Yesterday and Today - The Butcher Cover

Front Cover

The Decapitated Dolls There are only two decapitated dolls in the photo and both of them seem to be pointing towards Paul's head. A possible reference to Paul's decapitation in the car crash?

The Dolls Head George is holding up one of the dolls heads next to Paul's, almost in a comparative way. Was this an inside joke on how Paul looked after the crash? Hair burnt off (complete with singe / burn marks) and teeth knocked out?

The False Teeth On Paul's arm there is a set of false teeth. Could this be symbolising Paul's teeth getting knocked out in the car crash? It's also unusual that Paul is the only member to have a toothless smile in the photo.

The Remark After the photoshoot that produced this album cover image, Paul remarked in a press interview that it was "very tasty meat". Hang on, isn't Paul a vegetarian?

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The Back Cover

The Story
The track listing for side 1 could be seen as telling us the story of Paul's death and replacement by a double. 'Drive My Car' was what Paul was doing before he was killed. 'I'm Only Sleeping' is when Paul died, 'Nowhere Man' was William Campbell, the person who replaced him, 'Dr. Robert' was the surgeon who performed the plastic surgery on William, 'Yesterday' has gone and all there is is the future and 'Act Naturally' is what they did after everything had settled.

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