Beatles Yesterday And Today - 2nd State vinyl LP album record USA ST2553

	€		1,900
	$		2,209

VERSANDKOSTEN  |  KONTAKT       ARTIST: THE BEATLES TITEL: Yesterday And Today - 2nd State BESCHREIBUNG: THE BEATLES Yesterday And Today (Rare 1966 US first issue 11-track stereo vinyl LP superb second state unpeeled pasteover Butcher picture sleeve. No effort has ever been made to remove the pasted over Trunk slick and the Butcher cover is clearly visible through it as indicated in the scan. This copy also incluudes copies of the letters from Capitol Records sent to reviewers about the withdrawal of the original sleeve ST2553)
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  TRACKLISTING: Released in the US by Capitol Records on June 15th 1966 the album was issued to radio stations and stores in advance of release and caused such an uproar with the original design sleeve that it was quickly recalled although not before some copies hit the racks and were sold.

For the first time three Beatle tracks - Dr. Robert And Your Bird Can Sing & Im Only Sleeping - appeared in the States before they were issued in the UK on Revolver. This led to earlier mixes of the tracks being used than those that appear on Revolver & they sound very different in places.

As so many copies of the offensive cover had already been manufactured it was decided that rather than scrap these covers and reprint a different picture slick showing the group around a luggage trunk would be printed and pasted over the offensive sleeve.

As news spread of the picture underneath people tried to peel off the new slick to reveal the picture underneath with varying success.

A Butcher cover as issued by Capitol in its natural state is known as a first state copy. Very few copies were sold in stores.
There were twenty times more mono copies than stereo copies produced making a stereo copy extremely rare.

A Butcher cover with the trunk cover slick pasted over the top is known as a second state. If you look carefully at the white area on the right hand side of the sleeve as indicated in the scan Ringos black V-neck sweater can be seen showing through the thin replacement slick.

Finding these second state covers is now actually becoming much more difficult as advances in the quality of professional peeling methods has led to more and more of the trunk cover slicks being removed thus creating third state sleeves as below.

A Butcher sleeve with the trunk cover slick peeled off is known as a third state. It was very rare that a trunk cover slick could be removed without damaging the Butcher picture underneath although advances in technology have led to more and successful peels hitting the market.

Condition

The Sleeve:

Ringos black sweater is clearly visible in the white area of the pasted over trunk cover so this is therefore quite obviously a genuine second state Butcher sleeve.
Apart from a split to the centre of the top seam this particular sleeve shows minimal shelfwear or age yellowing far less than you would expect. The important front of the sleeve is still nice and white.

With second state sleeves becoming ever harder to find this is sure to be a positive investment as well as filling a valuable slot in your personal collection.

The Vinyl:

The labels are rainbow rim in design with the perimeter text inside the colourband.
The vinyl remains very pleasing with just a couple of surface scuffs and the odd surface hairline visible with none deep enough to interfere with play. It retains the unfailing playablity often only found in original sixties pressings. Having playtested we can confirm that sonically it still sounds very nice indeed with just a couple of clicks evident at times. None of the musical content is exclusive to this pressing & it is identical musically to the stereo reissues on both CD and vinyl. Many collectors find a nice sleeve like this one and upgrade the vinyl from a regular trunk sleeve issue anyway.

This item remains one of the best that weve found in over thirty years of dealing with collectables of this calibre and should not be passed over lightly!
We have enclosed copies of the two letters that Capitol issued at the time to cover the announcement that they were withdrawing the original cover art.

A fantastic opportunity to purchase this jewel in the crown in wonderful condition.

Tracklisting:
01. Drive My Car
02. Im Only Sleeping
03. Nowhere Man
04. Dr Robert
05. Yesterday
06. Act Naturally
07. And Your Bird Can Sing
08. If I Needed Someone
09. We Can Work It Out
10. What Goes On?
11. Day Tripper
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