CURRENT INVENTORY / YESTERDAY AND TODAY BUTCHER COVER BC444 | VIEW CART |
"YESTERDAY AND TODAY"
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DESCRIPTION CAPITOL RECORDS PROCEEDED WITH THE PRESSING, PACKAGING AND SHIPPING OF 750,000 COPIES TO ITS DISTRIBUTORS. THE RESPONSE WAS IMMEDIATE AND UNIFORMLY NEGATIVE, AND FORCED CAPITOL'S PRESIDENT ALAN LIVINGSTON, TO PULL THE PLUG ON THE BUTCHER. A MASSIVE RECALL WAS QUICKLY FORMULATED AND SET INTO MOTION SO THAT ALL COPIES OF THE ALBUM WERE TO BE RETURNED AND A REPLACEMENT FRONT SLICK WAS TO BE PASTED OVER THE "OFFENSIVE" BUTCHER COVER, ALTHOUGH THOUSANDS OF THE BUTCHER COVERS WERE ALREADY DESTROYED BY CAPITOL'S JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS PLANT. ONCE THE RECALL DECISION WAS MADE, CAPITOL BEGAN PREPARING THE REPLACEMENT COVER FOR THE 750,000 RECORDS THAT HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BUTCHER COVER JACKETS. THE NEW "PASTE OVER" SLICK SHOWED THE BEATLES STANDING AROUND A STEAMER TRUNK (WITH PAUL INSIDE) AND THIS CAME TO BE KNOWN AS THE "TRUNK COVER". FAB 4 COLLECTIBLES OFFERS HERE THIS MOST STUNNING MONAURAL FIRST STATE BUTCHER COVER - THE ALBUM AS ORIGINALLY RELEASED AND PRIOR TO THE RECALL. IT IS TRULY A GORGEOUS SURVIVING FIRST STATE EXAMPLE OF A LOS ANGELES PRESSING. IN PERSON, THIS COVER IS A REAL BEAUTY. THE CONDITION OF THIS BUTCHER COVER SLICK ITSELF IS AN EXEMPLARY BRILLIANT AND SHARP NEAR MINT, WITH NO BLEMISHES AT ALL. THE GRAPHICS AND IMAGES REMAIN BOLD, WITH DEEP COLORS AND RICH, VIBRANT CLARITY. THE CONDITION OF THE OVERALL COVER RATES A NEAR MINT MINUS WITH THE FOLLOWING MINOR ISSUES: A VERY SOFT CREASE TO THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER TIP, AND MINIMAL TIP WEAR ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER THAT IS MAINLY EVIDENT ON THE BACK CORNER. THERE ARE NO SEAM SPLITS, RIPS OR TEARS OR RING WEAR AT ALL. THIS IS THE EXTENT OF ANY WEAR TO THIS BEAUTIFUL MONO FIRST STATE BUTCHER. THE BACK COVER REMAINS A CLEAN "BRIGHT" WHITE - NO RINGWEAR, AND JUST ONE SMALL LIGHT AGE MARK. THE SPINE IS PERFECTLY CENTERED, SOLID, FIRM AND LEGIBLE.
THE COVER LAYS PERFECTLY FLAT.
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