Thanks for the replies to my questions about the deformed tires. I have decided not to use them.

After 5 days, the tires did relax and open up. However, they do not look normal. Other times I have ordered these tires, they have looked pretty symmetrical across the plane of symmetry. These are not, and I have discovered cracks. The photos show the cracks between the post-it notes. The longer crack is difficult to see in the photo, but the shorter one shows up pretty well. The third photo shows more clearly all the band-clamp marks. They are on the sidewall and also appear as flat spots around the circumference. It appears to me that the tires were band clamped as a single stack with four clamps. I must have gotten the first three tires from the stack, and I think that they were band clamped right up until my order was packed. At that time the clamps were cut. 

Why were these so bad in comparison to the others I have received in the past? My theory is that they sat in the warehouse for a long time in the clamped stack. When a shipment of these tires is received, I think it is important that the clamps be cut immediately.

Mike