{"product_id":"yesterday-and-today","title":"Yesterday And Today (Butcher Cover)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"release-info\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRARE 2nd State Butcher Cover Scranton Pressing!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinyl is in nice condition as well. (Marked VG+) It still has it's original inner sleeves, though we have the disc in a new inner sleeve for protection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWhat is a \"Butcher Cover\"?\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood Question! When \u003cem\u003eYesterday and Today \u003c\/em\u003einitially released, it had an entirely different cover (see the 4th included picture for an example), nicknamed the \"butcher\" cover, it depicted the Beatles in butcher coats with raw meat and broken baby dolls strewn about. Reasoning's given for this image ranged from a critique of the public's obsession with the band, a statement on the Vietnam war, to a protest of Capitol records method of altering track lists for North American releases (\"butchering\" the records).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo matter what, in the 60's this image was seen as obscenely gory, and Capitol almost immediately withdrew the small amount of records that had been released. The records that were withdrawn were pasted over with the new cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are 3 States of a Butcher cover; a 1st state is the rarest, being a copy that never got a new cover pasted on top. A 2nd State (like this one) is a copy that still has the new cover pasted on top. You can tell these are a Butcher cover by looking in a spot of the lower right side of the cover where Ringo's black V-neck from the original is still semi-visible (see the third attached picture). The 3rd state means a copy where the new cover was removed, which tended to damage the original cover underneath. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eRelease Information:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl LP Album Compilation Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1966\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e US\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Capitol Records, Capitol Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMatrix\/Runout:\u003c\/strong\u003e ST-X-1-2553\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"notes\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNotes:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScranton pressings are denoted by \"IAM\" in a triangle in each runout\u003cbr\u003e#2 appears at lower right hand corner of the rear sleeve, indicating cover fabricated by Imperial Paper Box Corp., Inc. of Brooklyn, NY\u003cbr\u003eReleased on a black Capitol label with rainbow rim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mono and stereo labels on the \"Butcher\" LPs pressed in Scranton are similar to those pressed in Los Angeles -- [r2288667] -- but differ in two respects: 1) On the Scranton labels, the “ST-2553” is centered above the “(ST-X-1-2553)” (to the left of \"Side 1\/2\"); and 2) \"Side 1\/2\" -- is in a sans serif font. On Los Angeles pressings, the “ST-2553” is right aligned over the “(ST-X-1-2553)” and the side number is in a serif font.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tracklist\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cpre\u003eA1. Drive My Car (2:25)\nA2. I'm Only Sleeping (2:58)\nA3. Nowhere Man (2:40)\nA4. Dr. Robert (2:14)\nA5. Yesterday (2:04)\nA6. Act Naturally (2:27)\nB1. And Your Bird Can Sing (2:02)\nB2. If I Needed Someone (2:19)\nB3. We Can Work It Out (2:10)\nB4. What Goes On? (2:44)\nB5. Day Tripper (2:47)\u003c\/pre\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Capitol Records, Capitol Records","offers":[{"title":"VG+","offer_id":41570451816519,"sku":"VLPU-BEA-YES-33","price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/2230\/9447\/files\/FullSizeRender_1153030b-fcf1-4117-9c48-a5349855bc47.heic?v=1770942798","url":"https:\/\/rockinrubys.com\/products\/yesterday-and-today","provider":"Rockin' Ruby's Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}