. 

Another way to identify a 2nd state MONO butcher is to look closely at the bottom of the glued on "Trunk" picture. If the trunk doesn't go all the way down to the border / limit of the picture and if there is some white "space" in between the trunk and the limit of the picture, then chances are very good, that it is indeed a 2nd state MONO butcher. This however is not true for stereo pressings.

THE FRONT PASTE-OVER COVER SLICK IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER THAN THE ONE UNDERNEATH,ALSO INDICATIVE OF A BUTCHER ALBUM -YOU CAN SEE GRAY (OF THE ORIGINAL COVER) ALL ACROSS THE RIGHT EDGE...BOTTOM OF COVER SLICK IS PASTED ON ACROSS LOWER FRONTAL EDGE, ALSO ANOTHER INDICATION...