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The Beatles Yesterday and Today Third State "Butcher Cover" Mono LP Vinyl Record (Capitol T 2553, 19

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The Beatles Yesterday and Today Third State  Butcher Cover  Mono LP Vinyl Record (Capitol T 2553, 19
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This item SOLD at 2024 Apr 18 @ 17:14UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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This is a Third State cover, with the outer "Trunk" cover nicely peeled off. The cover does have seam splits at the top and bottom, and paper loss/cracking on the spine. There is staining on the front and back. The back cover has a "6" near the RIAA logo, denoting it was pressed at either the LA or Winchester pressing plant. The record is well-played. An affordable copy of one of the more bizarre Beatles collectibles. The sleeve is in GD 3.5 and the disc is in VG-EX 6.5. Yesterday and Today is remembered primarily for the controversy surrounding its original cover image. Known as the "butcher cover", it was taken by photographer Robert Whitaker and shows the band dressed in white coats and covered with decapitated baby dolls and pieces of raw meat. Although the photo was intended to be part of a larger work critiquing the adulation afforded the Beatles, the band members insisted it was a statement against the Vietnam War. Others interpreted it as the Beatles protesting the record company's policy of "butchering" their albums for the North American market. In response to retailers' concern over the gory subject matter, Capitol immediately withdrew the LP and replaced the cover image with a shot of the band posed around a "steamer" trunk.