Original Second State Stereo Butcher Cover Beatles 'Yesterday and Today' Album
$
405
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Description
The album cover features somewhat of an anomaly compared to typical second state covers. If you look to the top left of the front cover of the album you will notice the top left corner of original butcher cover is visible due to the trunk cover layer being offset. Note the dark grey bar on the top of this butcher cover layer which indicates that this was indeed issued as a stereo version. As shown in the photographs the condition of the cover is good with a fairly clean cover showing light ringwear. There is a light crease running up John's left leg and a raised bump just to the right of Paul's head which appears to be a piece of dirt that got stuck during the pressing of the cover. The reverse has a tad bit more ringwear and some light stainging. The spine and top seam show yellowing and the bottom seam is about 2/3 split. The original inner sleeve is half-split on the bottom and has about 1 1/2" splits on the sides. That said, I would conservatively grade this disc between VG and VG+. The record plays great with almost surface noise and a few pops and clicks here and there. Visually the record is very lustrous with a fair amount of scuff and light lines, and a couple needle marks that don't seem to affect play. Overall this is a nice example of a second state "butcher cover" that actually shows some of the original cover due to a seldom-seen faulty top cover pasting.
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