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[78] [nb 7] In her study of the band's contemporary audience, sociologist Candy Leonard says that some fans recall interpreting the "butcher cover" in this way and supporting the Beatles "and their sense of humour". [81] The backlash against the butcher cover in the US was reported in the 25 June issue of Billboard. [48]
The Beatles – Yesterday and Today (Capitol, US album in ‘butcher’ sleeve, 1966). A sealed mint "first state" stereo copy sold for US$125,000 in February 2016, [11] unsealed mint copies of this pressing have regularly sold for well over $15,000. Other pressings and states are also available, in both mono and stereo with prices ranging from ...
The Beatles themselves accidentally contributed what is probably one of the most well-known and valuable "collector's pieces" of the rock and roll era: "The Butcher Cover". This is an informal title for an album cover for the album Yesterday and Today. Until 1967, the Beatles' LP releases in the UK were substantially different from their LP ...
I have a Beatles butcher cover (the Fab Four dressed in smocks covered with raw meat and decapitated dolls) that I have priced at $5,000. Who is the most famous person to ever come into your store?
The cover art parodied well-known albums (the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the Rolling Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request, the Byrds' Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and the infamous "butcher" cover of the Beatles' Yesterday and Today).
A Collection of Beatles Oldies (subtitled But Goldies!) is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles.Released in the United Kingdom in December 1966, it features hit singles and other songs issued by the group between 1963 and 1966.
He’d lost around 1,000 records during that incident, as wildfire smoke, like mold, taints the thick paper board album covers, rendering them toxic over prolonged periods of exposure.
The Butcher cover is still one of the most valuable and sought-after pieces of Beatle memorabilia. George Harrison himself called it "the definitive Beatles collectible" and Bob Whitaker relates the story of a woman who came up to him with an unpeeled ‘paste-over’ cover in the US, had him autograph it, and promptly sold it for US$40,000.