THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO US ORIG'67 VERVE STEREO 1ST STATE UNCENSORED COVER

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860

Verve Records

“The Velvet Underground & Nico”

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO 

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Ultra rare East Coast 1st Stereo pressing copy of the 1st album of The Velvet Underground & Nico with an unpeeled classic Andy Warhol's banana sticker and 1st state uncensored gatefold cover along ultra rare vinyl, containing the block-shaped "S" stamp in the trail-off vinyl not on one of the sides as usual, but on both sides. This is a so-called "Torso" cover with an image of a dancer and actor Eric Emerson, who starred in Andy Warhol's movies. His image was inverted and placed on the back cover of the album. After the album was released, Emerson, dissatisfied with the fact that his image was used on the album's cover without his permission, threatened to file a lawsuit against the record label if his image wasn't removed from the cover. As a result of the compromise, the image of Emerson was covered with a large black sticker on the copies that contained the image, and was then airbrushed on all of the subsequent pressings. This copy is the earliest 1st Stereo pressing and one among few uncensored copies with a fully visible Emerson's torso on the back cover without a black sticker. Andy Warhol's banana sticker remains unpeeled and fully intact without any tears, only having some very light wear at the top and bottom along with some light scuffs seen under a strong light source. The album comes with an original Verve Records paper inner sleeve with a red text. The East Coast Stereo V6-5008 labels contain a 1.25’ pressing ring. Very early 1st print East Coast labels with Side 2, containing 1 misprint of the timing for "I'll Be Your Mirror," indicating 2:01 as oppose to the correct one 2:10. The full matrix numbers are as follows: Side 1 - V6-5008 SIDE-1 MG558Rev 1 1 Block-shaped "S" stamp / Side 2 - V6-5008 SIDE-2 MG559 1 2 Block-shaped "S" stamp. The block-looking "S" in the trail-off vinyl on Side 1 indicates a pressing by MGM Record Manufacturing Division, Bloomfield, New Jersey.

 VINYL - Side 1: VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) / SIDE 2: VERY GOOD (VG) ~ VERY GOOD PLUS (VG+) The vinyl contains some light marks, hairlines and scuffs from the inner sleeve on both sides with Side 1 being a slightly better condition than Side 2. The vinyl contains a couple of long scuffs from the inner sleeve, which can't be felt with a finger nail. Both sides maintain a shiny factory gloss and lustre.

 LABELS - EXCELLENT (EX) The labels would be graded Near Mint Minus if it wasn't due to some light spindle marks, visible under a strong light source. Very clean wear and scuff-free labels.

VERVE RECORDS INNER SLEEVE - NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) The inner sleeve is in great condition without having any splits.

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