NICO / VELVET UNDERGROUND • CHELSEA GIRL• 1971 UK STEREO LP MGM 2353.025 MINT

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ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING FIGURES OF ROCK’S FRINGES, “NICO” HOBNOBBED,
WORKED, AND WAS ROMANTICALLY LINKED WITH AN INCREDIBLE ASSORTMENT OF
THE   MOST LEGENDARY ENTERTAINERS OF THE ’60s.   THE PARADOX OF HER CAREER
WAS THAT SHE HERSELF NEVER ATTAINED THE FAME OF HER   PEERS, PURSUING A
DISTINCTLY   INDIVIDUALISTIC AND UNCOMPROMISING MUSICAL   CAREER THAT    WAS
UNCOMMERCIAL, BUT WHOLLY ADMIRABLE AND INFLUENTIAL. “NICO” FIRST ROSE TO
FAME   AS   A EUROPEAN   SUPERMODEL,   ALSO LANDING A BIT PART IN 1960 FELLINI’S
“LA DOLCE VITA” FILM AND GIVING BIRTH TO A SON BY ALAIN DELON.    IN 1965, SHE
ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF ROLLING STONES   MANAGER ANDREW LOOG OLDHAM,
WHO GAVE HER A CHANCE TO RECORD FOR HIS   IMMEDIATE LABEL,   THOUGH THE
RESULTING SINGLE,    WHICH ALSO FEATURED BRIAN JONES AND JIMMY PAGE ON
GUITARS,   FLOPPED . . . SHORTLY   AFTERWARD,    SHE MOVED TO NEW YORK,   WHERE
ANDY WARHOL   INSTALLED HER AS A VESTIGIAL PRESENCE AND OCCASIONAL LEAD
SINGER FOR “THE VELVET UNDERGROUND”. THE BAND NEVER REALLY ACCEPTED HER
AS A BONA FIDE MEMBER AND SHE DEPARTED IN 1967, BUT NOT BEFORE C ONTRIBUTING
UNFORGETTABLE DEADPAN VOCALS TO THREE OF THE SONGS ON THEIR CLASSIC 1967
DEBUT LP “CHELSEA GIRL”, “NICO” EMBARKED ON A SOLO CAREER, RECORDING FOLK-
ROCK-FLAVORED SONGS FOR HER DEBUT ALBUM WITH ASSISTANCE FROM   JACKSON
BROWNE,   LOU REED,   AND JOHN CALE.     THE   RESULT IS THIS BEAUTIFUL ALBUM,
VERY RARE UK STEREO PRESSING FROM 1971 WITH LUSTREOUS, VIRTUALLY UNPLAYED
RECORD...BEST COPY I’VE EVER SEEN !

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