Anniversary of Beatles album cover controversy
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Fifty years ago today, the Beatles released the "Yesterday and Today" album.
The original cover for the album featured the smiling Beatles wearing butcher smocks, draped with pieces of meat and body parts from baby dolls. Paul McCartney said it was comment on the Vietnam War.
When the album cover was criticized, Capitol Records decided to paste a different image of the band gathered around a steamer trunk over the controversial cover. Copies of the unaltered original album are rare and very valuable.
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