 In a review of the box set for "Mojo" magazine, Jon Savage described "Yesterday and Today" as a "rag-bag of material" for which the withdrawn butcher cover was an apt depiction, since the album represented "the worst piece of vandalism" carried out by Capitol on the band's music.Although he acknowledged that the company's approach was in keeping with all of the band's previous US releases, Savage was critical of Capitol's failure to include "Paperback Writer" and its B-side, "Rain", and for leaving the US version of "Revolver" with "three key songs ... ripped from its heart".The original LP sleeves for "Yesterday and Today" were assembled at Capitol's four US plants situated in different cities