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Coles Meat the Beatles: The Butcher Cover: The Complete, Untold Story of the Fab Four's Most Controversial Album Artwork at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
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It’s grotesque, iconic, and infamous—and the story behind it is even crazier. Discover all the drama hidden beneath one of the most notorious and collectible record covers by the best-selling band of all time.
In June 1966, Beatles fans lined up to buy Yesterday and Today , the band’s latest North American album, expecting another great record from the playful, mop-topped foursome. But Beatlemaniacs came face-to-face with John, Paul, George, and Ringo grinning manically, wearing butcher coats, and festooned with raw meat and dismembered dolls. Outrage erupted instantly. Capitol Records scrambled to recall and repackage the album, but the cat was out of the bag. The legend of the “butcher cover” had begun. Today, original copies rank among the most coveted Beatles collectibles, but the story behind the cover has remained largely untold. In Meat the Beatles: The Butcher Cover , band expert Erika White dives deep into what happened and why: the group’s evolving career, the wild photo session, photographer Robert Whitaker’s surreal artistry, and competing theories about the image’s elusive meaning. The book offers a rare glimpse into the Beatles’ experimental mindset and their psychedelic creativity to come, capturing in detail one of the most important shots of the counterculture wars of the 1960s.
UNTOLD STORY: Some Beatlemaniacs remember the shocking cover, but few know how it came to be. This book reveals the full story for the first time: the bizarre photo session, the clash with Capitol Records, and the chaos that made the album cover a rock history legend.
LEGENDARY COLLECTIBLE: The Butcher Cover fascinates fans and obsesses collectors, making this wild story a great gift and essential reading for Beatles fans who have everything!
It’s grotesque, iconic, and infamous—and the story behind it is even crazier. Discover all the drama hidden beneath one of the most notorious and collectible record covers by the best-selling band of all time.
In June 1966, Beatles fans lined up to buy Yesterday and Today , the band’s latest North American album, expecting another great record from the playful, mop-topped foursome. But Beatlemaniacs came face-to-face with John, Paul, George, and Ringo grinning manically, wearing butcher coats, and festooned with raw meat and dismembered dolls. Outrage erupted instantly. Capitol Records scrambled to recall and repackage the album, but the cat was out of the bag. The legend of the “butcher cover” had begun. Today, original copies rank among the most coveted Beatles collectibles, but the story behind the cover has remained largely untold. In Meat the Beatles: The Butcher Cover , band expert Erika White dives deep into what happened and why: the group’s evolving career, the wild photo session, photographer Robert Whitaker’s surreal artistry, and competing theories about the image’s elusive meaning. The book offers a rare glimpse into the Beatles’ experimental mindset and their psychedelic creativity to come, capturing in detail one of the most important shots of the counterculture wars of the 1960s.
UNTOLD STORY: Some Beatlemaniacs remember the shocking cover, but few know how it came to be. This book reveals the full story for the first time: the bizarre photo session, the clash with Capitol Records, and the chaos that made the album cover a rock history legend.
LEGENDARY COLLECTIBLE: The Butcher Cover fascinates fans and obsesses collectors, making this wild story a great gift and essential reading for Beatles fans who have everything!
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