THE BEATLES YESTERDAY AND TODAY US ORIG ' 66 CAPITOL MONO 2ND STATE BUTCHER COVER
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Capitol Records“Yesterday And Today”THE BEATLESONLY COLLECTIBLE VINYL RECORDS AND RARE MEMORABILIA, PRE-SALE PREPARATION, FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION, HIGH DEFINITION (HD) PHOTOGRAPHS, HIGH QUALITY SERVICE, QUALITY GUARANTEE, 100% - POSITIVE FEEDBACK, 100% MONEY BACK GUARANTEE, PROFESSIONAL PACKAGING ASSURING A SAFE TRANSIT, FREE U.S. PRIORITY SHIPPING!Original 100% authentic 1st West Coast, Los Angeles, Hollywood pressingplant release 2nd State Paste-Over Monaural “...ButcherCover”. The paste-over “Trunk” slick with a vivid beautifullypreserved print contains a perfectly visible Ringo’s sweater “V” neck alongwith the texture of the Butcher cover underneath. The slick is so clear thatone can even slightly see Ringo’s Head, above the “V” neck, and his blackpants at the bottom of the right corner under a strong light source.. It'sextremely hard to find a copy of the 2nd State Monaural Butcher Cover insuch a great clean condition. The back cover contains a RIAA 6 factorydesignator at the bottom right corner, identifying this very early copy asa Los Angeles, Hollywood pressing plant issue. This copy has theoriginal Capitol Records T-2553 Mono catalog number black label with amulticolored spectrum ("Rainbow") band along the label's edge withoutthe "subsidiary" print. 1st US Mono issue thick glossy vinyl pressingwith the stamped 1st matrix numbers in the trail-off vinyl: Side 1 - T1-2553-F3/ Side 2 - T2 - 2553 - F1. The listing includes the vintage scan copies ofCapitol Records original documents, relating to the Butcher artwork situationand its controversy, a Capitol memo from Joe Sobeck, Capitol’sdistribution manager in Boston, describing in all of the details thedestruction of the original 1st State Butcher Covers (dated June 28, 1966), a letter from Capitol Records’ press and information services manager RonTepper that was sent to record reviewers (dated June 14, 1966) and finally, anewspaper clipping from The Boston Globe with the headline “Beatles Make$250, 000 Goof”, which describes the recall of the controversial Butchercovers and how Brian Epstein, the manager of The Beatles submitted the originalartwork to Capitol Records (dated June 25, 1966). The album comes with anoriginal Capitol Records gold "CAPITOL'66; SOUNDS GREAT!" inner sleeve.CONDITION:COVER: EXCELLENT (EX) Super clean cover. Only a very light barely noticeable hint of ring wearat the top and bottom of the front cover. The paste over "Trunk"slick retains its original vintage white color and doesn't have any scuffs ormissing pieces. The back cover contains a couple of barely noticeable scuffingspots along with some very light ring wear, which is probably not even worthmentioning. The spine contains a light hint of splitting at the bottom. Somevery light corner wear.VINYL: VERY GOODPLUS (VG+) The glossy vinyl has some very light surfacehairlines and scuffs from the inner sleeve.LABELS: NEARMINT MINUS (NM-) Very clean scuff-free labels.ATTENTIONINTERNATIONAL BIDDERS! USPS canno longer accept or deliver international mail temporary to several countriesdue to the service impacts. Please check whether your country is on thelist of temporary service and guaranteed-delivery suspensions. Additionally, please take into consideration that the disruption of air mail schedule causessignificant delays, which affect the expected delivery date declared by eBayand USPS. From our side, we guarantee the prompt shipping of the itemwithin 24 hours after receiving payment. Please pay attentionthat we DON'T ship to Russia and Germany. No exceptions. We'll immediatelycancel the transaction if our policy conditions are violated. Sorry about that.POLICY:Realizinghow important it is to secure the safety of the item you've paid your moneyfor, I'll put my best effort into packing the records as best as possible, triple boxing them into the specialized professional boxes, with the two outerboxes having a special construction with extended cardboard on the edges toprevent the record covers' corners from getting damaged during the transit, andwill also put the vinyl outside of the cover (of course, unless it's a sealedrecord) to prevent the splitting. I always try responding to the messages, butplease, before sending me a message, make sure that the answer to your questionisn't included in the description. I'll use my right to block a buyer, whodoesn't correspond to my idea of politeness, culture and respect toward eachother. If you want to participate in my auction, please be honest and positive, and I'll be mutual with you. I'll remove the bids of a buyer with zero rating, unless he contacts me prior to placing a bid.
