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The Original Beatles, Yesterday And Today "Butcher Cover" Album Cover Promo Item is the Rarer Promotional 18 x 22 Original Capital Records Released Item . This might be far more valuable then we have listed it for considering the 1966 Capitol LP- Album itself “Yesterday and Today” (stereo “Butcher” cover) sells for $15,000.00 which were made in a much larger edition as albums are compared to the Original Promotional Posters that are printed in smaller numbers due to the fact that they are mean for display not for sale in record shops and as avertizements on bill board for the album. Since so few are available for actual sale the price of these should be the same if not more than the album which makes our price lower than market value.

It is in Near Mint Condition (with some minor age spots on back of Item which have been neutralized) It is in the best condition of any current available Originally Released Capital Records Promotional Posters
We grade our item according to the Iguide Universal 10-Point Grading Scale.
C10 Mint - Investment quality. No perceptible flaws of any kind.
C9 Near Mint - Investment quality. Minor flaw on an otherwise unused item.
C8 Excellent - Investment quality. A few minor defects. Pin holes, small tears,etc.
C7 Very Good to Excellent - Fine. Several defects. Still a very nicely preserved item.
C6 Very Good - The typical used item in average condition. Several defects
C5 Good to Very Good - A heavily-worn item.
C4 Good - Below average but still suitable for display.
C3 Fair - Heavily worn, but yet still complete.
C2 Poor to Fair - An extremely worn, possibly even incomplete item.
C1 Poor - The lowest grade, representing items in the lowest possible condition.
Item Measures 18"X22"
This item is the Vintage Originally Released 1966 Capital Records Promotional Item *there are some bootleg reprints out there. We have included a picture to show the difference between bootlegs and Authentic, Yesterday and Today.
You can tell the unauthorized reproduction of this Capitol Promotional Item by the visually detected blueish spot (with light colored dot in center)to the right of the title word "Yesterday".
The originals were printed on the glossy thin stock paper from Capital records,and measures 18"X 22". On the listing we include a picture the unauthorized reproductions of the Capitol promotional Item detected by a blueish spot (with light colored dot in center)to the right of the title word "Yesterday". The photo and album title are very sharp, but the cover has several other minor flaws, as if was photographed from a not quite perfect butcher jacket..
There is also a new inexpensive reproduction taken from the original negatives of the uncropped Butcher cover photo which measures 16" x 20" and is printed on thicker glossy paper stock.

We also will send a Certificate of Authenticity with the item asserting it is the Authentic Vintage Original Capitol Records Promotional Item 18 x 22 that we had purchased in the late 1960's. We only had three in the 57 years this Item is the condition of all as it we had this in our private collection in climate controlled storage.
We will guarantee its authenticity and your satisfaction with a full refund if it is not what we have listed on our site.
This Item will only go up in value over time as it is the rarest of all the Beatles Posters!
It is Not a Reprint, Giclee Print nor Ink Jet Print but the Original Capital Released Promotional Item !
This record is the ninth Capitol album release by the Beatles and the eleventh overall American release. It was issued only in the United States and Canada. The album is remembered primarily for the controversy surrounding its original cover image, the "butcher cover" featuring the band dressed in white smocks and covered with decapitated baby dolls and pieces of meat. The album's title is based on the song "Yesterday." Early album cover proofs show the word "Yesterday" in quotes. The "Butcher cover" In early 1966, photographer Robert Whitaker had the Beatles in the studio for a conceptual art piece entitled A Somnambulant Adventure. For the shoot, Whitaker took a series of pictures of the group dressed in butcher smocks and draped with pieces of meat and body parts from plastic baby dolls. The group played along as they were tired of the usual photo shoots—Lennon recalled the band having "boredom and resentment at having to do another photo session and another Beatles thing"—and the concept was compatible with their own black humour.Mojo magazine, former Capitol president Alan W. Livingston stated that it was Paul McCartney who pushed strongly for the photo's inclusion as the album cover, and that McCartney reportedly described it as "our comment on the war". A photograph of the band smiling amid the mock carnage was used as promotional advertisements for the British release of the Paperback Writer single. Also, a similar photograph from this shoot was used for the cover of the 11 June 1966 edition of the British music magazine.
I kept it flat because I planned one day to frame it, and consequently remained in my art archive undisturbed for over 57 years!
I am making it available now to the discerning collector.
Item will be shipped double tubed (one tube that the item is wrapped around in order to avoid kinks and any damage that might happen in handling; the second tube on the outside for extra protection during shipping), this all costs us extra, but it's a Free service we provide for our customers who's comments have shown they truly appreciate this extra care.

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When You receive your item,There will be an inner tube inside the outer tube.
Please unwrap the outer wrapping on the inner tube. The Item is rolled onto the inner tube NOT inside the inner tube. The Reason for that is so the Item does not get any kinks during shipping.