Yesterday And Today
| Yesterday And Today
|
| Released: |
June 20, 1966 |
| Produced by: |
George
Martin |
| Engineered
by: |
Norman
Smith |
| Label: |
Capital
ST 2553 |
| Number of
tracks: |
11 |
| Total time: |
27:20 |
| |
studio |
| LP: |
stereo |
Album Notes
By the time the Capitol Records released Yesterday And Today, the Beatles were in hot water in America. The record was released just after John's infamous interview in which he stated that the Beatles were "bigger than Jesus", which angered Americans and provoked many bans on their music and public incinerations of memorabilia. But Yesterday And Today would take public dispproval to a whole new level, as the original cover featured the band in butcher's smocks with baby doll parts and raw meat covering them. The record was pulled almost immediately - creating an instant collector's item - and in the confusion that followed, several
replacement covers were issued. Songs on the album were taken from the 'leftovers' of the British
release Rubber Soul as well as the single/B-side Yesterday/Act Naturally (released onthe UK version of Help!), the single/B-side We Can Work It Out/Day Tripper, and three songs which had not, at that point, been released in the UK:I'm Only Sleeping, Doctor Robert,
and And Your Bird Can Sing (which all wound up on theUK version of Revolver).
All things considered this is an outstanding LP. At a time when Capitol's re-packaging policy deprived American fans of some great music in LP form, this one makes up for a lot of lost ground. Essentially a mish-mash of songs, Yesterday And Today presents some high calibre music.
