THE BEATLES "YESTERDAY AND TODAY" RARE '66 US ORIG WITHDRAWN 'BUTCHER COVER' LP
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THE BEATLES
"YESTERDAY AND TODAY"
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THE INFAMOUS 'BUTCHER COVER' here was WITHDRAWN as soon as reviewers raised issue with the daring and very risqué artwork.
The humourous intentions were clear enough by the lads' cheeky grins, wearing butcher's working coat overalls while covered by various meat cuts and...... doll effigies of babies!
WHAT were they THINKING??
Yes it's bizarre, even if you get the joke - poor taste? Macabre even? Just weird, as none of the songs seem to relate. Charles Manson was to add a terrible poignancy to this.
The US management realised the sensitivity though, so this was hastily pulled from general sale and a new picture made (a costly exercise that has been quoted to be around $100,000 all told!)
For convenience, the replacement slicks were pasted (or glued) over a few of the offending matted ones, and quickly hit the shelves in that new format.
Finding an uncovered un-retouched original is extremely difficult, so a decent peeled paste-over like this, is the goal!
Here is a fine example then - some re-colouring has been done, mainly to the top corners - these area can perhaps be improved upon with some small attentions.
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I grade the cover VG+, it would look beautiful framed too! The width is exactly 31 cm, with the title on the spine nicely visible.
The face is matt paper *textured* like sack-cloth.
The disc is beautiful TOP SHINE EX condition, great player and top with nice clean EX lables.
The nice original inner is included too, it's complete as released in 1966!
This is genuine and rare, a highly prized collectible.
** I package securely, this valuable piece will be sent trackable and signed for **
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Sending from Sweden.
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