Butcher cover albums have always been popular with collectors and many owners of those albums are now branching out and collecting other variations and related items. Beatle fans being completists, there is demand and desirability for just about every item associated with, if even remotely, to this infamous and popular album. In response, even items that just used a Butcher or Trunk photo are included in this discography, such as several 1970s bootleg albums and CDs from the 90s.

We will add to this list as we run across additional items. The prices listed are market retail value, for items in strict NEAR MINT condition, and are just a guide - actual prices may very widely depending on scarcity, demand, exact condition, variations, and other factors.

Counterfeit items are highlighted in red text for easier identification. Information on comparing the differences between real and fake items will be expanded, especially in cases where the fake item could be passed off as an original. However, due to the complexity of the background of the Butcher cover, and the paper that it's printed on, detecting counterfeit Butcher cover albums has not been too difficult, most being very obvious. Over the years many have tried by printing covers and pasting them onto Capitol albums or just selling them as slicks (untrimmed covers). Just a few years ago, someone in Japan counterfeited the entire first state stereo Butcher cover album - disc, inner sleeve and all. Surprisingly, this was the first time ever that anyone had attempted or succeeded to counterfeit this album in a near-perfect version of the original. This is a close enough reproduction to fool a lot of people, especially new collectors. Typically sold "sealed", they look quite convincing under the shrinkwrap, although the cover is darker.

Sealed mono Butcher cover 32-year value graph

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