THE BEATLES/YESTERDAY AND TODAY T 2553 (-66) US MONO

Their tenth US Capitol LP and probably twentieth or so over there if you count releases from all labels, more or less legit, while in UK up to then only six had been issued. Part of reason for that was the Americans also included cuts that in UK were 45 only and had fewer tracks on each album allowing them to gather leftovers to create new LP:s. So even if this was released as an original album, in my book it's more of a compilation as it consists of four cuts originally on the UK "Rubber Soul", two from "Help!", the "Day Tripper"/"We Can Work It Out" 45 and three early versions of songs later to be included on "Revolver". Those three - "Dr Robert", "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "I'm Only Sleeping" - are all mixed otherwise than the "Revolver" mono takes, with the latter having different guitar effects. Futher DT and WCWIO are the 45 mono mixes, "Drive My Car" fold from the stereo track and the rest carrying the same mono mixes as on the original UK LP:s. So a mishmash of tracks and mixes, yet coming through a-ok. The audio is great - big and strong with, at least to my ears, partly better separation than on the UK equivalents, making even the similar takes and/or mixes sound like something else here. Tophole listening with enough goodies to keep any Beatles fan alert. This is also the album that initially came with the famed "Butchers Cover", but as that is a too mammoth matter to get into here I'm leaving it till later. Mixes sorted out with help from Joseph Brennan's "The Usenet Guide To Beatles Recording Variations" page, a must for Beatles anoraks - http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beatles/index.html . Originally also released in Canada, Jamaica and a couple of South American countries. From the seventies and on reissued on vinyl or CD with wider spread. UK 2014 CD (Apple B0019708-02) came with remastered mono and stereo versions. This copy has "IAM" in a triangle stamped on the dead vinyl, showing it was pressed at Capitol's plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It came with label as shown here, glossy cover and "Capitol '66" ad inner. (BÄ*) (YZÄ*) (ÖXCÅ*) (LGÅ*)