Beatles 2nd State Stereo pasteover Butcher cover st2553
$
545
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This is an excellent condition Yesterday and Today (2nd State Stereo paste over Butcher cover) Album. This LP is becoming increasingly harder to find due to people peeling the cover to reveal the Butcher cover. However this version of the album is more valuable with its full cover still intact
THIS IS A MASSIVELY RARE 2ND STATE BUTCHER COVER CAPITOL PRESSING!!!! THE BUTCHER COVER WAS THE ORIGINAL COVER CAPITOL USED ON THIS LP WHEN IT WAS 1ST PRESSED IN 1966. THE ORIGINAL COVER SHOWED THE BEATLES WEARING BUTCHER SMOCKS AND HOLDING CUTS OF MEAT AND DOLLS. HOWEVER THERE WERE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE COVER FROM RADIO STATIONS AS IT WAS TOO 'SHOCKING' AND CAPITOL DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THE LP BEFORE THE ACTUAL RELEASE DATE. ONLY A VERY VERY FEW COPIES GOT OUT WITH THE ORIGINAL BUTCHER COVER INTACT (KNOWN AS THE 1ST STATE COVER) EVEN THOUGH AN ORDER HAD BEEN GIVEN TO DESTROY ALL BUTCHER COVERS. HOWEVER MOST OF THE COVER MANUFACTURERS DECIDED IT WOULD BE EASIER TO 'PASTE OVER' THE REMAINING BUTCHER COVERS WITH THE NEW APPROVED COVER PHOTO - RATHER THAN DESTROY THEM. THE NEW APPROVED PHOTO WAS KNOWN AS THE TRUNK COVER (WITH THE BEATLES AROUND A STEAMER TRUNK). COVERS WITH THE BUTCHER COVER PASTED OVER BY THE TRUNK COVER ARE KNOWN AS 2ND STATE BUTCHER COVERS. OF COURSE MOST COPIES OF THIS LP DONT HAVE A BUTCHER COVER UNDER THE TRUNK COVER AND FINDING A 2ND STATE BUTCHER COVER TODAY IN DECENT CONDITION IS VERY HARD INDEED!!!! WHAT OF COURSE MAKES THIS 2ND STATE BUTCHER COVER EVEN RARER - IS THAT MOST BUYERS OF THIS LP IN 1966 DECIDED TO RIP OFF THE TRUNK COVER TO SEE WHAT WAS UNDERNEATH!!!! OF COURSE THIS RESULTED IN A LOT OF DAMAGE TO MOST COVERS AND OF COURSE TODAY 'UNPEELED' BUTCHER COVERS ARE WORTH FAR MORE THAN 'PEELED' BUTCHER COVERS!!!! PEELED COVERS ARE KNOWN AS A 3RD STATE BUTCHER COVERS - AND ARE THE MOST COMMON OF THE BUTCHER COVERS. BUT THIS IS A 100% GENIUNE 1966 UNPEELED 2ND STATE BUTCHER COVER AND IS INCREDIBLY RARE!!!!
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