ORIGINAL 3RD STATE PEELED MONO BUTCHER COVER BEATLES "YESTERDAY AND TODAY" LOA

$

1,303

Listed for sale is an Authentic Original "Third State" Peeled Mono Butcher Cover Version of the Beatles Classic Album - Yesterday and Today.  It is a rare copy that was pressed in the Capitol Records Pressing Plant in Los Angeles, California on or around June 1966.  The rear of the album cover is printed with the number "6" for LA.  The cover is graded VG (see full description in Letter of Authenticity).

The album sleeve is the original (orange) and in Vg+ condition with no tears.

The vinyl is a mono edition and is in VG++ excellent condition.  Vinyl is shinny and bright.

This rare copy has been professionally authenticated by Perry Cox - an expert memorabilia expert and one of the top leading authorities on Beatles Records.  Perry Cox is the author of 'The Official Price Guide To The Beatles Records and Memorabilia'.

No guesses here as to if it authenticty.  The Letter of Authenticity will be included with the album/record.

Perry Duane Cox (born September 3, 1957, Tempe, Arizona) is a pop & rock memorabilia expert and author specializing in the Beatles and the Beach Boys.

Perry Cox - One of the Absolute Top Leading Authorities on Beatles Records & Memorabilia and Author of "The Official Price Guide To The Beatles Records And 

Included will be a copy (not original) of the letter Capitol Records Distributing Corp. issued on June 14, 1966 and sent out to suppliers and retail businesses asking for the original 1966 album to be returned because of the controversial butcher album cover.  

At that time, those Butcher Cover albums that were returned were either destroyed or had the butcher cover photo covered over with a glued Yesterday & Today trunk case cover.  

The most expensive one is the original butcher block covers that were not returned to Capitol records and are known as "First State" copies.  These copies are the most valuable and this re-issue is what the album originally looked like.

The next original copy is called "Second State" and those were the albums that had the new label (trunk case photo) pasted over the butcher cover and redistributed for re-sale.  They are identifiable because parts of the butcher cover photo appear through the pasted trunk cover.

The last original copy (this one) is known as the "Third State" copy.  People realized in the sixties that they could steam the peeled trunk case cover off the album.  There are good and bad versions of this Third State album as some people were good at removing the glued replacement cover and others not so, and severely damaged the album jacket.

Album will be placed in a protective clear vinyl record protector and mailed with cardboard protection squares inside the record package box for safe handling of album/vinyl.  Album will be insured and sent via USPS Priority Mail since this is a rare and valuable album cover and record.  Shipping cost includes insurance and tracking.  That is why shipping is $35.00.