VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO • 1968 STEREO LP VERVE V6/5008 WARHOL BANANA STICKER
$
255
$ 255
Sold For
Jul 10, 2018
Sold Date
Jul 3, 2018
Start Date
$ 50
Start price
15
Number Of Bids
France
Country Of Seller
eBay
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Description
DESPITE ITS STATUS AS ONE OF THE “BEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL ALBUMS EVER CREATED” AND THE OFT QUOTED STATEMENT FROM BRAIN ENO THAT “EVERYONE WHO LISTED TO IT WENT OFF TO START THEIR OWN BAND” IT ONLY MANAGED TO PEAK AT A WHOPPING 171 ON THE BILLBOARD 200. AH, BUT OF COURSE, COMMERCIAL SUCCESS HARDLY EQUATES TO BRILLIANCE, POINT OUT THE UBIQUITOUS MUSICAL ELITE WHO EXIST ONLY IN THE SHADOWS OF INTERNET FORUMS AND SCHOOL HALLS... PERHAPS THE WORLD JUST WASN’T READY FOR THE MUSIC OF “THE VELVET UNDERGROUND” – NICO SOUNDS LIKE AN INCREDIBLY DATED ALBUM, EXEMPLIFIED NO BETTER THAN IN THE HORRIBLE REVERB THAT WAS PUT OVER REED’S VOICE IN “SUNDAY MORNING”, AN OTHERWISE BEAUTIFUL SONG. IT WOULD NEVER GET TOO FAR IN THE WORLD OF 1967. WITH THE PROCEEDING DECADES DOMINATED BY HARD ROCK, GLAM AND THEN GRUNGE, THE WORK OF “THE VELVET UNDERGROUND” THREATENS TO REMAIN IN THE VACUUM OF TIME WHICH HAS KEPT IT THERE THUS FAR –––– MANY VERSIONS OF THIS ALBUM WERE ISSUED THROUGH THE YEARS, FIRST IN MONO THEN IN BOTH MONO AND STEREO AND, FINALLY, IN STEREO ALONE. THIS STEREO COPY WAS RELEASED IN 1968 (EAST COAST PRESSING) , COMES WITH GATEFOLD COVER AND BANANA STICKER ON THE FRONT SIDE, EMERSON TORSO AIRBRUSHED ON THE BACK - THE BANANA STICKER IS ENTIRE BUT HAS A BARELY NOTICEABLE TINY PIECE OF CLEAR TAPE AFFIXED NEXT TO THE TOP. THERE’S NAME IN MARKER INSIDE THE GATEFOLD COVER. THE RECORD DISPLAYING FULL LUSTER APPEARS IN STRONG, HARDLY PLAYED CONDITION... MATRIX NUMBERS IN THE RUNOUT : V6-5008 SIDE-1 MGS-558 REV , V6-5008 SIDE-2 MGS-559.
On Jul-06-18 at 14:11:38 PDT, seller added the following information:
Hello : The top of the banana (about 2cm below the "PEEL SLOWLY AND SEE" line) was torn and affixed by a piece of clear tape (about 2cm). The lower side (upper portion only...about 8cm long) looks like it was partially removed and then replaced/glued. No missing parts. Rest appears intact... Thanks.
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