Diane, not to be persnickety but the album cover is not called a sticker but rather an "album slick" and yes the Butcher Album continues to be a valuable holy grail for Beatles fans. You'll hear Butcher terminology of "first state" (original cover) "second state" (paste over) and "third state" (cover peeled off). And you are correct--do NOT peel them because that's a highly specialized skill and more importantly the second state covers are more rare than third state. If you have one in your house or find one at swap meets and garage sales always look for the dark triangle on the right, a sign that Ringo's black turtleneck is visible through the paste over. Also correct that there are unscrupulous dealers selling counterfeits. As always if it looks too good to be true--it isn't. Third state Butchers with decent peels typically go for $1000 to $2000 on up. Today on Ebay is an authentic first state mono going for $11,000! A sealed first state stereo Butcher (the rarest of the rare) was auctioned in 2016 for $125,000!! Other interesting tidbits: the original photo had so much blood on their smocks that the print had to be cleaned up in the darkroom just to make it to market. The album was in stores for the sum total of One Day before the public outcry. Apparently Capitol got so many back that it became expensive to trash and incinerate them, hence the paste over and ship em back out idea to cut their losses. The rumor is this art shoot was in response to Capitol holding back songs (ie hacking up, mutilating) from their UK Parlophone releases to cobble up enough songs and B-sides to eventually create the illusion of a new album like Yesterday And Today. Probably just a rumor but it fits. A Google search will turn up a lot of alternative shots from that photo session. I know you're kicking yourself for selling it so low, you'll get em next time. Thanks for putting in the work to create such an interesting channel!
Can you tell me approximate value of 12 unopened Beatles albums (no Hard Days).The early ones are the US release of the UK versions and most later ones have ltd. edition stickers on wrapping. Bought in early '90's for 84 dollars. Good investment?
I'm 76 and I bought Yesterday and Today album when it first came out. I just checked and it appears to be a "second state" (paste over) album. The photo is not part of the cover but was added. I can see the edges of the paste over. I've never sold anything on eBay but might sell it. It's in fair to good condition, I think.
@@stevet8121 Steve if you see Ringo's turtleneck bleedthrough on the right I say congratulations! If you've got a stereo version then that's really a great find! Not sure what you mean by "The photo is not part of the cover but was added". If the record was altered in any way (usually people wrote their names on album covers) then its value gets significantly dinged. Compare the condition of your album against Ebay and Discog listings to determine its worth, same advice for Lloyd above. Lloyd's advantage is having sealed copies although their value can be best determined by the label, year of release and whether hype stickers on the cellophane are still intact. Clearly the original 60s releases are typically much more valuable than 70s, 80s etc rereleases. I have a third state that's in "fair" condition with stains and some minor tears, I might get $800 maybe higher. But I have a second state mono that is in flawless condition I think worth at least $2000. I'll never sell them as they are showstoppers when guests arrive. My favorite Beatle channel is Parlogram, check out Andrew's extensive fascinating take on this album here: ua-cam.com/video/1KzTMf4ssH0/v-deo.html
That's wild!
Diane, not to be persnickety but the album cover is not called a sticker but rather an "album slick" and yes the Butcher Album continues to be a valuable holy grail for Beatles fans. You'll hear Butcher terminology of "first state" (original cover) "second state" (paste over) and "third state" (cover peeled off). And you are correct--do NOT peel them because that's a highly specialized skill and more importantly the second state covers are more rare than third state. If you have one in your house or find one at swap meets and garage sales always look for the dark triangle on the right, a sign that Ringo's black turtleneck is visible through the paste over. Also correct that there are unscrupulous dealers selling counterfeits. As always if it looks too good to be true--it isn't. Third state Butchers with decent peels typically go for $1000 to $2000 on up. Today on Ebay is an authentic first state mono going for $11,000! A sealed first state stereo Butcher (the rarest of the rare) was auctioned in 2016 for $125,000!!
Other interesting tidbits: the original photo had so much blood on their smocks that the print had to be cleaned up in the darkroom just to make it to market. The album was in stores for the sum total of One Day before the public outcry. Apparently Capitol got so many back that it became expensive to trash and incinerate them, hence the paste over and ship em back out idea to cut their losses. The rumor is this art shoot was in response to Capitol holding back songs (ie hacking up, mutilating) from their UK Parlophone releases to cobble up enough songs and B-sides to eventually create the illusion of a new album like Yesterday And Today. Probably just a rumor but it fits. A Google search will turn up a lot of alternative shots from that photo session. I know you're kicking yourself for selling it so low, you'll get em next time. Thanks for putting in the work to create such an interesting channel!
Thank you for sharing all of that info! I'm always happy to learn more . . .
Can you tell me approximate value of 12 unopened Beatles albums (no Hard Days).The early ones are the US release of the UK versions and most later ones have ltd. edition stickers on wrapping. Bought in early '90's for 84 dollars. Good investment?
I'm 76 and I bought Yesterday and Today album when it first came out. I just checked and it appears to be a "second state" (paste over) album. The photo is not part of the cover but was added. I can see the edges of the paste over. I've never sold anything on eBay but might sell it. It's in fair to good condition, I think.
@@stevet8121 Awesome! @Fred.pSonic do you have any advice for them?
@@stevet8121 Steve if you see Ringo's turtleneck bleedthrough on the right I say congratulations! If you've got a stereo version then that's really a great find! Not sure what you mean by "The photo is not part of the cover but was added". If the record was altered in any way (usually people wrote their names on album covers) then its value gets significantly dinged. Compare the condition of your album against Ebay and Discog listings to determine its worth, same advice for Lloyd above. Lloyd's advantage is having sealed copies although their value can be best determined by the label, year of release and whether hype stickers on the cellophane are still intact. Clearly the original 60s releases are typically much more valuable than 70s, 80s etc rereleases. I have a third state that's in "fair" condition with stains and some minor tears, I might get $800 maybe higher. But I have a second state mono that is in flawless condition I think worth at least $2000. I'll never sell them as they are showstoppers when guests arrive. My favorite Beatle channel is Parlogram, check out Andrew's extensive fascinating take on this album here: ua-cam.com/video/1KzTMf4ssH0/v-deo.html