Censored record covers of the 60s - No. 2

I found two more interesting censored record covers of the 60s - according to my last blog entry.

"Yesterday and Today" The Beatles

June 1966: The Beatles album "Yesterday and Today" had been released on the U.S. market. It was a compilation of various Beatles titles - the record company tried to promote the less successful songs. The mushroom heads from Liverpool felt cannibalized and presented themselves as butchers - on the cover from "Yesterday and Today".

But the record company was afraid that there won't be any success with this cover on the U.S. market. A new cover photo was produced and stuck on the offensive photo - today those over-stickered covers achieve astronomical prices.

"Blind Faith" Blind Faith

In 1969, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Ric Grech founded a new group to record an album. The new band had no name until a young photographer got the job to design the record cover. He made photos with a young girl and called the picture "Blind Faith". Eric Clapton was pleased by both the photo and the album title - "Blind Faith" became the name of the band.

But the topless picture of the young girl caused troubles in the USA. The record had been taken off the market and the cover was replaced by a picture of the band.