THE BUTCHER ALBUM

The album, whose actual name was "Beatles Yesterday and Today", is very rare it was never sold in stores. The versions only went out to radio stations. Capitol Records got many complaints about the content of the cover so they made an alternate cover.

CLUES FROM COVER:

Notice Paul's arm, there are a pair of teeth on it. Paul's wreck supposely was so bad that his teeth were knocked out, so dental records were useless for identifying the body.
George is holding a dolls head next to Paul's head. This represents that his head was decapitated during the accident.
All of the meat is supposed to symbolize the body parts and the horrible nature of the crash.

Released - June 15, 1966

This album was one of the replacements for the "Butcher Album" When this album was made some of the workers were lazy and just pasted this picture on top of the "Butcher Album". So when some people bought this album they noticed that they could peel off this cover. Then they got a big surprise! Now these albums are considered collectors items.

CLUES FROM THE COVER:

Notice Paul is sitting in the trunk, the trunk represents a coffin. Look at it sideways and you will see it better.

Released - June 20, 1966

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