Original ANDY WARHOL ZIPPER ART COVER ROLLING STONES 1971 ALBUM "STICKY FINGERS"
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Description
- Named the "No. 1 Greatest Album Cover" of all time by TV network VH1 -
STICKY FINGERS
(First Pressing, 1971)
By The Rolling Stones
WITH COVER ART BY ANDY WARHOL
Genre: Rock
Formats: 12 inch vinyl lp record
Label: Rolling Stones Records
Date: 1971
Condition: Record has a few light scratches which may - or may not - cause some "ticking" (though probably not skipping - I do not have a working turntable to test it, however). One side of the label has some "owner enhancements"; jacket covers are scuffed with owner initial on rear, the front still retains a working zipper and the tab although the hinge of the tab has been opened a few times and is becoming weak (or possibly repaired?)
Notes: This is the now becoming hard-to-find Rolling Stones Records first pressing from 1971 with the legendary original Andy Warhol designed cover including a working zipper and buckle (see pics). The cover actually hides another cover featuring a printed Warhol stamp-signed "underwear interior" (see picture above of another, opened copy I have).
Measures 12 x 12 inches and is suitable for framing.
Lacking original photo inner-sleeve, but in a plain, vintage good condition sleeve.
One of the more unique collectable Andy Warhol record covers (number 32 in his record cover catalogue raisonne) that continues to grow in value.
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The album's artwork emphasizes the suggestive innuendo of the Sticky Fingers title, showing a close-up of a jeans-clad male crotch; the cover of the original (vinyl) release featured a working zipper and mock belt buckle that opened to reveal cotton briefs. The vinyl release displayed the band's name and album title along the image of the belt; behind the zipper the white briefs were seemingly rubber stamped in gold with the name of American pop artist Andy Warhol, below which read "THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY NOT BE--ETC." While the artwork was conceived by Warhol, photography was by Billy Name and design by Craig Braun.
The cover photo of a male model's crotch clad in tight blue jeans was assumed by many fans to be an image of Mick Jagger, but the people actually involved at the time of the photo shoot claim that Warhol had several different men photographed (Jagger was not among them) and never revealed which shots he used. Among the candidates, Jed Johnson, Warhol's lover at the time, denied it was his likeness, although his twin brother Jay is a possibility. Those closest to the shoot, and subsequent design, name Factory artist and designer Corey Tippin as the likeliest candidate.
After retailers complained that the zipper was causing damage to the vinyl (from stacked shipments of the record), the zipper was "unzipped" slightly to the middle of the record, where damage would be minimized. The album features the first usage of the band's "tongue & lips" logo, which was originally designed by Ernie Cefalu. Although Ernie's version was used for much of the merchandising and was the design originally shown to the band by Craig Braun, the design used for the album was illustrated by John Pasche.
In 2003, the TV network VH1 named Sticky Fingers the "No. 1 Greatest Album Cover" of all time.
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