VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO ORIGINAL BANANA COVER LP VERVE RECORDS ANDY WARHOL
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VELVET UNDERGROUND
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO "THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO" VERVE V6-500 The album that launched 1,000 bands! The classic 1st album by the Velvets with unique cover art by Andy Warhol. This early pressing includes the partial remains of the stick-on banana designed by Warhol. Gatefold cover. Blue Verve labels. The torso is missing from the back cover. Cover is in VG condition with splits to the top and bottom seams. Vinyl is in VG condition with lots of light to moderate scratches. The album plays with occasional pops/clicks and background noise. A1 Sunday Morning Written-By – Lou Reed A2 I'm Waiting For The Man Written-By – Lou Reed A3 Femme Fatale Written-By – Lou Reed A4 Venus In Furs Written-By – Lou Reed A5 Run Run Run Written-By – Lou Reed A6 All Tomorrow's Parties Written-By – Lou Reed B1 Heroin Written-By – Lou Reed B2 There She Goes Again Written-By – Lou Reed B3 I'll Be Your Mirror Written-By – Lou Reed B4 The Black Angel's Death Song Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed B5 European Son Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker*, Sterling Morrison "MGM RECORDS - A DIVISION OF METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER, INC. - Made in U.S.A." Other Identifiers? Matrix / Runout (Side A): MGS-558-REV Matrix / Runout (Side B): MGS-559-RE-1 One would be hard-pressed to name a rock album whose influence has been as broad and pervasive as The Velvet Underground & Nico. While it reportedly took over a decade for the album's sales to crack six figures, glam, punk, new wave, goth, noise, and nearly every other left-of-center rock movement owes an audible debt to this set. While The Velvet Underground had as distinctive a sound as any band, what's most surprising about this album is its diversity. Here, the Velvets dipped their toes into dreamy pop ("Sunday Morning"), tough garage rock ("Waiting for the Man"), stripped-down R&B ("There She Goes Again"), and understated love songs ("I'll Be Your Mirror") when they weren't busy creating sounds without pop precedent. Lou Reed's lyrical exploration of drugs and kinky sex (then risky stuff in film and literature, let alone "teen music") always received the most press attention, but the music Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker played was as radical as the words they accompanied. The bracing discord of "European Son," the troubling beauty of "All Tomorrow's Parties," and the expressive dynamics of "Heroin" all remain as compelling as the day they were recorded. While the significance of Nico's contributions have been debated over the years, she meshes with the band's outlook in that she hardly sounds like a typical rock vocalist, and if Andy Warhol's presence as producer was primarily a matter of signing the checks, his notoriety allowed The Velvet Underground to record their material without compromise, which would have been impossible under most other circumstances. Few rock albums are as important as The Velvet Underground & Nico, and fewer still have lost so little of their power to surprise and intrigue more than 40 years after first hitting the racks.The image included with the auction is a scan of the actual item but, due to size limitations of the scanner, the edges of the item may have been cropped.
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RECORD GRADING POLICY
MINT = like new or near new with only one or two small insignificant defects, a 9 or better on a 1-10 scale
EXCELLENT = Would be Near Mint, except for a couple of light hairlines or scuffs, which do not affect play
VG++ = still a very nice record with all or nearly all of its original gloss but may have a few more light, surface marks, hairlines, needle tracks or the like which should not materially affect play
VG+ = a nice, but used record that may have a series of light scuffs or scratches. It probably plays with a few pops, but has no serious problems.
VG = a well-used record that still should sound OK when played, but may have moderate surface noise, pops, etc.
VG- = a very well-worn record that plays through without skipping, but will do until a better copy comes along.
Good = not actually good at all but probably will play through but with much in the way of surface noise, pops, crackles, etc. Still, will have no cracks, chips or the like
Fair = you are getting this record just to own but not to play
Poor = the sky's the limit, generally I will discard a record this bad (and sell the cover, jacket or sleeve alone) unless the label holds some particular interest
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