Yesterday . . . and Today
LP by The Beatles
Released	June 20, 1966
Recorded	Abbey Road 1965-6
Genre	Rock
Length	27:33
Label	Capitol T 2553 (mono) ST 2553 (stereo)
Producer(s)	George Martin
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Beatles chronology
Rubber Soul (1965)	Yesterday ... and Today (1966)	Revolver (1966)

Yesterday . . . and Today, was the ninth Capitol release by the Beatles. This album is remembered primarily for the controversy surrounding its original cover image, the aptly named "Butcher cover" featuring the band dressed in white smocks and covered with decapitated baby dolls and meat. This is an album cover. ... A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ... The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their groundbreaking role in the history of popular music. ... June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... The legendary recording studio Abbey Road Studios, created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock bands The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Pink Floyd and The Shadows. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, a bass guitar, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, trumpet, and trombone are common in some styles, however, horns have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // History The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Sir George Martin Sir George Martin C. B. E. (born January 3, 1926) is sometimes referred to as the fifth Beatle, a title that he owes to his work as producer of almost all of the Beatles records. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: Rating stars. ... The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their groundbreaking role in the history of popular music. ... Rubber Soul is an album by British rock band The Beatles, first released in December 1965. ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // History The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at... The Beatles were a pop and rock music group from Liverpool, England, who continue to be held in the very highest regard for their artistic achievements, their huge commercial success, and their groundbreaking role in the history of popular music. ...

Overview

Essentially, this album released all the tracks from the previous two British releases that were not included on their American counterparts: Help! ("Act Naturally" and "Yesterday") and Rubber Soul ("Drive My Car", "Nowhere Man", "If I Needed Someone", and "What Goes On"). Also included, before their British release, were three tracks from the upcoming LP Revolver: "I'm Only Sleeping", "Dr. Robert", and "And Your Bird Can Sing". Also included was the single "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out". Help! is a soundtrack album from The Beatles film Help!, as well as the title song from that album. ... Rubber Soul is an album by British rock band The Beatles, first released in December 1965. ... Nowhere Man is a song by British 1960s rock group The Beatles, on their hit album Rubber Soul. ... For the album by The Haunted, see rEVOLVEr. ...

Track listing

• All songs written by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.

The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney. ...

Side one

1. "Drive My Car" (2:30)
2. "I'm Only Sleeping" (3:01)
3. "Nowhere Man" (2:45)
4. "Dr. Robert" (2:15)
5. "Yesterday" (2:08)
6. "Act Naturally" (Morrison-Russell) (2:33)

Drive My Car is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon(credited to Lennon-McCartney) and first released performed by The Beatles on the UK version of the 1965 album Rubber Soul; it also appeared in the US on the Yesterday . ... Im Only Sleeping is a song by The Beatles that appeared on their studio album Revolver. ... Nowhere Man is a song by British 1960s rock group The Beatles, on their hit album Rubber Soul. ... Doctor Robert is a song by the Beatles on the album Revolver. ... The song Yesterday was originally recorded by The Beatles for their album Help! in 1965. ... Act Naturally is a song originally recorded by Buck Owens, covered by the Beatles on the album Help!. The Beatles version is sung by Ringo Starr, and was performed by them on the Ed Sullivan show. ...

Side two

1. "And Your Bird Can Sing" (2:01)
2. "If I Needed Someone" (Harrison) (2:24)
3. "We Can Work It Out" (2:15)
4. "What Goes On" (Lennon-McCartney-Starkey) (2:51)
5. "Day Tripper" (2:50)

And Your Bird Can Sing is a song by the legendary 60s British rock and roll group The Beatles, released on their album Revolver. ... If I Needed Someone is a song by The Beatles which first appeared in the UK on the 1965 album Rubber Soul (see 1965 in music) and was later included in the 1966 U.S. release Yesterday. ... George Harrison, MBE (24 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was a popular British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles. ... We Can Work It Out is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon and released by The Beatles as a double A-sided single with Day Tripper. The song is a classic instance of true Lennon-McCartney collaboration, its authors meeting more closely in a single song only... What Goes On is a song by the legendary 60s rock group the Beatles, included on their album Rubber Soul. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is a popular British musician, best known as drummer for The Beatles. ... A day-tripper is a person who visits a tourist destination, tourist attraction, or visitor attraction from home and returns there on the same day - in other words this excursion does not involve a night away from home. ...

Butcher Cover

The Butcher Cover

In early 1966, photographer Robert Freeman had The Beatles in the studio for a conceptual art piece entitled "A Somnambulent Adventure." One of the pictures in the series featured three members of the group seated (with George standing), dressed in butcher smocks, smiling maniacally, while they were draped with pieces of meat and body parts from plastic baby dolls. The group went along with the adventure as they were tired of the usual photo shoots they had done for over 3 years running. Other photographs from the shoot were actually published in a British music magazine with no real uproar. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (792x789, 226 KB) Summary The original album cover of Yesterday . ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (792x789, 226 KB) Summary The original album cover of Yesterday . ...

In the United States, Capitol printed 750,000 copies of the record with this photograph on the sleeve. These were shipped to disk jockeys and store managers. It has recently been substantiated that the record was indeed for sale in some stores in limited areas, probably for only one day. Reaction was immediate and almost unanimous: everyone hated it. The record was immediately recalled. All copies were ordered shipped back to the record label, leading to its collectability.

Faced with so many jackets already printed, Capitol Records decided to merely paste a new cover overall the old one. Thousands of these were sent out. Many people attempted (and failed) to peel off the pasted over cover, revealing the "naughty" image below. In spite of the relative non-rarity of this item, it is one of the most valued items in the hobby of record collecting. Original non-pasted-over, fully-sealed stereo copies of this record (there are a few with all these qualifications) fetch well over USD$10,000. A copy in much worse shape might be had for about USD$500. Record collecting has been around probably nearly as long as recorded sound. ...