Rare 1967 Velvet Underground & Nico Andy Warhol Mono Jacket w Banned Back Psych

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Up for auction is the very rare original 1967 Mono Velvet Underground & Nico gatefold jacket with design by Andy Warhol featuring the original banned back cover image, Verve Records #V-5008. This auction is for the jacket ONLY since there was no vinyl to be found in the lot I purchased. I don't typically sell just a jacket but since this is the rare, sought after version in nice condition, I'm giving it a try. This original back cover was banned due to a lawsuit (see below) and was recalled by Verve Records. All copied that were returned or unsold were sent back out with a large black sticker covering the image. Very hard to find the cover without the sticker. Overall the gatefold jacket is VG with a 98% peeled banana front cover (see below) with some soiling on the outside covers  and minor edge wear. Very solid condition with no splits and nice gatefold. Perfect for someone who has a copy with a beat up jacket or a back cover with the black sticker. Don't Miss Out!! Low starting bid and no reserve!!!

The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut album by American rock band The Velvet Underground and vocal collaborator Nico. It was originally released in March 1967 by Verve Records. Recorded in 1966 during Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia event tour, The Velvet Underground & Nico would gain notoriety for its experimentalist performance sensibilities, as well as the focus on controversial subject matter expressed in many of their songs including drug abuse, prostitution, sadism and masochism and sexual deviancy.

Though a commercial failure upon release, the record has since become one of the most influential and critically acclaimed rock albums in history, appearing at number thirteen on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time as well as being added to the 2006 National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.

Album cover

The album cover for The Velvet Underground & Nico is recognizable for featuring a Warhol print of a banana. Early copies of the album invited the owner to "Peel slowly and see"; peeling back the banana skin revealed a flesh-colored banana underneath. A special machine was needed to manufacture these covers (one of the causes of the album's delayed release), but MGM paid for costs figuring that any ties to Warhol would boost sales of the album.[3][7] Most reissued vinyl editions of the album do not feature the peel-off sticker; the original copies of the album with the peel-sticker feature are now rare collector's items. A Japanese re-issue LP in the early 1980s was the only re-issue version to include the banana sticker for many years. On the 1996 CD reissue, the banana image is on the front cover while the image of the peeled banana is on the inside of the jewel case, beneath the CD itself. The album was re-pressed onto heavyweight vinyl in 2008 and this edition also features the banana sticker.

[edit]Back cover lawsuit

When the album was first issued, the main back cover photo (taken at an Exploding Plastic Inevitable performance) featured an image of actor Eric Emerson projected upside-down on the wall behind the band. Emerson threatened to sue over this unauthorized use of his image, unless he was paid. Rather than complying, MGM recalled copies of the album and halted its distribution until Emerson's image could be airbrushed from the photo on subsequent pressings. Copies that had already been printed were sold with a large black sticker covering the actor's image.

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