Expert: sarah - 10/4/2009

Question
I have the Beatles album "The Beatles Yesterday and Today" with them sitting on/in a suit case.  It looks like the cover is pasted on.  How do I know if it is?  There is a number 6 on the back lower right corner.

Answer
The album you mentioned is the tenth Capitol release by the The Beatles and 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. Although not originally intended as an album cover, The Beatles submitted photographs from the session for their promotional materials.
With looks of disgust on their faces, the Beatles reshoot the album cover for Yesterday...and Today. The final version of the photo used was reversed.
In the United States, Capitol Records printed approximately 750,000 copies of "Yesterday" and Today with the same photograph as "Paperback Writer". They were assembled in Capitol's four U.S. plants situated in different cities: Los Angeles, California; Scranton, Pennsylvania; Winchester, Virginia; and Jacksonville, Illinois. Copies from the various plants may be easily differentiated by examining the number printed near the RIAA symbol on the back; for example, stereo copies from the Los Angeles plant are designated "5" and mono Los Angeles copies are marked "6". Mono copies outnumbered stereo copies by about 10 to 1, making the stereo copies far more valuable today.
(Extracts From Wikipedia)

Best,
Sara